Bizkaia · País Vasco
Bermeo
A venerable old fishing port, gateway to a spectacular island shrine that appeared as 'Dragonstone' in Game of Thrones.
Why people fall for Bermeo
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
3km north of Mundaka.
Worth the trip
- San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, a tenth-century island shrine reached by 231 steep steps along a narrow ridge, sacked by Sir Francis Drake in 1593 and later a Game of Thrones filming location
A little history
The island shrine of San Juan de Gaztelugatxe was sacked by Sir Francis Drake in 1593 and featured as 'Dragonstone' in TV's Game of Thrones.
Who it suits: Game of Thrones fans · Hikers
Who Bermeo is for — and who it isn't
Not our opinion: we ran the same scoring engine behind the quiz for six settler profiles across all 8,132 municipalities and read off where Bermeo lands.
Good for
- Families with school-age kids 99th percentile of 8,132 towns 9 km from the sea · a hospital in town
- Remote-working couples 99th percentile of 8,132 towns 9 km from the sea · 17,116 people
- Budget-first coastal settlers 99th percentile of 8,132 towns 9 km from the sea · 17,116 people
- Heat-averse settlers 98th percentile of 8,132 towns 9 km from the sea · mild 25.9°C summer highs
- American retirees 91st percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · direct flights to new york
The numbers
The decision data — each figure placed among all Spanish municipalities that report it ("top 10%" always means good, also where lower is better). Regional overlays and estimates are labelled, and where there's no local reading we say so plainly.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 10.5°C top 18% of 8,131 towns 2.7°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 25.9°C top 9% of 8,131 towns 4.3°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 124 days bottom 6% of 8,088 towns 81% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 4.5 h/day bottom 1% of 3,829 towns 38% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 25 top 30% of 8,033 towns 32 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €17,332 top 13% of 8,059 towns 20% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 22.2% bottom 27% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 8 top 8% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 20 km top 20% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 482 #9 of 17 regions, +3 vs national 1 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min top 1% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- no local data
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 64 days #2 of 17 regions, −39 days vs national 41% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 26 min top 5% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 95% top 25% of 8,132 towns 17% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 99% top 16% of 8,132 towns 16% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 17,116
- Born in Spain
- 85.5% 3.3% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.8% 1.1% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.64 per 1,000
Numbers: SpainScore town dataset, derived from INE, AEMET, Mitma and the Catastro. Percentile chips count only the municipalities that report the figure — the "of n" says how many. Region-ranked figures (PISA, surgical waits) compare Spain's 17 comunidades autónomas. A blank means no municipal-level figure is published — not a zero.
The year, month by month
AEMET 30-year climate normals — what a January or an August actually feels like, not the annual average.
How does Bermeo fit you?
These are the town's numbers. Whether it's your town depends on what you're optimising for — winter sun or mild summers, a city or a village, short medical waits, an easy flight home. The 3-minute quiz scores Bermeo against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 36 min from Bilbao, if that's your anchor.
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