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Street in Candelario
Candelario, the nearest town, 5 km away. Photo: Jocelyn Erskine-Kellie from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

La Covatilla

Ski resort · Spain

Is it worth the trip?

Every day scores the same, usually

La Covatilla is closed for the season on these dates.

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

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Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

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Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

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Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

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Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

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Mon 9 · 0 out of 100

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No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The resort in two facts

  • Top 2,353 mvillage 1,979 m
  • Open December–Aprilusually

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual snow conditions at La Covatilla, each day of your trip
DayFresh snow
Tue 3to 9usuallyclosed

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Best time to go

snow by month

Snow by month

Typical snow on the ground and coldest daytime temperature by month
MonthBase1,979 mMid2,166 mTop2,353 mColdestat the top
Decnonenonenone-3°C
Jannonenonenone-5°C
Febnonenonenone-5°C
Marnonenonenone-4°C

Typical snow on the ground in the village, halfway up and at the top: the middle value over 2016 to 2025, from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the grid cell nearest each height. Not a forecast, and not the groomed pistes: resorts make snow lower down.

Map

the resort and its town

Each place wears how it usually is on these dates, from past years' weather: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About La Covatilla

Village 1,979 m, top 2,353 m.

A ski resort with its village at 1,979 m and its top at 2,353 m. It is usually in season from December to April. The town to stay in is Candelario.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,600–US$2,780 each

about US$1,600–US$2,780 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, transfer, stay, food, lift pass, ski hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to MAD, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$469–US$971
Transfershared airport transfer, returnabout US$94–US$161
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$194–US$328
Food7 days eating outabout US$234–US$442
Lift pass5 days at about US$102 a day, average of the resorts we priceabout US$435–US$583
Ski hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$174–US$295
Totalabout US$1,600–US$2,780

For 2 people sharing a room. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Candelario

Closest

Candelario

about 10 min by car · 28 places to stay

about US$74/nightcountry average

See 28 places to stay in Candelario · Booking.com

About Candelario its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$74 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 17h 25m

About 17h 25m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → MAD, direct, then 4h 30m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.