Coruña, A · Galicia
Noia
A onetime port of Santiago with a fanciful legend of naming after Noah, centred on a medieval core with an impressive church.
Living in Noia
Noia is a Galician town of 14,000 near the head of its ría, once the sea-port of Santiago de Compostela and, by fanciful legend, named for Noah. Its medieval core gathers around an impressive church on a fine old square. It's an overwhelmingly Galician town, mild and wet in the Atlantic way. It's well placed for the interior: Santiago and its airport are both about half an hour away, and a hospital just over thirty minutes — so it combines a quiet ría setting with easy reach of the city.
Noia'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 Noia'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 onetime port of Santiago with a fanciful legend of naming after Noah, centred on a medieval core with an impressive church. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 13 km from the sea and mild 20.4°C summer highs.
- 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 98% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A onetime port of Santiago with a fanciful legend of naming after Noah, centred on a medieval core with an impressive church. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 13 km from the sea and low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.81/m²·mo).
- Schools in town 8
- PISA maths (region) 486
- Registered long-let rent €3.81/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 36 min
Higher than 96% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A onetime port of Santiago with a fanciful legend of naming after Noah, centred on a medieval core with an impressive church. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.81/m²·mo) and 13 km from the sea.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 98%
- Drive to nearest airport 42 min
- Registered long-let rent €3.81/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 20.4°C
Higher than 91% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A onetime port of Santiago with a fanciful legend of naming after Noah, centred on a medieval core with an impressive church. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.81/m²·mo) and 13 km from the sea.
- Registered long-let rent €3.81/m²·mo
- Net income per person €13,409
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 20.4°C
Higher than 89% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A onetime port of Santiago with a fanciful legend of naming after Noah, centred on a medieval core with an impressive church. A strong pick for American retirees — 36 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 7.3°C
- Drive to a hospital 36 min
- U.S.-born residents 1.35 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €3.81/m²·mo
Higher than 79% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A onetime port of Santiago with a fanciful legend of naming after Noah, centred on a medieval core with an impressive church. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 36 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 7.3°C
- Drive to a hospital 36 min
- Surgical wait (region) 73 days
- Registered long-let rent €3.81/m²·mo
What is the climate like in Noia?
Noia'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)
- 2.62 ha/km² bottom 10% of 8,132 towns 0.31 ha/km² above the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 13 bottom 8% of 8,132 towns 7 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 Noia?
Noia's nearest health centre is 2.5 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 36 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 36 min bottom 47% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 2.5 km top 13% 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 Noia?
Noia has 8 schools in town; the nearest international school is 30 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 8 top 8% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 30 km top 35% 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 Noia?
Noia's reported asking price is €1,609/m².
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- €1,609/m² asking · Fotocasa Jun 2026 · small sample
- Registered long-let rent
- €3.81/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €3.06/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €4.68/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €13,409 bottom 36% of 8,059 towns 7% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 24.6% bottom 41% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Noia?
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 Noia?
Noia's reported population is 14,108.
Who lives here
- Population
- 14,108
- Born in Spain
- 91.4% 2.6% 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
- 1.35 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Noia?
Noia is a reported 42 min drive from the nearest airport, with 87% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 42 min top 16% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 87% bottom 42% of 8,132 towns 8% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 98% top 26% 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 Noia 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 Noia against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 35 min from Santiago de Compostela, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Noia 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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