Mediterranean · Alicante
Costa Blanca
The most international coast in Spain: British, Dutch, Scandinavian, German and Russian-speaking communities with doctors, lawyers and schools working in their languages. You pay for it — prices sit above the eastern Costa del Sol.
12towns
in the base
3 236median
€/m²
9alive
in winter
5months
above 20 °C
9prices from the
official bulletin
What it costs
21st cheapest coast of 26
20
cheaper
Tenerife
3 090€/m²
2 326–3 774 by town
21
this coast
Costa Blanca
3 236€/m²
2 241–3 956 by town
22
pricier
Costa del Sol
3 395€/m²
1 581–4 477 by town
Costa Blanca sea temperature by month
Average sea surface temperature, °C, off each town for 2015–2024. Next to each name: how many months a year the water is above 20 °C.
Alicante5 mo above 20 °C
15
J
15
F
15
M
16
A
19
M
23
J
26
J
27
A
26
S
23
O
19
N
17
D
Altea5 mo above 20 °C
15
J
14
F
15
M
16
A
19
M
23
J
26
J
27
A
26
S
23
O
19
N
17
D
Benidorm5 mo above 20 °C
15
J
15
F
15
M
16
A
19
M
23
J
26
J
27
A
26
S
23
O
20
N
17
D
Calpe / Calp5 mo above 20 °C
15
J
14
F
15
M
16
A
19
M
23
J
26
J
27
A
26
S
23
O
19
N
17
D
Dénia5 mo above 20 °C
15
J
14
F
15
M
16
A
19
M
22
J
26
J
27
A
26
S
23
O
19
N
17
D
El Campello5 mo above 20 °C
15
J
15
F
15
M
16
A
19
M
23
J
26
J
27
A
26
S
23
O
19
N
17
D
Guardamar del Segura5 mo above 20 °C
15
J
15
F
15
M
16
A
19
M
23
J
26
J
27
A
26
S
23
O
19
N
17
D
Jávea / Xàbia5 mo above 20 °C
15
J
14
F
15
M
16
A
19
M
22
J
26
J
27
A
26
S
23
O
19
N
17
D
Moraira5 mo above 20 °C
15
J
14
F
15
M
16
A
19
M
23
J
26
J
27
A
26
S
23
O
19
N
17
D
Orihuela Costa5 mo above 20 °C
15
J
15
F
15
M
16
A
19
M
23
J
26
J
27
A
26
S
23
O
19
N
17
D
Santa Pola5 mo above 20 °C
15
J
15
F
15
M
16
A
19
M
23
J
26
J
27
A
26
S
23
O
19
N
17
D
Torrevieja5 mo above 20 °C
15
J
15
F
15
M
16
A
19
M
23
J
26
J
27
A
26
S
23
O
19
N
17
D
NOAA OISST satellite series on a grid of about 25 km: it averages a bay or cold water off a cape with the open sea.
Where it is
Towns, cheapest first
sourced price for 9 of 12
200 m to sea3 sch.
Costa Blanca, Alicante
Torrevieja
2 241€/m²appraised
Winter4/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free3/5
No nómina4/5
Internet450
Nomad month1 366 €
300 m to sea5 sch.
Costa Blanca
Alicante
2 272€/m²appraised
Winter5/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free5/5
No nómina2/5
Internet560
Nomad month1 570 €
300 m to sea
Baix Vinalopó, Alicante
Santa Pola
2 604€/m²appraised
Winter4/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free3/5
No nómina3/5
Internet400
Nomad month1 334 €
200 m to sea
L’Alacantí, Alicante
El Campello
2 824€/m²appraised
Winter4/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free4/5
No nómina2/5
Internet450
Nomad month1 511 €
300 m to sea2 sch.
Costa Blanca, Alicante
Dénia
2 989€/m²appraised
Winter4/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free4/5
No nómina4/5
Internet420
Nomad month1 531 €
200 m to sea1 sch.
Marina Baixa, Alicante
Benidorm
3 213€/m²appraised
Winter4/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free4/5
No nómina4/5
Internet450
Nomad month1 620 €
200 m to sea1 sch.
Costa Blanca North, Alicante
Calpe / Calp
3 258€/m²appraised
Winter4/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free3/5
No nómina5/5
Internet400
Nomad month1 765 €
500 m to sea1 sch.
Vega Baja, Alicante
Orihuela Costa
3 348€/m²asking
Winter3/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free2/5
No nómina4/5
Internet350
Nomad month1 334 €
800 m to sea
Vega Baja, Alicante
Guardamar del Segura
3 363€/m²asking
Winter3/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free2/5
No nómina3/5
Internet350
Nomad month1 266 €
300 m to sea
Costa Blanca North, Alicante
Altea
3 423€/m²asking
Winter4/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free3/5
No nómina4/5
Internet400
Nomad month1 697 €
300 m to sea2 sch.
Costa Blanca, Alicante
Jávea / Xàbia
3 489€/m²appraised
Winter4/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free2/5
No nómina4/5
Internet400
Nomad month1 706 €
200 m to sea
Teulada-Moraira, Alicante
Moraira
3 956€/m²asking
Winter3/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free2/5
No nómina3/5
Internet350
Nomad month1 960 €
Month by month
Air, sea, how busy it gets and what stays open — for each month on its own.
Articles that include this coast
- Costa Blanca and Alicante beaches by water quality: every beach's record since 1990Every beach in Alicante province with an official sampling point: where the water has stayed excellent, where it slipped in recent seasons, and when the coast is quieter for the same sea.
- Who already lives there — and why it is not about neighboursA headcount of compatriots and a doctor and lawyer who speak your language are different things. A move runs into the second.
- Where Britons in Spain actually liveA 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.
- Which Spanish coast is best? 26 coasts on the same numbersJanuary, warm sea, beach water, price per square metre, damp, neighbours and the airport run: all 26 coasts on the same fields. Every question has a different winner.
- Spain's minimum wage and average salary in 2026, with sources — and what rent takes on the coastThe 2026 minimum wage from the decree, and the mean and median from INE — every figure linked to its primary source. Then how much of the wage lease rents take, coast by coast.
- Retiring to coastal Spain: who already lives there, how far the hospital is, and whether the town stays open in winterThe share of residents over 65 and over 80 in every place we cover, from the INE census, the drive to the nearest public hospital, and the measured winter score. No ranking: only what the numbers show.
Median rather than mean: a single expensive spot skews the average for the whole coast. Airports: ALC.