Ourense · Galicia
Ribadavia
An enticing maze of stone-paved lanes with a large 15th-century castle and Galicia's largest medieval Jewish quarter, at the heart of the Ribeiro wine region.
Why people fall for Ribadavia
Portrait drawn from Lonely Planet.
Above the Río Avia, 30km west of Ourense.
On the table. Winemaking here was started by the Romans and achieved renown across 16th-century Europe; typical Ribeiro wines are whites based on the treixadura grape.
Worth the trip
- Galicia's largest medieval Jewish quarter
- A large 15th-century castle
- Smaller wineries like Cuñas Davia, Arco da Vella and Priorato de Razamonde, open for visits and tastings
Who it suits: Wine tourists · Jewish-heritage travellers
Who Ribadavia 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 Ribadavia lands.
Good for
- Heat-averse settlers 93rd percentile of 8,132 towns 48 km from the sea · low summer water stress
- Families with school-age kids 90th percentile of 8,132 towns 48 km from the sea · 4,917 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
- 7.8°C top 41% of 8,131 towns about the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 28.8°C top 28% of 8,131 towns 1.4°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 109 days bottom 9% of 8,088 towns 59% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 1 top 1% of 8,033 towns 55 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €13,014 bottom 30% of 8,059 towns 10% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 25.3% bottom 46% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 6 top 10% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 46 km top 50% 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
- 21 min top 25% 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
- 50 min top 25% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 85% bottom 37% of 8,132 towns 6% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 98% top 26% of 8,132 towns 15% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 4,917
- Born in Spain
- 88.3% 0.5% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 4.5% 0.6% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.2 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 Ribadavia 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 Ribadavia against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 23 min from Ourense, if that's your anchor.
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