Ferrol
Ferrol is a town in the north of A Coruña province, set on a peninsula at the entrance to a long inlet, with around sixty thousand residents. It is known for its shipyards: warships have been built here since the eighteenth century, and the port is still the main base of the Spanish Atlantic fleet.
The centre's layout is unusual for Spain: the Magdalena quarter was laid out in the eighteenth century on a regular grid, as a military town. For anyone moving, Ferrol means very cheap housing, among the cheapest in our base, and the reason behind it: the town has been losing population for decades along with shipbuilding. The climate is Galician — rain all year, a cold sea. But it is green, quiet and without a tourist season.
- A Coruña · 55 km — the provincial capital, airport and university
- Narón · 5 km — the neighbouring municipality, one town with Ferrol
- Cedeira · 40 km — the fishing town and the San Andrés cliffs
Ferrol sits in Galicia, 4 km from the water. The square metre is 22% below the Rías Altas median: €1 129 against €1 450. Winters are damp at 79% humidity, so ask about mould before you sign. Markedly less sun than the south: 1850 hours a year. This is the north, and winter shows it.
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.
Sea temperature
0 months above 20 °CTourist load
On the map
What tenants actually pay
sourcedThis is the median rent on active leases — tax records for 2024, a sample of 3 794 leases. It includes long-standing contracts at unchanged rents, so it sits below what is asked today: our estimate of asking rent is 650 € 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: Ferrol
Rent by number of bedrooms
asking price, estimate| 1 bedroom | 500 €/mo | |
| 2 bedrooms | 650 €/mo | |
| 3 bedrooms | ≈ 850 €/mo | model: two-bed × 1.3, no measurement yet |
| Median of active leases, 2024 | 400 €/mo | SERPAVI · 86 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% foreign residents — the market is built for locals with a contract
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- Colombia855
- Venezuela510
- Peru465
- Morocco462
- Brazil328
- Cuba245
- Portugal152
- Romania135
- enEnglish~300
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 LCG
January 2026/2730 min to the airport- Switzerland1
- Italy1
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».