Pontevedra · Galicia
Guarda, A
A workaday port largely rebuilt by emigrants returned from Puerto Rico, but also an ancient site home to remarkable prehistoric ruins.
Why people fall for Guarda, A
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
Just short of the Miño river mouth.
Worth the trip
- Monte Santa Trega, a pre-Roman fortified hill settlement occupied 600-200 BC, with over a hundred circular dwelling foundations
- A large cromlech (stone circle) on the north slope
Who it suits: Archaeology enthusiasts
Who Guarda, A 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 Guarda, A lands.
Good for
- Heat-averse settlers 96th percentile of 8,132 towns 17 km from the sea · mild 26.8°C summer highs
- Families with school-age kids 93rd percentile of 8,132 towns 17 km from the sea · 9,994 people
- Remote-working couples 92nd percentile of 8,132 towns 17 km from the sea · 9,994 people
- Budget-first coastal settlers 91st percentile of 8,132 towns 17 km from the sea · 9,994 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
- 10.8°C top 17% of 8,131 towns 3°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 26.8°C top 13% of 8,131 towns 3.4°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
- 1 top 1% of 8,033 towns 55 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €12,638 bottom 25% of 8,059 towns 13% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 26.8% top 45% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 9 top 7% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 33 km top 35% 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
- 51 min bottom 25% 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
- 50 min top 24% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 92% top 39% of 8,132 towns 13% 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
- 9,994
- Born in Spain
- 88.1% 0.7% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 4.4% 0.6% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 2.5 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 Guarda, A 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 Guarda, A against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 50 min from Vigo, if that's your anchor.
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