Coruña, A · Galicia
Pontedeume
One of the characterful small towns along Galicia's dramatic, sparsely populated Rías Altas coast.
Why people fall for Pontedeume
Portrait drawn from Lonely Planet.
On the Rías Altas, Galicia's northern coast east of A Coruña.
Who Pontedeume 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 Pontedeume lands.
Good for
- Heat-averse settlers 98th percentile of 8,132 towns 17 km from the sea · mild 23.6°C summer highs
- Families with school-age kids 97th percentile of 8,132 towns 17 km from the sea · 7,428 people
- Budget-first coastal settlers 97th percentile of 8,132 towns 17 km from the sea · 7,428 people
- Remote-working couples 96th percentile of 8,132 towns 17 km from the sea · 7,428 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
- 10.4°C top 20% of 8,131 towns 2.6°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 23.6°C top 5% of 8,131 towns 6.6°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 127 days bottom 3% of 8,088 towns 85% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 5.4 h/day bottom 6% of 3,829 towns 25% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- 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
- €14,488 top 47% of 8,059 towns about the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 26.1% top 49% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 7 top 9% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 21 km top 21% 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
- 32 min top 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
- 29 min top 7% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 92% top 40% of 8,132 towns 13% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 98% top 23% of 8,132 towns 15% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 7,428
- Born in Spain
- 93% 4.2% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 1.6% 2.2% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.35 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 Pontedeume 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 Pontedeume against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 33 min from Coruña, A, if that's your anchor.
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