Pontevedra · Galicia
Sanxenxo
Galicia's flagship summer beach resort — a long string of small sandy beaches and seasonal hotels merging into Portonovo, lively and nightlife-driven in season, quiet the rest of the year.
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Why people fall for Sanxenxo
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide & The Rough Guide.
On the north shore of the Ría de Pontevedra, about 17km west of Pontevedra and near the La Lanzada beach, with a marina and the Paseo Marítimo seafront.
Worth the trip
- Praia de Silgar and the beach-lined Paseo Marítimo
- A landmark sculpture set on a rock offshore, the town's emblem
- Ferry departures to the Illa de Ons
Fiestas
- Fiesta de San Ginés (25 August)
Who it suits: Beach-and-nightlife summer holidaymakers · Families wanting a lively seaside base
Who Sanxenxo 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 Sanxenxo lands.
Good for
- Heat-averse settlers 99th percentile of 8,132 towns 1 km from the sea · mild 25.8°C summer highs
- Families with school-age kids 98th percentile of 8,132 towns 1 km from the sea · 17,990 people
- Remote-working couples 98th percentile of 8,132 towns 1 km from the sea · 17,990 people
- Budget-first coastal settlers 97th percentile of 8,132 towns 1 km from the sea · 17,990 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 18% of 8,131 towns 2.7°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 25.8°C top 8% of 8,131 towns 4.4°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 130 days bottom 3% of 8,088 towns 90% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 6.2 h/day bottom 11% of 3,829 towns 14% 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
- €13,605 bottom 39% of 8,059 towns 6% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 29.7% top 28% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 11 top 6% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 14 km top 13% 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
- 29 min top 40% 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
- 47 min top 21% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 89% bottom 47% of 8,132 towns 10% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 96% top 37% of 8,132 towns 13% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 17,990
- Born in Spain
- 90.5% 1.7% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.5% 1.3% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.83 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 Sanxenxo 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 Sanxenxo against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 29 min from Pontevedra, if that's your anchor.
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