Gipuzkoa · País Vasco
Hondarribia
A frontier town with a fortified old quarter offering a real sense of history — a delightful little enclave of sturdily attractive medieval mansions.
Living in Hondarribia
Hondarribia is a handsome Basque frontier town of 17,000 at the mouth of the Bidasoa, looking across the estuary to Hendaye in France, its walled old quarter of grand medieval mansions and a 10th-century castle-turned-parador among the prettiest on the coast. Its narrow streets and port taverns are made for tapas-hopping. The climate is cool and very wet — one of the rainiest corners of Spain, with rain on some 140 days a year, cool summers around 25°C and mild winters near 10°C. It's mostly Basque and Spanish-born. It has its own hospital, and San Sebastián's airport is barely thirteen minutes away, with San Sebastián itself just under 40km along the coast.
Hondarribia'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 Hondarribia's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 76% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
A frontier town with a fortified old quarter offering a real sense of history — a delightful little enclave of sturdily attractive medieval mansions. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 3 km from the sea and mild 25.5°C summer highs.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 25.5°C
- Rainy days a year 140 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 25
- Winter average temp 10.2°C
Higher than 62% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A frontier town with a fortified old quarter offering a real sense of history — a delightful little enclave of sturdily attractive medieval mansions. A strong pick for American retirees — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 10.2°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- U.S.-born residents 0.95 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €11.3/m²·mo
Higher than 60% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A frontier town with a fortified old quarter offering a real sense of history — a delightful little enclave of sturdily attractive medieval mansions. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 3 km from the sea and a hospital in town.
- Schools in town 6
- PISA maths (region) 482
- Registered long-let rent €11.3/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
Higher than 55% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A frontier town with a fortified old quarter offering a real sense of history — a delightful little enclave of sturdily attractive medieval mansions. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 10.2°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- Surgical wait (region) 64 days
- Registered long-let rent €11.3/m²·mo
Higher than 53% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A frontier town with a fortified old quarter offering a real sense of history — a delightful little enclave of sturdily attractive medieval mansions. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 3 km from the sea and 16,768 people.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 98%
- Drive to nearest airport 13 min
- Registered long-let rent €11.3/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 25.5°C
Higher than 39% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A frontier town with a fortified old quarter offering a real sense of history — a delightful little enclave of sturdily attractive medieval mansions. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 3 km from the sea and 16,768 people.
- Registered long-let rent €11.3/m²·mo
- Net income per person €21,641
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 25.5°C
What is the climate like in Hondarribia?
Hondarribia's reported winter average is 10.2°C, while July–August highs reach 25.5°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 10.2°C top 21% of 8,131 towns 2.4°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 25.5°C top 8% of 8,131 towns 4.7°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 140 days bottom 1% of 8,088 towns 103% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 4.9 h/day bottom 2% of 3,829 towns 33% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 25 top 30% of 8,033 towns 32 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)
- 17.3 ha/km² bottom 3% of 8,132 towns 15 ha/km² above the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 5 bottom 21% of 8,132 towns 1 below the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 23.5% bottom 41% of 8,130 towns 0.7% above 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 Hondarribia?
Hondarribia's nearest health centre is 2.7 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 0 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min top 1% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 2.7 km top 14% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 64 days #2 of 17 regions, −39 days vs national 41% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Hondarribia?
Hondarribia has 6 schools in town; the nearest international school is 15 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 6 top 10% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 15 km top 15% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 482 #9 of 17 regions, +3 vs national 1 above the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Hondarribia?
Hondarribia's reported asking price is €4,799/m².
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- €4,799/m² asking · Fotocasa Jun 2026 · small sample
- Registered long-let rent
- €11.3/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €9.57/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €13.5/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €21,641 top 1% of 8,059 towns 49% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 26.4% top 47% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Hondarribia?
the Basque Country has a co-official regional language, and public schools commonly use regional-language immersion or bilingual models rather than Spanish-only teaching. The exact classroom language depends on the school and programme, so confirm the current model before enrolling. See the the Basque Country region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Hondarribia?
Hondarribia's reported population is 16,768.
Who lives here
- Population
- 16,768
- Born in Spain
- 90.6% 1.8% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 1.9% 2% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.95 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Hondarribia?
Hondarribia is a reported 13 min drive from the nearest airport, with 96% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 13 min top 1% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 96% top 22% of 8,132 towns 17% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 98% top 24% of 8,132 towns 15% 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 Hondarribia 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 Hondarribia against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 21 min from Irun, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Hondarribia 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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