Atlantic · Cádiz, Huelva
Costa de la Luz
The Atlantic: surf, wind and water several degrees colder than the Mediterranean. In exchange, empty beaches and prices half those of the Costa del Sol.
12towns
in the base
2 223median
€/m²
7alive
in winter
5months
above 20 °C
11prices from the
official bulletin
What it costs
12th cheapest coast of 26
11
cheaper
Fuerteventura
2 200€/m²
1 958–2 700 by town
12
this coast
Costa de la Luz
2 223€/m²
1 425–4 466 by town
13
pricier
Lanzarote
2 300€/m²
2 011–2 600 by town
Costa de la Luz 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.
Ayamonte5 mo above 20 °C
16
J
16
F
16
M
17
A
18
M
20
J
22
J
22
A
22
S
21
O
19
N
17
D
Cádiz5 mo above 20 °C
16
J
15
F
16
M
17
A
19
M
21
J
23
J
23
A
23
S
21
O
19
N
17
D
Chiclana de la Frontera5 mo above 20 °C
16
J
16
F
16
M
17
A
19
M
21
J
23
J
23
A
22
S
21
O
19
N
17
D
Conil de la Frontera5 mo above 20 °C
16
J
16
F
16
M
17
A
19
M
21
J
23
J
23
A
22
S
21
O
19
N
17
D
El Puerto de Santa María5 mo above 20 °C
16
J
15
F
16
M
17
A
19
M
21
J
23
J
23
A
23
S
21
O
19
N
17
D
Huelva5 mo above 20 °C
16
J
15
F
15
M
17
A
19
M
21
J
23
J
23
A
22
S
21
O
18
N
17
D
Isla Cristina5 mo above 20 °C
16
J
16
F
16
M
17
A
18
M
20
J
22
J
22
A
22
S
21
O
19
N
17
D
Jerez de la Frontera5 mo above 20 °C
16
J
15
F
16
M
17
A
19
M
21
J
23
J
23
A
23
S
21
O
19
N
17
D
Punta Umbría5 mo above 20 °C
16
J
15
F
15
M
17
A
19
M
21
J
23
J
23
A
22
S
21
O
18
N
17
D
Sanlúcar de Barrameda5 mo above 20 °C
16
J
15
F
16
M
17
A
19
M
21
J
23
J
23
A
23
S
21
O
19
N
17
D
Seville5 mo above 20 °C
16
J
15
F
16
M
17
A
19
M
21
J
23
J
23
A
23
S
21
O
19
N
17
D
Tarifa4 mo above 20 °C
17
J
16
F
16
M
17
A
18
M
20
J
21
J
22
A
21
S
20
O
19
N
18
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 11 of 12
400 m to sea
Huelva, Costa de la Luz
Isla Cristina
1 425€/m²asking
Winter3/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free2/5
No nómina1/5
Internet280
Nomad month979 €
3 km to sea1 sch.
Huelva, Costa de la Luz
Huelva
1 650€/m²appraised
Winter5/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free4/5
No nómina1/5
Internet400
Nomad month1 162 €
35 km to sea3 sch.
Cádiz
Jerez de la Frontera
1 803€/m²appraised
Winter5/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free4/5
No nómina1/5
Internet450
Nomad month1 253 €
500 m to sea
Huelva, Costa de la Luz
Ayamonte
2 024€/m²asking
Winter3/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free2/5
No nómina2/5
Internet280
Nomad month1 263 €
300 m to sea
Cádiz, Costa de la Luz
Sanlúcar de Barrameda
2 053€/m²appraised
Winter5/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free3/5
No nómina1/5
Internet320
Nomad month1 217 €
7 km to sea1 sch.
Cádiz, Costa de la Luz
Chiclana de la Frontera
2 219€/m²appraised
Winter4/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free3/5
No nómina2/5
Internet350
Nomad month1 253 €
300 m to sea
Huelva, Costa de la Luz
Punta Umbría
2 226€/m²asking
Winter2/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free2/5
No nómina1/5
Internet300
Nomad month1 134 €
300 m to sea1 sch.
Cádiz, Costa de la Luz
El Puerto de Santa María
2 555€/m²appraised
Winter5/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free3/5
No nómina2/5
Internet380
Nomad month1 381 €
90 km to sea8 sch.
Seville
Seville
2 641€/m²appraised
Winter5/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free5/5
No nómina2/5
Internet600
Nomad month1 553 €
100 m to sea1 sch.
Cádiz, Costa de la Luz
Cádiz
3 011€/m²appraised
Winter5/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free4/5
No nómina2/5
Internet400
Nomad month1 362 €
400 m to sea
Cádiz, Costa de la Luz
Conil de la Frontera
3 202€/m²asking
Winter2/5
Sea5 mo
Car-free2/5
No nómina1/5
Internet300
Nomad month1 161 €
200 m to sea1 sch.
Cádiz, Costa de la Luz
Tarifa
4 466€/m²asking
Winter2/5
Sea4 mo
Car-free3/5
No nómina2/5
Internet280
Nomad month1 463 €
Month by month
Air, sea, how busy it gets and what stays open — for each month on its own.
Articles that include this coast
- Andalusia's beaches by water quality: five provinces, the Bay of Algeciras and the sea from the Strait to MojácarGrades from the European register for every sampling point on Andalusia's coast since 1990: where the water was not excellent in 2025, Huelva's bad first year, the bay against the ocean in Cádiz, eight clean seasons in Málaga and Almería, and the sea on five coasts.
- 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.
- 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.
- Seven mistakes people make moving to coastal SpainEvery 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.
- Winter sun in Spain: 30 towns that stay open all winterWinter-sun lists usually rank the weather. This one ranks what stays open: January against the summer peak from Spain's social security data, plus sea months, rent and the drive to the airport.
- 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.
Median rather than mean: a single expensive spot skews the average for the whole coast. Airports: FAO, SVQ, XRY, GIB.