Coruña, A · Galicia
Pontedeume
One of the characterful small towns along Galicia's dramatic, sparsely populated Rías Altas coast.
Living in Pontedeume
Pontedeume is one of the more characterful small towns on Galicia's dramatic, thinly-peopled Rías Altas coast, a place of about 7,400 near the estuary east of A Coruña. It's an overwhelmingly Galician town, mild and green and wet in the northern Atlantic way, with cool summers around 24°C and mild damp winters near 10°C. It's well placed for a Galician small town: A Coruña, its airport and a hospital are all about half an hour away, so it pairs a quiet coastal setting with easy access to the city.
Pontedeume'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 Pontedeume's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 100% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
One of the characterful small towns along Galicia's dramatic, sparsely populated Rías Altas coast. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 13 km from the sea and mild 23.6°C summer highs.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 23.6°C
- Rainy days a year 127 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 7
- Winter average temp 10.4°C
Higher than 100% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
One of the characterful small towns along Galicia's dramatic, sparsely populated Rías Altas coast. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 13 km from the sea and a settled international community.
- Schools in town 7
- PISA maths (region) 486
- Registered long-let rent €4.24/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 32 min
Higher than 99% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
One of the characterful small towns along Galicia's dramatic, sparsely populated Rías Altas coast. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — a settled international community and 13 km from the sea.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 98%
- Drive to nearest airport 29 min
- Registered long-let rent €4.24/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 23.6°C
Higher than 99% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
One of the characterful small towns along Galicia's dramatic, sparsely populated Rías Altas coast. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — a settled international community and 13 km from the sea.
- Registered long-let rent €4.24/m²·mo
- Net income per person €14,488
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 23.6°C
Higher than 94% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
One of the characterful small towns along Galicia's dramatic, sparsely populated Rías Altas coast. A strong pick for American retirees — 32 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 10.4°C
- Drive to a hospital 32 min
- U.S.-born residents 1.35 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €4.24/m²·mo
Higher than 87% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
One of the characterful small towns along Galicia's dramatic, sparsely populated Rías Altas coast. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 32 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 10.4°C
- Drive to a hospital 32 min
- Surgical wait (region) 73 days
- Registered long-let rent €4.24/m²·mo
What is the climate like in Pontedeume?
Pontedeume's reported winter average is 10.4°C, while July–August highs reach 23.6°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 10.4°C top 20% of 8,131 towns 2.6°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 23.6°C top 5% of 8,131 towns 6.6°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 127 days bottom 3% of 8,088 towns 85% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 5.4 h/day bottom 6% of 3,829 towns 25% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- 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)
- 0.71 ha/km² bottom 21% of 8,132 towns 1.6 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 7 bottom 15% of 8,132 towns 1 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 Pontedeume?
Pontedeume's nearest health centre is 0.8 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 32 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 32 min top 46% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 0.8 km top 3% 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 Pontedeume?
Pontedeume has 7 schools in town; the nearest international school is 21 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 7 top 9% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 21 km top 22% 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 Pontedeume?
Pontedeume's reported registered long-let rent is €4.24/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €4.24/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €3.39/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €5.26/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €14,488 top 47% of 8,059 towns about the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 26.1% top 49% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Pontedeume?
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 Pontedeume?
Pontedeume's reported population is 7,428.
Who lives here
- Population
- 7,428
- Born in Spain
- 93% 4.2% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 1.6% 2.2% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.35 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Pontedeume?
Pontedeume is a reported 29 min drive from the nearest airport, with 92% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 29 min top 7% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 92% top 40% of 8,132 towns 13% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 98% top 23% 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 Pontedeume 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 Pontedeume against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 33 min from Coruña, A, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Pontedeume 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 an insurer how the mapped flood or wildfire exposure affects cover.
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