Coruña, A · Galicia
Muros
A town with some of the best traditional Galego architecture outside Pontevedra, enhanced by a marvellous natural setting at the widest point of its ría.
Living in Muros
Muros is a handsome Galician port of 8,200 at the wide mouth of its ría, with some of the finest traditional Galego architecture outside Pontevedra — tiers of narrow streets, granite arcades and stone porches rising from the waterfront to a Romanesque church. It's an overwhelmingly Galician town, quiet and weather-beaten. The climate is soft, cool and very wet, typical of this Atlantic coast. The real drawback is healthcare: the nearest hospital is over an hour away, and Santiago about the same, so it's remote for anyone needing regular medical access.
Muros'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 Muros's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 99% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
A town with some of the best traditional Galego architecture outside Pontevedra, enhanced by a marvellous natural setting at the widest point of its ría. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 3 km from the sea and a settled international community.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 20.4°C
- Rainy days a year 138 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 7
- Winter average temp 7.3°C
Higher than 97% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A town with some of the best traditional Galego architecture outside Pontevedra, enhanced by a marvellous natural setting at the widest point of its ría. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 3 km from the sea and a settled international community.
- Schools in town 6
- PISA maths (region) 486
- Registered long-let rent €3.42/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 65 min
Higher than 95% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A town with some of the best traditional Galego architecture outside Pontevedra, enhanced by a marvellous natural setting at the widest point of its ría. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — a settled international community and low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.42/m²·mo).
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 97%
- Drive to nearest airport 78 min
- Registered long-let rent €3.42/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 20.4°C
Higher than 90% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A town with some of the best traditional Galego architecture outside Pontevedra, enhanced by a marvellous natural setting at the widest point of its ría. A strong pick for American retirees — a health centre close by and a settled international community.
- Winter average temp 7.3°C
- Drive to a hospital 65 min
- U.S.-born residents 7.22 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €3.42/m²·mo
Higher than 90% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A town with some of the best traditional Galego architecture outside Pontevedra, enhanced by a marvellous natural setting at the widest point of its ría. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — a settled international community and low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.42/m²·mo).
- Registered long-let rent €3.42/m²·mo
- Net income per person €12,609
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 20.4°C
Higher than 67% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A town with some of the best traditional Galego architecture outside Pontevedra, enhanced by a marvellous natural setting at the widest point of its ría. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a health centre close by and a settled international community.
- Winter average temp 7.3°C
- Drive to a hospital 65 min
- Surgical wait (region) 73 days
- Registered long-let rent €3.42/m²·mo
What is the climate like in Muros?
Muros's reported winter average is 7.3°C, while July–August highs reach 20.4°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 7.3°C top 47% of 8,131 towns 0.5°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 20.4°C top 1% of 8,131 towns 9.8°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 138 days bottom 1% of 8,088 towns 101% 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)
- 2.01 ha/km² bottom 12% of 8,132 towns 0.3 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 15 bottom 7% of 8,132 towns 9 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 Muros?
Muros's nearest health centre is 3.2 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 65 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 65 min bottom 12% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 3.2 km top 17% 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 Muros?
Muros has 6 schools in town; the nearest international school is 43 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 6 top 10% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 43 km top 50% 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 Muros?
Muros's reported registered long-let rent is €3.42/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €3.42/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €2.69/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €4.22/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €12,609 bottom 25% of 8,059 towns 13% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 27.4% top 41% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Muros?
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 Muros?
Muros's reported population is 8,171.
Who lives here
- Population
- 8,171
- Born in Spain
- 95.5% 6.7% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 0.7% 3.1% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 7.22 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Muros?
Muros is a reported 78 min drive from the nearest airport, with 88% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 78 min bottom 45% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 88% bottom 44% of 8,132 towns 9% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 97% top 32% of 8,132 towns 14% 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 Muros 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 Muros against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 71 min from Santiago de Compostela, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Muros for you →Questions to verify locally
- Ask whether current long-let rents match the registered-contract figure.
- Request comparable sales; neither appraisal nor asking data is published.
- 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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