Coruña, A · Galicia
Padrón
A pilgrim-legend town stranded inland by river silt, best known today as the source of the famous pimientos de Padrón peppers.
Living in Padrón
Padrón is a Galician town of 8,300 stranded 12km inland by centuries of river silt, best known worldwide for its peppers — the small green pimientos de Padrón, fried and salted, most sweet but one in ten fiery. It carries deep Galician legend too, tied to St James's mythical voyage, and it was home to the beloved poet Rosalía de Castro. It's overwhelmingly Galician, and genuinely soaked — one of the wettest spots in Spain, with mild damp winters and cool summers. Santiago and its airport are both about half an hour away, and a hospital a little over thirty minutes, so it's well connected for its size.
Padrón'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 Padrón'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.
A pilgrim-legend town stranded inland by river silt, best known today as the source of the famous pimientos de Padrón peppers. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 29 km from the sea and mild 25.3°C summer highs.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 25.3°C
- Rainy days a year 139 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 7
- Winter average temp 9.8°C
Higher than 93% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A pilgrim-legend town stranded inland by river silt, best known today as the source of the famous pimientos de Padrón peppers. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 29 km from the sea and 31 min to a hospital.
- Schools in town 5
- PISA maths (region) 486
- Registered long-let rent €4.41/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 31 min
Higher than 92% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A pilgrim-legend town stranded inland by river silt, best known today as the source of the famous pimientos de Padrón peppers. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 31 min to a hospital and 8,324 people.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 96%
- Drive to nearest airport 38 min
- Registered long-let rent €4.41/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 25.3°C
Higher than 89% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A pilgrim-legend town stranded inland by river silt, best known today as the source of the famous pimientos de Padrón peppers. A strong pick for American retirees — 31 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 9.8°C
- Drive to a hospital 31 min
- U.S.-born residents 0.72 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €4.41/m²·mo
Higher than 82% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A pilgrim-legend town stranded inland by river silt, best known today as the source of the famous pimientos de Padrón peppers. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 8,324 people and 31 min to a hospital.
- Registered long-let rent €4.41/m²·mo
- Net income per person €13,758
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 25.3°C
Higher than 79% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A pilgrim-legend town stranded inland by river silt, best known today as the source of the famous pimientos de Padrón peppers. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 31 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 9.8°C
- Drive to a hospital 31 min
- Surgical wait (region) 73 days
- Registered long-let rent €4.41/m²·mo
What is the climate like in Padrón?
Padrón's reported winter average is 9.8°C, while July–August highs reach 25.3°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 9.8°C top 25% of 8,131 towns 2°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 25.3°C top 8% of 8,131 towns 4.9°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 139 days bottom 1% of 8,088 towns 103% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- 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)
- 2.19 ha/km² bottom 11% of 8,132 towns 0.12 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 14 bottom 8% of 8,132 towns 8 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 Padrón?
Padrón's nearest health centre is 4.4 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 31 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 31 min top 44% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 4.4 km top 23% 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 Padrón?
Padrón has 5 schools in town; the nearest international school is 19 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 5 top 12% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 19 km top 20% 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 Padrón?
Padrón's reported registered long-let rent is €4.41/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €4.41/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €3.45/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €5.83/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €13,758 bottom 42% of 8,059 towns 5% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 30.5% top 25% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Padrón?
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 Padrón?
Padrón's reported population is 8,324.
Who lives here
- Population
- 8,324
- Born in Spain
- 93% 4.2% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 1.6% 2.2% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.72 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Padrón?
Padrón is a reported 38 min drive from the nearest airport, with 83% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 38 min top 13% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 83% bottom 33% of 8,132 towns 4% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 96% top 37% of 8,132 towns 13% 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 Padrón 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 Padrón against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 31 min from Santiago de Compostela, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Padrón 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 an insurer how the mapped flood or wildfire exposure affects cover.
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