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Llanes
Asturias's easternmost resort, a delightful seaside town crammed between the foothills of the Picos and a majestic stretch of coast.
Living in Llanes
Llanes is a delightful eastern-Asturian seaside town of 13,500 wedged between the foothills of the Picos de Europa and a spectacular stretch of cliff-backed coast. A tidal stream lined with seafood restaurants runs into the little harbour, and a clifftop path — the Paseo de San Pedro — gives dizzying views. It's a mostly Spanish town with Venezuelan and Mexican communities. The climate is mild green-coast, cool summers around 23°C, mild winters near 11°C and plenty of rain. The one real drawback is healthcare distance — the nearest hospital is around forty-five minutes away — but you have the mountains and the sea at once.
Llanes'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 Llanes's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 95% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
Asturias's easternmost resort, a delightful seaside town crammed between the foothills of the Picos and a majestic stretch of coast. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 11 km from the sea and mild 22.8°C summer highs.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 22.8°C
- Rainy days a year 123 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 6
- Winter average temp 11.3°C
Higher than 95% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
Asturias's easternmost resort, a delightful seaside town crammed between the foothills of the Picos and a majestic stretch of coast. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 11 km from the sea and a settled international community.
- Schools in town 11
- PISA maths (region) 495
- Registered long-let rent €6.02/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 46 min
Higher than 88% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
Asturias's easternmost resort, a delightful seaside town crammed between the foothills of the Picos and a majestic stretch of coast. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — a settled international community and 11 km from the sea.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 97%
- Drive to nearest airport 76 min
- Registered long-let rent €6.02/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 22.8°C
Higher than 75% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
Asturias's easternmost resort, a delightful seaside town crammed between the foothills of the Picos and a majestic stretch of coast. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — a settled international community and 11 km from the sea.
- Registered long-let rent €6.02/m²·mo
- Net income per person €13,896
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 22.8°C
Higher than 68% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
Asturias's easternmost resort, a delightful seaside town crammed between the foothills of the Picos and a majestic stretch of coast. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a health centre close by and 46 min to a hospital.
- Winter average temp 11.3°C
- Drive to a hospital 46 min
- Surgical wait (region) 91 days
- Registered long-let rent €6.02/m²·mo
Higher than 66% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
Asturias's easternmost resort, a delightful seaside town crammed between the foothills of the Picos and a majestic stretch of coast. A strong pick for American retirees — a health centre close by and 46 min to a hospital.
- Winter average temp 11.3°C
- Drive to a hospital 46 min
- U.S.-born residents 1.92 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €6.02/m²·mo
What is the climate like in Llanes?
Llanes's reported winter average is 11.3°C, while July–August highs reach 22.8°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 11.3°C top 15% of 8,131 towns 3.5°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
- 123 days bottom 6% of 8,088 towns 79% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 6 top 6% of 8,033 towns 50 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)
- 26.9 ha/km² bottom 2% of 8,132 towns 24.6 ha/km² above the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 543 bottom 1% of 8,132 towns 537 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 Llanes?
Llanes's nearest health centre is 6.8 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 46 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 46 min bottom 31% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 6.8 km top 39% 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 Llanes?
Llanes has 11 schools in town; the nearest international school is 64 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 11 top 6% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 64 km bottom 29% 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 Llanes?
Llanes's reported asking price is €3,264/m².
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- €3,264/m² asking · Fotocasa Jun 2026
- Registered long-let rent
- €6.02/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €4.65/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €7.53/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €13,896 bottom 44% of 8,059 towns 4% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 31.2% top 22% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Llanes?
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 Llanes?
Llanes's reported population is 13,529.
Who lives here
- Population
- 13,529
- Born in Spain
- 85.2% 3.6% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 3.2% 0.6% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.92 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Llanes?
Llanes is a reported 76 min drive from the nearest airport, with 92% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 76 min bottom 48% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 92% top 39% of 8,132 towns 13% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 97% top 31% of 8,132 towns 14% 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 Llanes 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 Llanes against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 59 min from Torrelavega, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Llanes 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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