Bizkaia · País Vasco
Ondarroa
The easternmost coastal town in Bizkaia, a workaday place squeezed on either side of a narrow, steep-sided river mouth, its seaward end dominated by a no-nonsense fishing port.
Why people fall for Ondarroa
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
Looks very different from the small resorts farther east towards San Sebastián.
Worth the trip
- An attractive beach within easy walking distance east of the harbour
- The more substantial beach of Saturrarán around the headland
Who it suits: Off-beat coastal stopovers
Who Ondarroa 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 Ondarroa lands.
Good for
- Heat-averse settlers 95th percentile of 8,132 towns 20 km from the sea · mild 23.2°C summer highs
- Families with school-age kids 95th percentile of 8,132 towns 20 km from the sea · 8,092 people
- Budget-first coastal settlers 94th percentile of 8,132 towns 20 km from the sea · 8,092 people
- American retirees 92nd percentile of 8,132 towns 21 min to a hospital · 2.4 US-born per 1,000
- Remote-working couples 90th percentile of 8,132 towns 20 km from the sea · 8,092 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
- 10.5°C top 17% of 8,131 towns 2.8°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 23.2°C top 4% of 8,131 towns 7°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 105 days bottom 9% of 8,088 towns 53% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 25 top 30% of 8,033 towns 32 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €17,387 top 13% of 8,059 towns 20% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 18.5% bottom 13% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 7 top 9% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 45 km top 49% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 482 #9 of 17 regions, +3 vs national 1 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 21 min top 24% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- no local data
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 64 days #2 of 17 regions, −39 days vs national 41% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 54 min top 30% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 100% top 2% of 8,132 towns 21% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% top 9% of 8,132 towns 16% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 8,092
- Born in Spain
- 88.3% 0.5% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 1.4% 2.4% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 2.35 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 Ondarroa 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 Ondarroa against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 49 min from Donostia/San Sebastián, if that's your anchor.
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