Atlantic · A Coruña, Lugo
Rías Altas
Northern Galicia: two sizeable cities and a long, thinly populated coast between them.
6towns
in the base
1 375median
€/m²
6alive
in winter
0months
above 20 °C
3prices from the
official bulletin
What it costs
2nd cheapest coast of 26
1
cheaper
Costa da Morte
1 103€/m²
950–1 250 by town
2
this coast
Rías Altas
1 375€/m²
1 206–2 762 by town
3
pricier
La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro
1 450€/m²
1 400–1 500 by town
Rías Altas 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.
A Coruña0 mo above 20 °C
14
J
13
F
13
M
14
A
15
M
16
J
18
J
18
A
17
S
16
O
15
N
15
D
Ferrol0 mo above 20 °C
14
J
13
F
13
M
14
A
15
M
16
J
18
J
18
A
17
S
16
O
15
N
15
D
Narón0 mo above 20 °C
14
J
13
F
13
M
14
A
15
M
16
J
18
J
19
A
18
S
17
O
15
N
15
D
Ribadeo0 mo above 20 °C
14
J
13
F
13
M
14
A
15
M
17
J
19
J
20
A
19
S
18
O
16
N
15
D
Sada0 mo above 20 °C
14
J
13
F
13
M
14
A
15
M
16
J
18
J
18
A
17
S
16
O
15
N
15
D
Viveiro1 mo above 20 °C
14
J
13
F
13
M
13
A
15
M
17
J
19
J
20
A
19
S
18
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 6
4 km to sea
Galicia
Ferrol
1 206€/m²appraised
Winter5/5
Sea0 mo
Car-free3/5
No nómina2/5
Internet380
Nomad month1 112 €
1 km to sea
Ferrolterra, A Coruña
Narón
1 208€/m²appraised
Winter5/5
Sea0 mo
Car-free3/5
No nómina2/5
Internet400
Nomad month958 €
500 m to sea
A Mariña, Lugo
Viveiro
1 300€/m²asking
Winter5/5
Sea1 mo
Car-free2/5
No nómina3/5
Internet300
Nomad month920 €
500 m to sea
A Mariña, Lugo
Ribadeo
1 450€/m²asking
Winter4/5
Sea0 mo
Car-free2/5
No nómina2/5
Internet300
Nomad month949 €
200 m to sea
As Mariñas, A Coruña
Sada
1 900€/m²asking
Winter5/5
Sea0 mo
Car-free3/5
No nómina2/5
Internet400
Nomad month1 074 €
300 m to sea2 sch.
Galicia
A Coruña
2 762€/m²appraised
Winter5/5
Sea0 mo
Car-free4/5
No nómina2/5
Internet450
Nomad month1 352 €
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- What a month on the Spanish coast costs, town by townOne 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 rankingAlive in winter, longer swimming, no car needed, cheaper, with children — five sorts of the base by measured fields. A single ranking does not exist.
Median rather than mean: a single expensive spot skews the average for the whole coast. Airports: LCG, OVD.