Pontevedra · Galicia
Cambados
The handsome, self-styled capital of albariño wine — three fused medieval villages on the Ría de Arousa, centred on the arcaded Praza de Fefiñáns and ringed by dozens of wineries.
Why people fall for Cambados
Portrait drawn from Lonely Planet, the Michelin Green Guide & The Rough Guide.
On the Ría de Arousa in the Rías Baixas, between the Arousa and Pontevedra inlets, in Galicia's albariño wine country.
On the table. The production centre of Galicia's albariño white wine, with wine shops and bodegas around its old town and ~30 wineries within about 15km.
Worth the trip
- Praza de Fefiñáns and the 16th/17th-century Pazo de Fefiñáns
- Winery visits and albariño tastings (Martín Códax, Gil Armada, Mar de Frades)
Fiestas
- Albariño wine festival (Festa do Albariño), first Sunday of August
A little history
A fusion of three medieval villages that grew into the capital of the albariño wine trade.
Who it suits: Wine lovers · Slow-travel couples · Anyone wanting Galician old-town charm without a big resort
Who Cambados 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 Cambados lands.
Good for
- Heat-averse settlers 98th percentile of 8,132 towns 6 km from the sea · mild 26.5°C summer highs
- Families with school-age kids 98th percentile of 8,132 towns 6 km from the sea · 13,863 people
- Budget-first coastal settlers 96th percentile of 8,132 towns 6 km from the sea · 13,863 people
- Remote-working couples 95th percentile of 8,132 towns 6 km from the sea · 13,863 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
- 11.1°C top 16% of 8,131 towns 3.4°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 26.5°C top 12% of 8,131 towns 3.7°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 126 days bottom 4% of 8,088 towns 84% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 6 h/day bottom 7% of 3,829 towns 17% 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
- €12,476 bottom 23% of 8,059 towns 14% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 28% top 38% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 12 top 5% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 14 km top 12% 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
- 18 min top 19% 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
- 47 min top 21% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 83% bottom 34% of 8,132 towns 5% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 93% bottom 49% of 8,132 towns 10% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 13,863
- Born in Spain
- 91.4% 2.6% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2% 1.8% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.23 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 Cambados 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 Cambados against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 29 min from Pontevedra, if that's your anchor.
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