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Llanes
Asturias's easternmost resort, a delightful seaside town crammed between the foothills of the Picos and a majestic stretch of coast.
Why people fall for Llanes
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
Between the Picos de Europa foothills and the coast.
On the table. A tidal stream lined with cafés and seafood restaurants runs into the small harbour.
Worth the trip
- The Basílica de Santa María, in plain Gothic style imported from southern France
- The Paseo de San Pedro, a walk atop a dramatic die-straight cliff with wonderful views
- Playa Ballota, 3km east, with its own spring water and a nudist stretch
Who it suits: Beach and cliff walkers
Who Llanes 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 Llanes lands.
Good for
- Heat-averse settlers 97th percentile of 8,132 towns 22 km from the sea · mild 22.8°C summer highs
- Families with school-age kids 97th percentile of 8,132 towns 22 km from the sea · 13,529 people
- Remote-working couples 95th percentile of 8,132 towns 13,529 people · 22 km from the sea
- Budget-first coastal settlers 90th percentile of 8,132 towns 13,529 people · 22 km from the sea
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
- €13,896 bottom 44% of 8,059 towns 4% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 31.2% top 22% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 11 top 6% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 64 km bottom 33% 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
- 46 min bottom 31% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 6.8 km top 35% 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
- 76 min bottom 48% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 92% top 39% of 8,132 towns 13% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 97% top 31% of 8,132 towns 14% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 13,529
- Born in Spain
- 85.2% 3.6% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 3.2% 0.6% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.92 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 Llanes 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 Llanes against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 59 min from Torrelavega, if that's your anchor.
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