Coruña, A · Galicia
Malpica de Bergantiños
A fishing town marking one end of the savagely beautiful, shipwreck-strewn Costa da Morte ('Coast of Death').
Living in Malpica de Bergantiños
Malpica de Bergantiños is a Galician fishing town of 5,200 marking one end of the savagely beautiful, shipwreck-strewn Costa da Morte. It's an overwhelmingly Galician working port with the Atlantic at its door. The climate is cool and extremely wet — this is one of the rainiest stretches of Spain, with soft, mild winters around 9°C and cool summers barely into the low 20s. A hospital is about thirty-five minutes away, and A Coruña the same, so it's a remote but not impossibly cut-off spot for people drawn to the wild north-west coast.
Malpica de Bergantiños'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 Malpica de Bergantiños'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 fishing town marking one end of the savagely beautiful, shipwreck-strewn Costa da Morte ('Coast of Death'). A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 9 km from the sea and mild 23°C summer highs.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 23°C
- Rainy days a year 157 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 7
- Winter average temp 9°C
Higher than 89% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A fishing town marking one end of the savagely beautiful, shipwreck-strewn Costa da Morte ('Coast of Death'). A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 9 km from the sea and 36 min to a hospital.
- Schools in town 3
- PISA maths (region) 486
- Registered long-let rent €4.57/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 36 min
Higher than 86% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A fishing town marking one end of the savagely beautiful, shipwreck-strewn Costa da Morte ('Coast of Death'). A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 9 km from the sea and 5,247 people.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 99%
- Drive to nearest airport 44 min
- Registered long-let rent €4.57/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 23°C
Higher than 82% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A fishing town marking one end of the savagely beautiful, shipwreck-strewn Costa da Morte ('Coast of Death'). A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 9 km from the sea and 5,247 people.
- Registered long-let rent €4.57/m²·mo
- Net income per person €13,070
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 23°C
Higher than 81% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A fishing town marking one end of the savagely beautiful, shipwreck-strewn Costa da Morte ('Coast of Death'). A strong pick for American retirees — 36 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 9°C
- Drive to a hospital 36 min
- U.S.-born residents 0.19 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €4.57/m²·mo
Higher than 77% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A fishing town marking one end of the savagely beautiful, shipwreck-strewn Costa da Morte ('Coast of Death'). A strong pick for a retiring couple — 36 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 9°C
- Drive to a hospital 36 min
- Surgical wait (region) 73 days
- Registered long-let rent €4.57/m²·mo
What is the climate like in Malpica de Bergantiños?
Malpica de Bergantiños's reported winter average is 9°C, while July–August highs reach 23°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 9°C top 30% of 8,131 towns 1.2°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 23°C top 4% of 8,131 towns 7.2°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 157 days bottom 1% of 8,088 towns 129% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- 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)
- 0.66 ha/km² bottom 22% of 8,132 towns 1.64 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 8 bottom 14% of 8,132 towns 2 above the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 15.5% top 1% of 8,130 towns 7.4% 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 Malpica de Bergantiños?
Malpica de Bergantiños's nearest health centre is 3.1 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 36 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 36 min bottom 46% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 3.1 km top 16% 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 Malpica de Bergantiños?
Malpica de Bergantiños has 3 schools in town; the nearest international school is 31 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 3 top 19% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 31 km top 36% 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 Malpica de Bergantiños?
Malpica de Bergantiños's reported asking price is €1,839/m².
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- €1,839/m² asking · Fotocasa Jun 2026 · small sample
- Registered long-let rent
- €4.57/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €2.99/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €6.23/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €13,070 bottom 31% of 8,059 towns 10% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 29.7% top 28% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Malpica de Bergantiños?
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 Malpica de Bergantiños?
Malpica de Bergantiños's reported population is 5,247.
Who lives here
- Population
- 5,247
- Born in Spain
- 93.7% 4.9% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 1.8% 2.1% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.19 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Malpica de Bergantiños?
Malpica de Bergantiños is a reported 44 min drive from the nearest airport, with 98% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 44 min top 18% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 98% top 12% of 8,132 towns 19% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 99% top 14% of 8,132 towns 16% 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 Malpica de Bergantiños 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 Malpica de Bergantiños against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 35 min from Coruña, A, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Malpica de Bergantiños 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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