León · Castilla Y Leon
Riaño
A gateway town to the Picos de Europa, part of the wider Cordillera Cantábrica.
Why people fall for Riaño
Portrait drawn from Lonely Planet.
Near the Picos de Europa.
Who it suits: Base for Picos de Europa exploration
Who Riaño 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 Riaño lands.
Good for
- Heat-averse settlers 91st percentile of 8,132 towns mild 19.1°C summer highs · 63 km from the sea
Probably not for
- American retirees 16th percentile of 8,132 towns weakest factor: close to a hospital
- Retiring couples 22nd percentile of 8,132 towns weakest factor: close to a hospital
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
- 1.5°C bottom 2% of 8,131 towns 6.3°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 19.1°C top 1% of 8,131 towns 11.1°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 121 days bottom 7% of 8,088 towns 77% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 22 top 23% of 8,033 towns 35 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €16,563 top 20% of 8,059 towns 14% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 17.8% bottom 12% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 1 top 39% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 61 km bottom 35% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 499 #1 of 17 regions, +20 vs national 18 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 84 min bottom 4% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 1.2 km top 5% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 87 days #5 of 17 regions, −16 days vs national 19% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 97 min bottom 28% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 83% bottom 34% of 8,132 towns 5% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 83% bottom 26% of 8,132 towns about the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 476
- Born in Spain
- 95.2% 6.4% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 0.4% 3.4% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0 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 Riaño 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 Riaño against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 84 min from León, if that's your anchor.
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