Asturias · Pdo De Asturias
Cudillero
A delightful fishing village squeezed so tightly into a corkscrewing valley that none of its buildings face directly out to sea — giving it the feel of a Greek island village.
Living in Cudillero
Cudillero is a picture-perfect Asturian fishing village of 4,900, its brightly painted arcaded houses stacked so tightly up a corkscrewing valley that barely a building faces the open sea. Returning boats still sell their catch beside the harbour in the afternoon, and fish tavernas fill the little plaza above the port. The climate is green Atlantic — cool summers around 22°C, mild winters near 10°C and frequent rain. It's a mostly Spanish village whose one practical quirk is having no beach of its own; the nearest is a few kilometres east. A hospital, Avilés and Asturias airport are all about half an hour away.
Cudillero'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 Cudillero'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.
A delightful fishing village squeezed so tightly into a corkscrewing valley that none of its buildings face directly out to sea — giving it the feel of a Greek island village. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 2 km from the sea and mild 22.2°C summer highs.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 22.2°C
- Rainy days a year 128 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 6
- Winter average temp 10.3°C
Higher than 97% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A delightful fishing village squeezed so tightly into a corkscrewing valley that none of its buildings face directly out to sea — giving it the feel of a Greek island village. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 2 km from the sea and 30 min to a hospital.
- Schools in town 5
- PISA maths (region) 495
- Registered long-let rent €4.49/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 30 min
Higher than 91% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A delightful fishing village squeezed so tightly into a corkscrewing valley that none of its buildings face directly out to sea — giving it the feel of a Greek island village. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 2 km from the sea and 30 min to a hospital.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 96%
- Drive to nearest airport 30 min
- Registered long-let rent €4.49/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 22.2°C
Higher than 87% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A delightful fishing village squeezed so tightly into a corkscrewing valley that none of its buildings face directly out to sea — giving it the feel of a Greek island village. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 2 km from the sea and 30 min to a hospital.
- Registered long-let rent €4.49/m²·mo
- Net income per person €14,740
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 22.2°C
Higher than 73% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A delightful fishing village squeezed so tightly into a corkscrewing valley that none of its buildings face directly out to sea — giving it the feel of a Greek island village. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 30 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 10.3°C
- Drive to a hospital 30 min
- Surgical wait (region) 91 days
- Registered long-let rent €4.49/m²·mo
Higher than 67% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A delightful fishing village squeezed so tightly into a corkscrewing valley that none of its buildings face directly out to sea — giving it the feel of a Greek island village. A strong pick for American retirees — 30 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 10.3°C
- Drive to a hospital 30 min
- U.S.-born residents 0.61 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €4.49/m²·mo
What is the climate like in Cudillero?
Cudillero's reported winter average is 10.3°C, while July–August highs reach 22.2°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 10.3°C top 21% of 8,131 towns 2.5°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 22.2°C top 2% of 8,131 towns 8°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 128 days bottom 3% of 8,088 towns 87% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 4.6 h/day bottom 2% of 3,829 towns 37% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 6 top 6% of 8,033 towns 50 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)
- 0.84 ha/km² bottom 19% of 8,132 towns 1.47 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 14 bottom 8% of 8,132 towns 8 above the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 21.7% top 37% of 8,130 towns 1.2% 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 Cudillero?
Cudillero's nearest health centre is 6.6 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 30 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 30 min top 43% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 6.6 km top 37% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 91 days #7 of 17 regions, −12 days vs national 16% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Cudillero?
Cudillero has 5 schools in town; the nearest international school is 24 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 5 top 12% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 24 km top 27% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 495 #2 of 17 regions, +16 vs national 14 above the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Cudillero?
Cudillero's reported asking price is €1,878/m².
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- €1,878/m² asking · Fotocasa Jun 2026 · small sample
- Registered long-let rent
- €4.49/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €3.85/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €5.85/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €14,740 top 44% of 8,059 towns about the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 30.4% top 25% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Cudillero?
Spanish is the only region-wide official language in Asturias, and Spanish-medium teaching is the public-school default. Individual bilingual and international programmes can use other languages, so check the specific school. See the Asturias region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Cudillero?
Cudillero's reported population is 4,896.
Who lives here
- Population
- 4,896
- Born in Spain
- 93% 4.2% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.4% 1.4% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.61 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Cudillero?
Cudillero is a reported 30 min drive from the nearest airport, with 86% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 30 min top 7% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 86% bottom 40% of 8,132 towns 7% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 96% top 37% of 8,132 towns 13% 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 Cudillero 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 Cudillero against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 30 min from Avilés, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Cudillero 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.
- Ask about summer rental crowds and parking near the coast.
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