Bizkaia · País Vasco
Lekeitio
One of Euskal Herria's nicest seafront towns, a lovely old port now welcoming plenty of pleasure boats alongside its active fishing fleet.
Living in Lekeitio
Lekeitio is one of the loveliest towns on the Basque coast — a working fishing port of 7,200 with pleasure boats now among the trawlers, a fine central beach split by the river, and a little wooded island in the bay you can walk to at low tide. It's a mostly Basque and Spanish town with small Paraguayan and Senegalese communities. The climate is cool and wet green-coast, mild winters around 10°C and cool summers near 23°C, and the sea wall bears the scars of winter storms. It has a health centre in town, but the nearest hospital is towards Mendaro, close to forty minutes off, and Bilbao a full hour.
Lekeitio'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 Lekeitio's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 93% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
One of Euskal Herria's nicest seafront towns, a lovely old port now welcoming plenty of pleasure boats alongside its active fishing fleet. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 2 km from the sea and mild 23.2°C summer highs.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 23.2°C
- Rainy days a year 105 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 25
- Winter average temp 10.5°C
Higher than 89% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
One of Euskal Herria's nicest seafront towns, a lovely old port now welcoming plenty of pleasure boats alongside its active fishing fleet. A strong pick for American retirees — 39 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 10.5°C
- Drive to a hospital 39 min
- U.S.-born residents 1.8 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €7.41/m²·mo
Higher than 77% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
One of Euskal Herria's nicest seafront towns, a lovely old port now welcoming plenty of pleasure boats alongside its active fishing fleet. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 2 km from the sea and 7,210 people.
- Schools in town 5
- PISA maths (region) 482
- Registered long-let rent €7.41/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 39 min
Higher than 74% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
One of Euskal Herria's nicest seafront towns, a lovely old port now welcoming plenty of pleasure boats alongside its active fishing fleet. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 39 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 10.5°C
- Drive to a hospital 39 min
- Surgical wait (region) 64 days
- Registered long-let rent €7.41/m²·mo
Higher than 70% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
One of Euskal Herria's nicest seafront towns, a lovely old port now welcoming plenty of pleasure boats alongside its active fishing fleet. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 2 km from the sea and 7,210 people.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 100%
- Drive to nearest airport 61 min
- Registered long-let rent €7.41/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 23.2°C
Higher than 64% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
One of Euskal Herria's nicest seafront towns, a lovely old port now welcoming plenty of pleasure boats alongside its active fishing fleet. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 2 km from the sea and 7,210 people.
- Registered long-let rent €7.41/m²·mo
- Net income per person €18,615
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 23.2°C
What is the climate like in Lekeitio?
Lekeitio'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 Lekeitio?
Lekeitio's nearest health centre is 0.7 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 39 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 39 min bottom 42% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 0.7 km top 3% 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 Lekeitio?
Lekeitio has 5 schools in town; the nearest international school is 31 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 5 top 12% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 31 km top 35% 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 Lekeitio?
Lekeitio's reported registered long-let rent is €7.41/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €7.41/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €6.34/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €8.79/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €18,615 top 6% of 8,059 towns 28% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 30% top 27% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Lekeitio?
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 Lekeitio?
Lekeitio's reported population is 7,210.
Who lives here
- Population
- 7,210
- Born in Spain
- 88.7% 0.1% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 1.2% 2.6% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.8 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Lekeitio?
Lekeitio is a reported 61 min drive from the nearest airport, with 97% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 61 min top 37% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 97% top 16% of 8,132 towns 18% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% top 11% 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 Lekeitio 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 Lekeitio against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 62 min from Bilbao, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Lekeitio 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 about summer rental crowds and parking near the coast.
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