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Cudillero
A delightful fishing village squeezed so tightly into a corkscrewing valley that none of its buildings face directly out to sea — giving it the feel of a Greek island village.
Why people fall for Cudillero
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
25km west of Avilés.
On the table. Fish tavernas in the cobbled plaza above the seafront; returning fishing boats sell their fresh catch beside the harbour from 3pm.
Worth the trip
- Brightly coloured arcaded houses rising up a steep horseshoe of cliffs
- A viewpoint reached by a steep staircase that perfectly frames the port
Who it suits: Photographers
Who Cudillero 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 Cudillero lands.
Good for
- Heat-averse settlers 99th percentile of 8,132 towns 15 km from the sea · mild 22.2°C summer highs
- Families with school-age kids 98th percentile of 8,132 towns 15 km from the sea · a real food scene
- Remote-working couples 97th percentile of 8,132 towns 15 km from the sea · a real food scene
- Budget-first coastal settlers 97th percentile of 8,132 towns 15 km from the sea · 4,896 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
- 10.3°C top 21% of 8,131 towns 2.5°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 22.2°C top 2% of 8,131 towns 8°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 128 days bottom 3% of 8,088 towns 87% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 4.6 h/day bottom 2% of 3,829 towns 37% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- 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
- €14,740 top 44% of 8,059 towns about the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 30.4% top 25% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 5 top 12% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 24 km top 25% 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
- 30 min top 43% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 6.6 km top 34% 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
- 30 min top 7% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 86% bottom 40% of 8,132 towns 7% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 96% top 37% of 8,132 towns 13% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 4,896
- Born in Spain
- 93% 4.2% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.4% 1.4% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.61 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 Cudillero 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 Cudillero against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 30 min from Avilés, if that's your anchor.
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