Analysis on data
Every figure here is computed from the base at build time rather than typed by hand, so it cannot drift from the 132 place pages. Where a metric is ours rather than measured, the text says so outright.
What a month on the Spanish coast costs, town by town
One identical scenario costed across all 132 places. The spread between towns is wider than between countries, and nearly as wide within a single coast.
Best places to live in coastal Spain: five lists, not one ranking
Alive in winter, longer swimming, no car needed, cheaper, with children — five sorts of the base by measured fields. A single ranking does not exist.
Seven mistakes people make moving to coastal Spain
Every mistake counted across 132 coastal places: how many empty out in winter, where it is damp, where a car is unavoidable and where the sea is warm for three months.
Where Britons in Spain actually live
A hundred thousand Britons from the census, broken down by town. The places with the densest community and the places that live in winter are different lists.
Winter by the sea: 30 towns that never close
A list from the base, not from impressions: top winter score, sea months, registry rent and minutes to the airport — for every town.
Price per m² lies unless you ask what it measures
Appraised value and asking price differ systematically. On one pair of cities the difference in sources flips the comparison entirely.
Which coastal towns are actually alive in winter
Most resorts shut down from November to March. Tourists never notice; people moving there notice everything — and no directory measures it.
How long the swimming season actually lasts
«Three hundred days of sunshine» is said of every coast. You swim in the water, and by water the places range from two months to nine.
The coast without a car
A resort stretched along a highway and an old port with a dense centre are different ways of living. Size is not what separates them.
Who already lives there — and why it is not about neighbours
A headcount of compatriots and a doctor and lawyer who speak your language are different things. A move runs into the second.
International schools: where a family has a choice
School decides the town more firmly than price. What is counted is the choice, not the quality — we have no honest ranking and cannot build one.