Cantabrian Sea · Cantabria
Cantabrian Coast
A compact region where nearly everyone lives by the water. Santander is one of the few coastal cities with real winter life.
3towns
in the base
2 812median
€/m²
2alive
in winter
3months
above 20 °C
3prices from the
official bulletin
What it costs
18th cheapest coast of 26
17
cheaper
Gran Canaria
2 611€/m²
1 796–3 100 by town
18
this coast
Cantabrian Coast
2 812€/m²
2 656–2 908 by town
19
pricier
Menorca
2 991€/m²
2 600–4 077 by town
Cantabrian Coast 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.
Castro Urdiales3 mo above 20 °C
14
J
13
F
13
M
14
A
16
M
19
J
21
J
22
A
21
S
19
O
16
N
15
D
Laredo3 mo above 20 °C
14
J
13
F
13
M
14
A
16
M
19
J
21
J
22
A
21
S
19
O
16
N
15
D
Santander3 mo above 20 °C
14
J
13
F
13
M
14
A
16
M
19
J
21
J
22
A
21
S
19
O
16
N
15
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 3 of 3300 m to sea2 sch.
Cantabria
Santander
2 656€/m²appraised
Winter5/5
Sea3 mo
Car-free5/5
No nómina2/5
Internet500
Nomad month1 488 €
300 m to sea
Cantabria
Castro Urdiales
2 812€/m²appraised
Winter4/5
Sea3 mo
Car-free3/5
No nómina2/5
Internet400
Nomad month1 400 €
200 m to sea
Cantabria
Laredo
2 908€/m²asking
Winter3/5
Sea3 mo
Car-free2/5
No nómina1/5
Internet320
Nomad month1 264 €
Articles that include this 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.
- Which sea is Spain on? The Mediterranean, the Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay — and how warm each getsThe limits of each sea from the International Hydrographic Organization, the sea of every coast worked out from our places' coordinates, and the water temperature month by month, from the Canaries to the Costa Brava.
- Renting long-term on the Spanish coast: what the law says and what tenants payThe five-year renewal and the seasonal lease, article by article. And what tenants on each coast pay under live leases: from tax records, not listings.
- 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.
- Where property is cheapest on the Spanish coast, on a single price basisThe housing ministry's appraised value, ranked by coast and by town, with the price of a 70 m² flat and local incomes alongside. Asking prices get a list of their own: the two bases never share a ranking.
Median rather than mean: a single expensive spot skews the average for the whole coast. Airports: SDR, BIO.