Bizkaia · País Vasco
Elantxobe
A quiet fishing village away from major roads, its houses built on the steep Ogoño Cape — prepare for many stairs.
Living in Elantxobe
Elantxobe is a tiny Basque fishing village of just 320, its houses clinging so steeply to the flank of Cape Ogoño that a single near-vertical cobbled street links the upper village to the harbour, and buses have to be turned on a hand-operated turntable. It has no beach of its own, though a fine one lies just around the cape and local kids leap into the sea from the quay. Overwhelmingly Basque and Spanish-born, it's a quiet, off-the-road place. The green climate is mild and wet; the nearest hospital, at Bermeo, is over forty minutes by the winding coast, and Bilbao about fifty.
Elantxobe'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 Elantxobe's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 99% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A quiet fishing village away from major roads, its houses built on the steep Ogoño Cape — prepare for many stairs. A strong pick for American retirees — a health centre close by and direct flights to new york.
- Winter average temp 10.5°C
- Drive to a hospital 44 min
- U.S.-born residents 6.25 per 1,000
Higher than 82% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A quiet fishing village away from major roads, its houses built on the steep Ogoño Cape — prepare for many stairs. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a health centre close by and 44 min to a hospital.
- Winter average temp 10.5°C
- Drive to a hospital 44 min
- Surgical wait (region) 64 days
Not scored for heat-averse settlers — no registered-rent data for Elantxobe.
A quiet fishing village away from major roads, its houses built on the steep Ogoño Cape — prepare for many stairs. Worth a look if you can't stand hot summers.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 23.2°C
- Rainy days a year 105 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 25
- Winter average temp 10.5°C
Not scored for families — no registered-rent data for Elantxobe.
A quiet fishing village away from major roads, its houses built on the steep Ogoño Cape — prepare for many stairs. Worth a look for a family with school-age kids.
- Schools in town 0
- PISA maths (region) 482
- Drive to a hospital 44 min
- Nearest international school 23 km
Not scored for remote workers — no registered-rent data for Elantxobe.
A quiet fishing village away from major roads, its houses built on the steep Ogoño Cape — prepare for many stairs. Worth a look for a remote-working couple.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 95%
- Drive to nearest airport 50 min
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 23.2°C
Not scored for budget-first coastal settlers — no registered-rent data for Elantxobe.
A quiet fishing village away from major roads, its houses built on the steep Ogoño Cape — prepare for many stairs. Worth a look for coastal living on a budget.
- Net income per person €18,534
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 23.2°C
What is the climate like in Elantxobe?
Elantxobe's reported winter average is 10.5°C, while July–August highs reach 23.2°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 10.5°C top 17% of 8,131 towns 2.8°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 23.2°C top 4% of 8,131 towns 7°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 105 days bottom 9% of 8,088 towns 53% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 25 top 30% of 8,033 towns 32 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 ha/km² top 1% of 8,132 towns 2.31 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 0 top 1% of 8,132 towns 6 below 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 Elantxobe?
Elantxobe's nearest health centre is 6.7 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 44 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 44 min bottom 34% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 6.7 km top 38% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 64 days #2 of 17 regions, −39 days vs national 41% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Elantxobe?
Elantxobe has 0 schools in town; the nearest international school is 23 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 0 bottom 46% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 23 km top 25% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 482 #9 of 17 regions, +3 vs national 1 above the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Elantxobe?
Elantxobe's reported net income per person is €18,534.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- no local data
- Registered rent p25
- no local data
- Registered rent p75
- no local data
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €18,534 top 6% of 8,059 towns 28% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 29.6% top 29% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Elantxobe?
the Basque Country has a co-official regional language, and public schools commonly use regional-language immersion or bilingual models rather than Spanish-only teaching. The exact classroom language depends on the school and programme, so confirm the current model before enrolling. See the the Basque Country region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Elantxobe?
Elantxobe's reported population is 320.
Who lives here
- Population
- 320
- Born in Spain
- 93.4% 4.6% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 0.9% 2.9% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 6.25 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Elantxobe?
Elantxobe is a reported 50 min drive from the nearest airport, with 95% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 50 min top 25% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 95% top 25% of 8,132 towns 16% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 95% top 41% of 8,132 towns 12% 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 Elantxobe 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 Elantxobe against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 51 min from Bilbao, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Elantxobe for you →Questions to verify locally
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- 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.
- Test the reported airport drive at the time you would travel.
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