Cádiz · Andalucía
Sanlúcar de Barrameda
A peaceful town whose life is shaped by sea and wine — the main depot for manzanilla sherry, and the launch point for Magellan's circumnavigation and Columbus's third voyage.
Why people fall for Sanlúcar de Barrameda
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide & The Rough Guide.
Facing the Atlantic on the marshes of the Guadalquivir.
On the table. The main depot for manzanilla sherry, a pale, dry variety much in evidence in the bars.
Worth the trip
- The Barrio Alto, the attractive old quarter of the upper town
- A shell-encrusted river beach with warm, usually deserted waters
- Boat cruises into the Parque Nacional Coto de Doñana
Fiestas
- Horse races along the beach in the first and third weeks of August
A little history
Magellan set out from here to circumnavigate the globe; Pizarro embarked to conquer Peru; and Columbus sailed from nearby Bonanza on his third voyage to the Americas.
Who it suits: Sherry tourists · Wildlife/Doñana day-trippers
Who Sanlúcar de Barrameda 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 Sanlúcar de Barrameda lands.
Good for
- Remote-working couples 97th percentile of 8,132 towns 4 km from the sea · 69,952 people
- Families with school-age kids 96th percentile of 8,132 towns 4 km from the sea · a hospital in town
- Budget-first coastal settlers 96th percentile of 8,132 towns 4 km from the sea · 69,952 people
- Retiring couples 95th percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · 12.9°C average winters
- American retirees 94th percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · 12.9°C average winters
- Heat-averse settlers 93rd percentile of 8,132 towns 4 km from the sea · a hospital in town
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
- 12.9°C top 5% of 8,131 towns 5.1°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 30.6°C bottom 49% of 8,131 towns 0.4°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 51 days top 19% of 8,088 towns 26% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 8.5 h/day top 1% of 3,829 towns 18% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 4 top 2% of 8,033 towns 53 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €2,083/m² bottom 48% of 306 towns 6% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €10,203 bottom 3% of 8,059 towns 30% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 32.2% top 18% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 46 top 1% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 20 km top 20% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 457 #16 of 17 regions, −22 vs national 24 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min top 1% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 4.9 km top 23% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 173 days #17 of 17 regions, +70 days vs national 60% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 34 min top 10% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 99% top 7% of 8,132 towns 20% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 99% top 16% of 8,132 towns 16% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 69,952
- Born in Spain
- 96.5% 7.7% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 0.9% 2.9% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.46 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 Sanlúcar de Barrameda 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 Sanlúcar de Barrameda against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 32 min from Puerto de Santa María, El, if that's your anchor.
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