Coruña, A · Galicia
Cedeira
A graceful port in its own attractive little ría, its old quarter uncommercialized, lined with elegant glass-balconied houses.
Living in Cedeira
Cedeira is a graceful little Galician port of 6,600 tucked into its own small ría on the wild Rías Altas, its uncommercialised old quarter lined with glass-balconied houses and its huge Magdalena beach more dune-field than promenade. The climate is soft Atlantic — mild damp winters around 12°C, cool summers barely into the low 20s, and rain on some 127 days a year. It's a settled Galician town with a small international scattering. The trade-off for the remoteness and beauty is distance: the nearest hospital is nearly an hour away, and Ferrol, the closest city, about the same.
Cedeira'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 Cedeira'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 graceful port in its own attractive little ría, its old quarter uncommercialized, lined with elegant glass-balconied houses. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 3 km from the sea and a settled international community.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 22.8°C
- Rainy days a year 127 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 7
- Winter average temp 11.8°C
Higher than 97% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A graceful port in its own attractive little ría, its old quarter uncommercialized, lined with elegant glass-balconied houses. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 3 km from the sea and a settled international community.
- Schools in town 2
- PISA maths (region) 486
- Registered long-let rent €3.66/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 58 min
Higher than 97% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A graceful port in its own attractive little ría, its old quarter uncommercialized, lined with elegant glass-balconied houses. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — a settled international community and 3 km from the sea.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 92%
- Drive to nearest airport 73 min
- Registered long-let rent €3.66/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 22.8°C
Higher than 95% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A graceful port in its own attractive little ría, its old quarter uncommercialized, lined with elegant glass-balconied houses. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — a settled international community and 3 km from the sea.
- Registered long-let rent €3.66/m²·mo
- Net income per person €13,001
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 22.8°C
Higher than 81% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A graceful port in its own attractive little ría, its old quarter uncommercialized, lined with elegant glass-balconied houses. A strong pick for American retirees — a health centre close by and a settled international community.
- Winter average temp 11.8°C
- Drive to a hospital 58 min
- U.S.-born residents 1.83 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €3.66/m²·mo
Higher than 79% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A graceful port in its own attractive little ría, its old quarter uncommercialized, lined with elegant glass-balconied houses. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a health centre close by and a settled international community.
- Winter average temp 11.8°C
- Drive to a hospital 58 min
- Surgical wait (region) 73 days
- Registered long-let rent €3.66/m²·mo
What is the climate like in Cedeira?
Cedeira's reported winter average is 11.8°C, while July–August highs reach 22.8°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 11.8°C top 13% of 8,131 towns 4.1°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 22.8°C top 3% of 8,131 towns 7.4°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 127 days bottom 3% of 8,088 towns 86% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine estimated
- 5.9 h/day bottom 7% of 3,829 towns 19% 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)
- 1.46 ha/km² bottom 14% of 8,132 towns 0.85 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 20 bottom 5% of 8,132 towns 14 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 Cedeira?
Cedeira's nearest health centre is 4.1 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 58 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 58 min bottom 18% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 4.1 km top 21% 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 Cedeira?
Cedeira has 2 schools in town; the nearest international school is 49 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 2 top 26% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 49 km bottom 44% 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 Cedeira?
Cedeira's reported asking price is €1,436/m².
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- €1,436/m² asking · Fotocasa Jun 2026 · small sample
- Registered long-let rent
- €3.66/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €2.76/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €4.75/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €13,001 bottom 30% of 8,059 towns 10% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 22.8% bottom 31% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Cedeira?
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 Cedeira?
Cedeira's reported population is 6,573.
Who lives here
- Population
- 6,573
- Born in Spain
- 88.7% 0.1% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 4.2% 0.3% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.83 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Cedeira?
Cedeira is a reported 73 min drive from the nearest airport, with 79% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 73 min top 50% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 79% bottom 27% of 8,132 towns about the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 92% bottom 46% of 8,132 towns 9% 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 Cedeira 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 Cedeira against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 58 min from Ferrol, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Cedeira 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.
- Ask about summer rental crowds and parking near the coast.
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