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Oviedo
The relatively wealthy Asturian capital, its bourgeois culture contrasting sharply with the working-class ethos of the region's other cities — home to three small ninth-century churches unique to Asturias.
What Oviedo is like
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
Enclosed by scattered sections of medieval town walls, centring on the Catedral.
On the table. Excellent bars and restaurants, many aimed at the lively student population.
Worth the trip
- The Catedral's Cámara Santa, built by King Alfonso II to house relics rescued from Toledo
- Three small ninth-century churches unique to Asturias
- The Diocesan Museum's Gothic cloister
A little history
Oviedo became the centre of the isolated Asturian kingdom in 810, as the base for King Alfonso II, son of the victorious Pelayo.
Who it suits: History and architecture travellers
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
- 9.2°C 1.5°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 23.4°C 6.8°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 125 days 83% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 4.9 h/day 32% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 6 50 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €2,082/m² 6% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €16,926 17% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 19.5%
Schools
- Schools in town
- 92
- Nearest international school
- 1 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 495 14 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min
- Nearest health centre
- 1.2 km
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 91 days 16% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 52 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 98% 19% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 99% 16% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 223,576
- Born in Spain
- 83.7% 5.1% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.2% 1.7% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.77 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.
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