
Cantabrian Sea · Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa
Basque Coast
The country's priciest coast: San Sebastián and Zarautz cost more than Marbella. In exchange, the best healthcare, the best food and an economy that does not depend on tourism.
4towns
in the base
4 656median
€/m²
4alive
in winter
3months
above 20 °C
4prices from the
official bulletin
What it costs
25th cheapest coast of 26
24
cheaper
Costa Barcelona
4 327€/m²
2 512–4 924 by town
25
this coast
Basque Coast
4 656€/m²
3 524–6 994 by town
26
pricier
Ibiza and Formentera
5 600€/m²
4 400–6 800 by town
Basque 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.
Bilbao3 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
Getxo3 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
San Sebastián / Donostia3 mo above 20 °C
13
J
13
F
13
M
14
A
16
M
20
J
22
J
23
A
22
S
19
O
16
N
14
D
Zarautz3 mo above 20 °C
13
J
13
F
13
M
14
A
16
M
20
J
22
J
23
A
22
S
19
O
16
N
14
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 4 of 4
12 km to sea4 sch.
Basque Country, Biscay
Bilbao
3 524€/m²appraised
Winter5/5
Sea3 mo
Car-free5/5
No nómina1/5
Internet550
Nomad month1 760 €

300 m to sea1 sch.
Basque Country, Biscay
Getxo
4 125€/m²appraised
Winter5/5
Sea3 mo
Car-free4/5
No nómina2/5
Internet500
Nomad month1 828 €

200 m to sea3 sch.
Basque Country, Gipuzkoa
San Sebastián / Donostia
5 186€/m²appraised
Winter5/5
Sea3 mo
Car-free5/5
No nómina2/5
Internet550
Nomad month2 182 €

200 m to sea
Basque Country, Gipuzkoa
Zarautz
6 994€/m²asking
Winter5/5
Sea3 mo
Car-free3/5
No nómina1/5
Internet420
Nomad month1 760 €
Articles that include this 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Moving from the UK: four differences nobody writes aboutNot the paperwork but daily life: a house with no heating, a winter both sunny and cold, a compulsory car, and a community that stops you learning the language.
- 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: BIO, EAS.