Sevilla · Andalucía
Sevilla
The Andalucian capital and jewel in the region's cultural crown — a luminous, romantic city whose unique blend of Moorish, Jewish, Christian and Romani influences infuses every detail.
What Sevilla is like
Portrait drawn from Lonely Planet & The Rough Guide.
Old city sited along the east bank of the Guadalquivir.
On the table. A debonair nightlife spilling from tapas bars and bodegas throughout the city.
Worth the trip
- The Giralda tower, Catedral and Alcázar, the three great monuments standing side by side
- The Catedral, completed 1402-1506, the largest Gothic church in the world
- Barrio Santa Cruz, the medieval Jewish quarter, now the heart of tourist life
- Museo de Bellas Artes, second in importance in Spain only to the Prado
Fiestas
- Semana Santa (Holy Week)
- Feria de Abril, starting two weeks after Easter and lasting a week
A little history
Once-mighty civilisations, including the Romans, the Moors and the Reyes Católicos, have left indelible marks on Seville, layered across the urban space like rock strata.
Who it suits: Architecture and heritage travellers · Flamenco and tapas seekers
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
- 12.8°C 5.1°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 36.3°C 6.1°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 50 days 27% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 8.5 h/day 17% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 4 53 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €2,571/m² 16% more than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €14,979 3% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 26.1%
Schools
- Schools in town
- 528
- Nearest international school
- 2 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 457 24 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min
- Nearest health centre
- 0.5 km
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 173 days 60% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 16 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 99% 20% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% 17% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 688,714
- Born in Spain
- 88.3% 0.5% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 1.4% 2.4% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.88 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 Sevilla fit you?
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