Coruña, A · Galicia

Malpica de Bergantiños

A fishing town marking one end of the savagely beautiful, shipwreck-strewn Costa da Morte ('Coast of Death').

5,247 residents~35 min to Coruña, A
Malpica de Bergantiños, Coruña, A
Photo: Lorena PLS · CC BY 2.0

Why people fall for Malpica de Bergantiños

Portrait drawn from Lonely Planet.

At the northern end of the 200km Costa da Morte, between Cabo Fisterra and Malpica.

Who it suits: Coastal road-trippers

Who Malpica de Bergantiños 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 Malpica de Bergantiños lands.

Good for

  • Heat-averse settlers 99th percentile of 8,132 towns 11 km from the sea · mild 23°C summer highs
  • Families with school-age kids 95th percentile of 8,132 towns 11 km from the sea · 5,247 people
  • Remote-working couples 95th percentile of 8,132 towns 11 km from the sea · 5,247 people
  • Budget-first coastal settlers 95th percentile of 8,132 towns 11 km from the sea · 5,247 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
9°C top 30% of 8,131 towns 1.2°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
Summer high (Jul–Aug)
23°C top 4% of 8,131 towns 7.2°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
Rainy days a year
157 days bottom 1% of 8,088 towns 129% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
Sunshine
no local data
Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
7 top 10% of 8,033 towns 49 below the Spanish average (56)

Cost & economy

Home price
no local data
Net income per person
€13,070 bottom 31% of 8,059 towns 10% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
Income growth ’18–’23
29.7% top 28% of 6,605 towns

Schools

Schools in town
3 top 19% of 7,042 towns
Nearest international school
31 km top 33% 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
36 min bottom 46% 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
44 min top 18% of 8,132 towns
Fibre-to-home coverage
98% top 12% of 8,132 towns 19% above the Spanish average (79%)
100 Mbps+ coverage
99% top 14% of 8,132 towns 16% above the Spanish average (83%)

Who lives here

Population
5,247
Born in Spain
93.7% 4.9% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
Born elsewhere in EU/UK
1.8% 2.1% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
U.S.-born residents
0.19 per 1,000
Nearest airport A Coruña Airport (LCG) — 44 min drive · international: direct flights to 3 countries
Winter 9°C average — 1.2°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
Summer 23°C high — 7.2°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)

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.

10° 15° 20° 25° 30° 300 0 mm 12° 12° 15° 16° 18° 21° 11° 23° 13° 23° 13° 22° 12° 18° 10° 14° 12° day high night low JFMAMJJASOND
day high → night low (°C) rain (mm/month, right axis) Measured at the VIMIANZO station, 33 km away — the nearest with full 30-year normals.

How does Malpica de Bergantiños 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 Malpica de Bergantiños against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 35 min from Coruña, A, if that's your anchor.

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