
Conil de la Frontera
Conil de la Frontera is a white town on the Atlantic coast of Cádiz province, with around twenty-three thousand residents. In summer the population multiplies: people come for the beaches, a long string of them here, and for the tuna caught the old way, in almadraba trap nets.
For anyone moving, Conil is a resort with a caveat. It is quieter in winter than in summer but does not close entirely: this is still an Andalusian town with a life of its own rather than a strip built for the season. The nearest hospital is in Vejer, 16 minutes away, and the airport is in Jerez, 45 minutes away. Housing costs less than on the Mediterranean. The wind here is constant, the water cool and the beaches wide — Atlantic tides are real ones.
- Cádiz · 45 km — the old city on its spit in the ocean
- Vejer de la Frontera · 20 km — the white town on a hill above the plain
- Tarifa · 45 km — the wind, the kitesurfing and the view of Africa
Conil de la Frontera sits in Cádiz, Costa de la Luz, right on the water. The square metre is 44% above the Costa de la Luz median: €3 202 against €2 219. From November to March the town empties out: our rating is 2 out of 5. A resort in summer, shuttered bars and thin transport in winter. Summers are packed: tourist load hits 5 out of 5 at the peak against 1 in winter.
Hospital, terrain, getting around
Where from: the Ministry of Health hospital catalogue, road time · elevations from the Copernicus terrain model · OpenStreetMap · ratings for car-free and hospital minutes are ours.
Conil de la Frontera sea temperature by month
5 months above 20 °CsourceAverage sea surface temperature, °C, for 2015–2024 — NOAA OISST satellite series, grid cell 12.1 km from the centre.
Tourist load
Conil de la Frontera beaches and water quality
sourceConil de la Frontera has 5 beaches tested under EU bathing water rules, at 5 sampling points. In the 2025 season, all 5 were graded excellent. No beach here has been graded “poor” since testing began in 1990.
The grade is bacteria in water samples over the last four seasons — not sand, views or crowds. “Poor” means bathing there is advised against.
| Beach | From the centre | Grade 2025 | “Excellent” in a row | Last “poor” |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playa Los Bateles | 0.3 km | excellent | 20 seasons | none since 1996 |
| Playa La Fontanilla | 1.4 km | excellent | 32 seasons | none since 1990 |
| Playa Fuente del Gallo | 2.1 km | excellent | 30 seasons | none since 1996 |
| Playa Cala del Aceite | 4.6 km | excellent | 18 seasons | none since 2008 |
| Playa Roche | 7.2 km | excellent | 33 seasons | none since 1993 |
Where from: European Environment Agency, bathing water register, seasons 1990–2025, licence CC BY 4.0. Distance is from the centre in a straight line. Every place in one table
On the map
What tenants actually pay
sourcedThis is the median rent on active leases — tax records for 2024, a sample of 294 leases. It includes long-standing contracts at unchanged rents, so it sits below what is asked today: our estimate of asking rent is 720 € for a two-bedroom.
The point of the 75th percentile: it is closer to what is being signed now than the median. The gap between them shows how much a new tenant overpays relative to long-standing ones.
Where from: SERPAVI, Ministerio de Vivienda · municipality: Conil de la Frontera
Rent by number of bedrooms
asking price, estimate| 1 bedroom | 495 €/mo | |
| 2 bedrooms | 720 €/mo | |
| 3 bedrooms | ≈ 940 €/mo | model: two-bed × 1.3, no measurement yet |
| Median of active leases, 2024 | 500 €/mo | SERPAVI · 72 m² |
Asking prices are what long lets are advertised at today; the registry is what tenants pay on signed leases, including old ones. The gap between them is your negotiating argument.
Schools nearby
estimateInternational schools counted in the base: 0. Names and curricula for this place are not verified yet — the school registry covers the thirty most-requested places so far.
Renting without a Spanish contract
How realistic a long lease is without a nómina — on foreign income, savings or prepayment.
- —7.2% foreign residents — the market is built for locals with a contract
- —Prices rising 10% a year — the landlord picks, and the first filter is a nómina
- —Stock goes to tourist lets: long leases are scarce and competed for
This is our model, not a measurement: demanding a nómina is an individual landlord's practice and nobody publishes it. The rating is derived from the share of foreign residents, the presence of a community with services, price growth, seasonality of the stock and the size of the town.
Who lives here
INE 2025- Germany234
- Morocco201
- Italy200
- Honduras166
- United Kingdom119
- Colombia96
- Romania70
- Argentina68
- deGerman~234Germany — the largest foreign group (13.4%)
Where from: INE, Censo Anual de Población · the register-based census counts padrón registrations by citizenship on 1 January, not everyone living here: seasonal owners and the unregistered are outside it, and naturalised residents count as Spanish.
Winter direct flights from XRY
January 2026/2745 min to the airportThe winter schedule for this airport is not verified yet.
Destinations served at least weekly in January; checked 2026-09-17.
Paperwork and practicalities
From OpenStreetMap — an open map filled in by volunteers. Something missing there may still exist: read this as «we found this many», not «there are no more».
Articles that include this place
- 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.
- 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.
Where to look next
- Chiclana de la Frontera2 219 €/m²
- Cádiz3 011 €/m²
- El Puerto de Santa María2 555 €/m²
- Benidorm3 213 €/m²
- Calpe / Calp3 258 €/m²
- Málaga3 283 €/m²