Zaragoza · Aragon
Daroca
A charming old town set within an impressive, largely ruined run of walls that includes no fewer than 114 towers.
What Daroca is like
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
38km southeast of Calatayud.
Worth the trip
- The original town gates, Puerta Alta and Puerta Baja, linked by C/Mayor
- The Renaissance Basilica de Santa María, with a small museum of religious artefacts
Who it suits: Medieval-wall enthusiasts
The numbers
The decision data — each figure against the Spanish average. Regional overlays and estimates are labelled, and where there's no local reading we say so plainly.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 6.1°C 1.6°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 31.2°C 1°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 63 days 8% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 7.2 h/day about the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 51 6 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €14,169 about the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 16.6%
Schools
- Schools in town
- 3
- Nearest international school
- 114 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 487 6 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 41 min
- Nearest health centre
- 0.4 km
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 132 days 22% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 86 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 92% 13% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 97% 14% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 1,900
- Born in Spain
- 78.2% 10.6% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 7.2% 3.3% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.58 per 1,000
Numbers: SettleSpain town dataset, derived from INE, AEMET, Mitma, Ministerio del Interior and the Catastro. National average = the unweighted mean across all 8,132 Spanish municipalities with data. A blank means no municipal-level figure is published — not a zero.
How does Daroca fit you?
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