Coruña, A · Galicia
Betanzos
An ancient town built on a pre-Roman site so old its once-seafront hill now stands well inland — home to the world's largest paper balloon launch every August.
Why people fall for Betanzos
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
20km southeast of A Coruña, at the head of the Ría de Betanzos, at the confluence of the Mendo and Mandeo rivers.
Worth the trip
- The Gothic church of Santiago on Plaza da Constitución
- The twelfth-century church of Santa María do Azougue, and the Gothic Igrexa de San Francisco holding the tomb of Conde Fernán Perez de Andrade
Fiestas
- Fiesta del Globo, 16 August, launching the world's largest paper balloon
- A medieval festival, second weekend of July
A little history
Built on a pre-Roman site so old that what was once a steep seafront hill now stands well inland.
Who it suits: Medieval-history travellers
Who Betanzos 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 Betanzos lands.
Good for
- Heat-averse settlers 99th percentile of 8,132 towns 18 km from the sea · mild 23.6°C summer highs
- Families with school-age kids 98th percentile of 8,132 towns 18 km from the sea · 13,508 people
- Remote-working couples 97th percentile of 8,132 towns 18 km from the sea · 13,508 people
- Budget-first coastal settlers 97th percentile of 8,132 towns 18 km from the sea · 13,508 people
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
- 10.4°C top 20% of 8,131 towns 2.6°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 23.6°C top 5% of 8,131 towns 6.6°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 127 days bottom 3% of 8,088 towns 85% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 5.4 h/day bottom 6% of 3,829 towns 25% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 7 top 10% of 8,033 towns 49 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €14,407 top 48% of 8,059 towns about the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 25.3% bottom 46% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 6 top 10% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 16 km top 15% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 486 #8 of 17 regions, +7 vs national 5 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 20 min top 23% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- no local data
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 73 days #3 of 17 regions, −30 days vs national 32% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 17 min top 2% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 95% top 28% of 8,132 towns 16% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 98% top 27% of 8,132 towns 15% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 13,508
- Born in Spain
- 85.5% 3.3% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.1% 1.7% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.26 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 Betanzos 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 Betanzos against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 19 min from Coruña, A, if that's your anchor.
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