Pontevedra · Galicia
Illa de Arousa, A
A wooded island holding great beaches, effectively part of the mainland via a 2km bridge, with a natural park at its narrow southern tip.
Why people fall for Illa de Arousa, A
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
Connected to the mainland by a 2km bridge.
Worth the trip
- Half a dozen fine, isolated beaches backed by trees and saltwater marshes loved by migratory water birds
- The Parque Carreirón natural park
Who it suits: Beach walkers
Who Illa de Arousa, 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 Illa de Arousa, A lands.
Good for
- Heat-averse settlers 97th percentile of 8,132 towns 5 km from the sea · mild 26.5°C summer highs
- Families with school-age kids 95th percentile of 8,132 towns 5 km from the sea · 4,813 people
- Remote-working couples 93rd percentile of 8,132 towns 5 km from the sea · 4,813 people
- Budget-first coastal settlers 93rd percentile of 8,132 towns 5 km from the sea · 4,813 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+)
- no local data
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €11,380 bottom 12% of 8,059 towns 21% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 27.9% top 38% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 5 top 12% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 22 km top 22% 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
- 22 min top 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
- 57 min top 33% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 94% top 32% of 8,132 towns 15% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 99% top 22% of 8,132 towns 15% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 4,813
- Born in Spain
- 95.1% 6.3% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.5% 1.3% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 2.08 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 Illa de Arousa, 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 Illa de Arousa, A against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 40 min from Pontevedra, if that's your anchor.
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