Navarra · C. Foral De Navarra

Roncal

The nicest place to get your bearings in what is arguably the prettiest valley in the Navarran Pyrenees.

208 residents~77 min to Pamplona/Iruña

What Roncal is like

Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.

6km south of Isaba, along the NA137.

Worth the trip

  • Villages and meadows, wild flowers and trees, best in spring or autumn

Who it suits: Valley travellers avoiding peak summer

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
5°C 2.8°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
Summer high (Jul–Aug)
28.5°C 1.7°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
Rainy days a year
99 days 45% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
Sunshine
no local data
Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
32 24 below the Spanish average (56)

Cost & economy

Home price
no local data
Net income per person
€16,451 13% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
Income growth ’18–’23
no local data

Schools

Schools in town
4
Nearest international school
55 km
PISA maths (region) regional estimate
492 11 above the Spanish average (481)

Healthcare

Drive to a hospital
67 min
Nearest health centre
6.5 km
Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
96 days 11% less than the Spanish average (108 days)

Getting around

Drive to nearest airport
74 min
Fibre-to-home coverage
92% 13% above the Spanish average (79%)
100 Mbps+ coverage
92% 9% above the Spanish average (83%)

Who lives here

Population
208
Born in Spain
83.7% 5.1% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
Born elsewhere in EU/UK
1.9% 1.9% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
U.S.-born residents
0 per 1,000
Winter 5°C average — 2.8°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
Summer 28.5°C high — 1.7°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)

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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