Asturias · Pdo De Asturias
Avilés
Determined to consign its gritty industrial reputation to the past, with a spruce arcaded old town and a struggling futuristic architectural showpiece.
Living in Avilés
Avilés is an Asturian port city of 76,000 shrugging off its heavy-industry past — a spruced-up arcaded old town on one side, Oscar Niemeyer's white cultural centre across the estuary on the other. It is a properly Atlantic climate: mild but grey and wet, with cool summers barely reaching the low 20s, mild winters around 10°C, and rain on some 128 days a year. Nearly nine in ten residents are Spanish-born. Life is well-served and connected — a hospital in town, the beach a few kilometres off, Gijón about twenty minutes away and Asturias airport twenty-five.
Avilés'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 Avilés's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 96% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
Determined to consign its gritty industrial reputation to the past, with a spruce arcaded old town and a struggling futuristic architectural showpiece. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 4 km from the sea and a hospital in town.
- Schools in town 41
- PISA maths (region) 495
- Registered long-let rent €5.98/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
Higher than 93% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
Determined to consign its gritty industrial reputation to the past, with a spruce arcaded old town and a struggling futuristic architectural showpiece. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 4 km from the sea and mild 22.2°C summer highs.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 22.2°C
- Rainy days a year 128 days
- Winter average temp 10.3°C
Higher than 86% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
Determined to consign its gritty industrial reputation to the past, with a spruce arcaded old town and a struggling futuristic architectural showpiece. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 4 km from the sea and 75,915 people.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 100%
- Drive to nearest airport 25 min
- Registered long-let rent €5.98/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 22.2°C
Higher than 78% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
Determined to consign its gritty industrial reputation to the past, with a spruce arcaded old town and a struggling futuristic architectural showpiece. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 4 km from the sea and 75,915 people.
- Registered long-let rent €5.98/m²·mo
- Net income per person €15,545
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 22.2°C
Higher than 57% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
Determined to consign its gritty industrial reputation to the past, with a spruce arcaded old town and a struggling futuristic architectural showpiece. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 10.3°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- Surgical wait (region) 91 days
- Registered long-let rent €5.98/m²·mo
Higher than 54% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
Determined to consign its gritty industrial reputation to the past, with a spruce arcaded old town and a struggling futuristic architectural showpiece. A strong pick for American retirees — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 10.3°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- U.S.-born residents 0.58 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €5.98/m²·mo
What is the climate like in Avilés?
Avilés's reported winter average is 10.3°C, while July–August highs reach 22.2°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 10.3°C top 21% of 8,131 towns 2.5°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 22.2°C top 2% of 8,131 towns 8°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 128 days bottom 3% of 8,088 towns 87% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 4.6 h/day bottom 2% of 3,829 towns 37% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+)
- no local data
- 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)
- 1.87 ha/km² bottom 12% of 8,132 towns 0.44 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
- 21.7% top 37% of 8,130 towns 1.2% 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 Avilés?
Avilés's nearest health centre is 0.5 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
- 0.5 km top 1% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 91 days #7 of 17 regions, −12 days vs national 16% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Avilés?
Avilés has 41 schools in town; the nearest international school is 1 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 41 top 1% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 1 km top 1% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 495 #2 of 17 regions, +16 vs national 14 above the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Avilés?
Avilés's reported home price is €1,531/m², while registered long-let rent is €5.98/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €1,531/m² appraisal (valor tasado) top 27% of 306 towns 31% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €5.98/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €4.9/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €7.25/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- 4.69% top 26% of 306 towns
- Net income per person
- €15,545 top 33% of 8,059 towns 7% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 20.6% bottom 20% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Avilés?
Spanish is the only region-wide official language in Asturias, and Spanish-medium teaching is the public-school default. Individual bilingual and international programmes can use other languages, so check the specific school. See the Asturias region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Avilés?
Avilés's reported population is 75,915.
Who lives here
- Population
- 75,915
- Born in Spain
- 89.8% 1% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 1.5% 2.3% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.58 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Avilés?
Avilés is a reported 25 min drive from the nearest airport, with 98% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 25 min top 4% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 98% top 14% of 8,132 towns 19% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% top 13% 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 Avilés 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 Avilés against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 23 min from Gijón, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Avilés for you →Questions to verify locally
- Ask whether current long-let rents match the registered-contract figure.
- Request recent comparable sales before relying on the appraisal figure.
- 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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