Pontevedra · Galicia
Cambados
The handsome, self-styled capital of albariño wine — three fused medieval villages on the Ría de Arousa, centred on the arcaded Praza de Fefiñáns and ringed by dozens of wineries.
Living in Cambados
Cambados is a Galician town of 14,000 on the sheltered Ría de Arousa, at sea level in the heart of Rías Baixas wine country. Life here turns with the albariño year — the vines, the bodegas, and the wine festival that fills the arcaded old square each August — and with the tides of the ría. It's a deeply local place: barely a handful of British or German residents, with what foreign community there is largely Peruvian and Venezuelan. The climate is soft and green, winters around 11°C and summers a mild 26°C, but genuinely wet at over 1,500mm a year. Pontevedra is under half an hour away, with a hospital under twenty minutes and the beach a couple of kilometres off.
Cambados's Spainability Scores — by who's moving
Not our opinion: we ran the same scoring engine behind the quiz for six settler profiles across all 8,132 municipalities. Each score is Cambados's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 98% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
The handsome, self-styled capital of albariño wine — three fused medieval villages on the Ría de Arousa, centred on the arcaded Praza de Fefiñáns and ringed by dozens of wineries. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 5 km from the sea and mild 26.5°C summer highs.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 26.5°C
- Rainy days a year 126 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 7
- Winter average temp 11.1°C
Higher than 97% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
The handsome, self-styled capital of albariño wine — three fused medieval villages on the Ría de Arousa, centred on the arcaded Praza de Fefiñáns and ringed by dozens of wineries. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 5 km from the sea and 18 min to a hospital.
- Schools in town 12
- PISA maths (region) 486
- Registered long-let rent €4.63/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 18 min
Higher than 92% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
The handsome, self-styled capital of albariño wine — three fused medieval villages on the Ría de Arousa, centred on the arcaded Praza de Fefiñáns and ringed by dozens of wineries. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 5 km from the sea and 13,863 people.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 93%
- Drive to nearest airport 47 min
- Registered long-let rent €4.63/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 26.5°C
Higher than 91% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
The handsome, self-styled capital of albariño wine — three fused medieval villages on the Ría de Arousa, centred on the arcaded Praza de Fefiñáns and ringed by dozens of wineries. A strong pick for American retirees — 18 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 11.1°C
- Drive to a hospital 18 min
- U.S.-born residents 1.23 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €4.63/m²·mo
Higher than 89% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
The handsome, self-styled capital of albariño wine — three fused medieval villages on the Ría de Arousa, centred on the arcaded Praza de Fefiñáns and ringed by dozens of wineries. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 5 km from the sea and 13,863 people.
- Registered long-let rent €4.63/m²·mo
- Net income per person €12,476
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 26.5°C
Higher than 84% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
The handsome, self-styled capital of albariño wine — three fused medieval villages on the Ría de Arousa, centred on the arcaded Praza de Fefiñáns and ringed by dozens of wineries. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 18 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 11.1°C
- Drive to a hospital 18 min
- Surgical wait (region) 73 days
- Registered long-let rent €4.63/m²·mo
What is the climate like in Cambados?
Cambados's reported winter average is 11.1°C, while July–August highs reach 26.5°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 11.1°C top 16% of 8,131 towns 3.4°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 26.5°C top 12% of 8,131 towns 3.7°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 126 days bottom 4% of 8,088 towns 84% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 6 h/day bottom 7% of 3,829 towns 17% 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)
- River-flood depth (T=100, town centre) estimated
- 0 m top 1% of 8,129 towns 0.04 m below the Spanish average (0.04 m)
- River-flood risk score estimated
- 0 top 1% of 8,129 towns about the Spanish average (0)
- Wildfire burn rate (2010–23)
- 0.43 ha/km² bottom 27% of 8,132 towns 1.88 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 3 bottom 32% of 8,132 towns 3 below the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 16% top 2% of 8,130 towns 6.9% below the Spanish average (22.9%)
The year, month by month
AEMET 30-year climate normals — what a January or an August actually feels like, not the annual average.
How good is healthcare in Cambados?
Cambados's nearest health centre is 1.6 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 18 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 18 min top 19% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 1.6 km top 8% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 73 days #3 of 17 regions, −30 days vs national 32% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Cambados?
Cambados has 12 schools in town; the nearest international school is 14 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 12 top 5% 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)
How much does it cost to live in Cambados?
Cambados's reported asking price is €1,968/m².
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- €1,968/m² asking · Fotocasa Jun 2026 · small sample
- Registered long-let rent
- €4.63/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €3.57/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €5.87/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €12,476 bottom 23% of 8,059 towns 14% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 28% top 38% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Cambados?
Galician and Spanish are co-official in Galicia. Public schools use both languages, with substantial Galician-medium teaching rather than a Spanish-only default; the balance can vary by school. See the Galicia region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Cambados?
Cambados's reported population is 13,863.
Who lives here
- Population
- 13,863
- Born in Spain
- 91.4% 2.6% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2% 1.8% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.23 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Cambados?
Cambados is a reported 47 min drive from the nearest airport, with 83% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 47 min top 21% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 83% bottom 34% of 8,132 towns 5% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 93% bottom 49% of 8,132 towns 10% above the Spanish average (83%)
Numbers: Spainability town dataset, derived from INE, AEMET, Mitma and the Catastro. Registered long-let rent is SERPAVI declared-contract data; its p25–p75 values show the observed band. Registered-rent yield is gross, excludes costs and is never imputed. 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.
How does Cambados 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 Cambados against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 29 min from Pontevedra, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Cambados for you →Questions to verify locally
- Ask whether current long-let rents match the registered-contract figure.
- Ask what recent sales closed at; the published figure is asking price.
- Test fibre speed at the exact address, not the town average.
- Visit local schools and confirm places for incoming families.
- Confirm health-centre registration and opening hours in person.
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