Coruña, A · Galicia
Betanzos
An ancient town built on a pre-Roman site so old its once-seafront hill now stands well inland — home to the world's largest paper balloon launch every August.
Living in Betanzos
Betanzos is an old Galician town of 13,500 at the head of its own ría, built on a site so ancient that the once-seaside hill now stands well inland. Its quirk is the Fiesta del Globo each August, when the world's largest paper balloon is launched over the town. The climate is soft and Atlantic — cool summers barely into the mid-20s, mild damp winters around 10°C, and plenty of rain. It sits in easy reach of the city: A Coruña, its airport and the nearest hospital are all around twenty minutes away, making it a well-connected small town rather than a backwater.
Betanzos'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 Betanzos's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 97% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
An ancient town built on a pre-Roman site so old its once-seafront hill now stands well inland — home to the world's largest paper balloon launch every August. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 18 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 93% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
An ancient town built on a pre-Roman site so old its once-seafront hill now stands well inland — home to the world's largest paper balloon launch every August. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 18 km from the sea and 20 min to a hospital.
- Schools in town 6
- PISA maths (region) 486
- Registered long-let rent €5.17/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 20 min
Higher than 89% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
An ancient town built on a pre-Roman site so old its once-seafront hill now stands well inland — home to the world's largest paper balloon launch every August. A strong pick for American retirees — 20 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 10.4°C
- Drive to a hospital 20 min
- U.S.-born residents 1.26 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €5.17/m²·mo
Higher than 87% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
An ancient town built on a pre-Roman site so old its once-seafront hill now stands well inland — home to the world's largest paper balloon launch every August. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 13,508 people and 18 km from the sea.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 98%
- Drive to nearest airport 17 min
- Registered long-let rent €5.17/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 23.6°C
Higher than 84% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
An ancient town built on a pre-Roman site so old its once-seafront hill now stands well inland — home to the world's largest paper balloon launch every August. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 13,508 people and 18 km from the sea.
- Registered long-let rent €5.17/m²·mo
- Net income per person €14,407
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 23.6°C
Higher than 79% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
An ancient town built on a pre-Roman site so old its once-seafront hill now stands well inland — home to the world's largest paper balloon launch every August. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 20 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 10.4°C
- Drive to a hospital 20 min
- Surgical wait (region) 73 days
- Registered long-let rent €5.17/m²·mo
What is the climate like in Betanzos?
Betanzos'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)
- 0.35 ha/km² bottom 29% of 8,132 towns 1.96 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 3 bottom 32% of 8,132 towns 3 below 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 Betanzos?
Betanzos's nearest health centre is 0.6 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 20 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 20 min top 23% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 0.6 km top 2% 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 Betanzos?
Betanzos has 6 schools in town; the nearest international school is 16 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 6 top 10% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 16 km top 16% 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 Betanzos?
Betanzos's reported asking price is €1,544/m².
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- €1,544/m² asking · Fotocasa Jun 2026 · small sample
- Registered long-let rent
- €5.17/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €3.81/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €6.48/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €14,407 top 48% of 8,059 towns about the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 25.3% bottom 46% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Betanzos?
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 Betanzos?
Betanzos's reported population is 13,508.
Who lives here
- Population
- 13,508
- Born in Spain
- 85.5% 3.3% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.1% 1.7% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.26 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Betanzos?
Betanzos is a reported 17 min drive from the nearest airport, with 95% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 17 min top 2% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 95% top 28% of 8,132 towns 16% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 98% top 27% 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 Betanzos 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 Betanzos against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 19 min from Coruña, A, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Betanzos 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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