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Cangas de Onís
A busy market town claiming the title 'First Capital of Christian Spain', though today a somewhat scruffy, workaday place specialising in activity tourism.
Why people fall for Cangas de Onís
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
At the junction of the main routes between the Picos de Europa and central Asturias.
On the table. Souvenir packages of cabrales cheese, cured meats, cider and multicoloured fabadas (beans).
Worth the trip
- The Puente Romano, a high-arched bridge with a cross dangling beneath, rebuilt many times but still a fine spectacle
A little history
As an early residence of the fugitive Asturian-Visigothic kings, Cangas lays claim to the title of 'First Capital of Christian Spain.'
Who it suits: Picos de Europa base · Activity tourists
Who Cangas de Onís 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 Cangas de Onís lands.
Good for
- Heat-averse settlers 97th percentile of 8,132 towns 25 km from the sea · mild 22.8°C summer highs
- Families with school-age kids 96th percentile of 8,132 towns 25 km from the sea · 6,366 people
- Remote-working couples 94th percentile of 8,132 towns 25 km from the sea · 6,366 people
- Budget-first coastal settlers 90th percentile of 8,132 towns 25 km from the sea · 6,366 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
- 11.3°C top 15% of 8,131 towns 3.5°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 22.8°C top 3% of 8,131 towns 7.4°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 123 days bottom 6% of 8,088 towns 79% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 6 top 6% of 8,033 towns 50 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €13,217 bottom 33% of 8,059 towns 9% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 32% top 19% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 5 top 12% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 55 km bottom 41% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 495 #2 of 17 regions, +16 vs national 14 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 27 min top 36% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 6.5 km top 33% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 91 days #7 of 17 regions, −12 days vs national 16% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 106 min bottom 22% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 85% bottom 37% of 8,132 towns 6% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 94% top 48% of 8,132 towns 10% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 6,366
- Born in Spain
- 84.8% 4% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 5.3% 1.5% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 2.2 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 Cangas de Onís 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 Cangas de Onís against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 69 min from Siero, if that's your anchor.
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