Toledo · Castilla-La Mancha
Toledo
The 2000-year-old imperial city, Spain's capital until 1561 — a fortified 'City of Three Cultures' fusing Moorish, Christian and Jewish influences.
What Toledo is like
Portrait drawn from Lonely Planet, the Michelin Green Guide & The Rough Guide.
Atop a rocky embankment overlooking the Río Tajo.
Worth the trip
- The Catedral, the Museo del Greco and the Sinagoga del Tránsito
- The enchanting miniature mosque of Cristo de la Luz
- El Grecos on display throughout the city
A little history
First conquered by the Romans in 193 BCE, it successively became capital of the Visigothic kingdom, a stronghold of the Córdoba Emirate, and the seat of Charles V; in 1986 its historic centre became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Who it suits: El Greco pilgrims · 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
- 8.3°C 0.5°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 34.8°C 4.6°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 53 days 23% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 8.2 h/day 14% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 44 12 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €1,966/m² 11% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €16,704 15% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 21.2%
Schools
- Schools in town
- no local data
- Nearest international school
- 5 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 464 17 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min
- Nearest health centre
- 38.3 km
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 92 days 15% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 67 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 97% 19% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% 16% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 87,074
- Born in Spain
- 84.2% 4.6% 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
- 1.16 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 Toledo fit you?
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