{"id":102998,"date":"2023-06-28T11:13:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T09:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/sin-categoria\/los-mejores-lugares-de-espana-para-jubilarse-asequibles-y-con-calidad-de-vida\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T06:00:00","slug":"best-places-to-retire-spain-affordable-quality-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/lifestyle\/best-places-to-retire-spain-affordable-quality-life\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Retirees speak out: discover the best cities to live in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"table table-striped table-color-200\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vigo, Zaragoza, and Bilbao lead the OCU quality of life ranking<\/strong> thanks to their cleanliness, safety, and educational offering.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Healthcare assistance<\/strong> is more efficient in communities such as <strong>Cantabria and Castilla y Le\u00f3n<\/strong>, key factors for senior well-being in 2026.<\/li>\n<li>The real estate market in March 2026 shows opportunities in provinces with purchase prices below average, especially in the interior and northern peninsula.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Spain, according to the <em>Global Retirement Report 2026<\/em>, is the <strong>third best country in the world to retire<\/strong>, behind Portugal and Mauritius. According to the study, pensioners see <strong>Spain as an ideal country for their retirement<\/strong> for more than evident reasons: culture, good weather, and lifestyle. However, not all cities in Spain offer the same advantages for pensioners.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12\">At <b>Fotocasa Life<\/b>, we analyze the quality of life, safety, cultural offering, and, of course, housing prices in Spain&#8217;s main cities.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13\">Which is the best city in Spain to retire in?<\/p>\n<h2 data-path-to-node=\"18\">Which are the cities with the best quality of life according to the OCU?<\/h2>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"19\"><span data-path-to-node=\"19,1\"><span class=\"citation-63\">Neither Madrid nor Barcelona. According to the urban quality of life survey by the <\/span><b data-path-to-node=\"19,1\" data-index-in-node=\"50\"><span class=\"citation-63\">OCU<\/span><\/b> (Organization of Consumers and Users)<span class=\"citation-63\">, <strong>the cities leading general well-being are Vigo, Zaragoza, and Bilbao<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"19,3\"><strong>.<\/strong> These destinations stand out for their cleanliness, educational offering, safety, and the good balance between cost and quality of life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"19\"><section class=\"mini-posts\"><div class=\"row align-items-center\"><div class=\"col-4 col-md-3 pt-2 pb-2\"><div class=\"mini-posts__image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/lifestyle\/spain-ranks-16th-as-the-best-country-to-live-in-the-world\/?lang=en\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Spain-among-the-best-countries-in-the-world-to-live-in-355x230.png\" alt=\"Spain, among the best countries in the world to live in\" title=\"-\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-8 col-md-9 pt-2 pb-2\"><h3 class=\"mini-posts__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/lifestyle\/spain-ranks-16th-as-the-best-country-to-live-in-the-world\/?lang=en\">Spain, among the best countries in the world to live in<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/p>\n<h3>Why is Vigo the best city to retire in? Quality of life and proximity to the sea<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Vigo is the highest-rated city for retirement in Spain<\/strong>. Its mild climate, proximity to the sea, nature, and cultural and leisure offering make it ideal for those seeking a peaceful retirement. The city features neighborhoods accessible on foot and high-quality <strong>healthcare services<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fotocasa is the expert real estate portal if you are looking for your home in Spain and want to resolve your doubts about housing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":103063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13668],"tags":[14923,14904,14821,13828,13686,13687,13688,13550,13547,14908],"class_list":["post-102998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-best-places-to-retire-in-spain","tag-donde-jubilarse-en-espana","tag-foreign","tag-geo","tag-houses-in-spain","tag-housing-doubts-in-spain","tag-lifestyle","tag-live-in-spain","tag-real-estate-market","tag-vigo"],"modified_by":"Patricia Andr\u00e9s","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}