Atlantic · Pontevedra
Rías Baixas
Deep inlets, greenery and serious gastronomy. Twice the rainfall of the south — the decisive filter for anyone relocating.
3towns
in the base
2 335median
€/m²
2alive
in winter
0months
above 20 °C
3prices from the
official bulletin
What it costs
14th cheapest coast of 26
13
cheaper
Lanzarote
2 300€/m²
2 011–2 600 by town
14
this coast
Rías Baixas
2 335€/m²
2 027–3 301 by town
15
pricier
Costa Brava
2 344€/m²
2 223–3 489 by town
Rías Baixas 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.
Pontevedra0 mo above 20 °C
14
J
13
F
13
M
15
A
16
M
17
J
17
J
17
A
17
S
17
O
16
N
15
D
Sanxenxo0 mo above 20 °C
14
J
13
F
13
M
15
A
16
M
17
J
17
J
17
A
17
S
17
O
16
N
15
D
Vigo0 mo above 20 °C
14
J
14
F
14
M
15
A
16
M
17
J
17
J
17
A
17
S
17
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 3
10 km to sea1 sch.
Galicia, Rías Baixas
Pontevedra
2 027€/m²appraised
Winter5/5
Sea0 mo
Car-free5/5
No nómina2/5
Internet400
Nomad month1 186 €
1 km to sea2 sch.
Galicia, Rías Baixas
Vigo
2 335€/m²appraised
Winter5/5
Sea0 mo
Car-free4/5
No nómina2/5
Internet480
Nomad month1 384 €
200 m to sea
Galicia, Rías Baixas
Sanxenxo
3 301€/m²asking
Winter2/5
Sea0 mo
Car-free2/5
No nómina1/5
Internet350
Nomad month1 302 €
Articles that include this coast
- 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.
- 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.
- Spain's cleanest beaches: 36 years of EU water testsThe water grade for every bathing point in Spain, every season since 1990: where excellent has held every single year, where the water was poor in the latest season, and how the grade differs from the Blue Flag.
- 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.
Median rather than mean: a single expensive spot skews the average for the whole coast. Airports: VGO.