Cantabria · Cantabria
Reinosa
A pretty, characteristically Cantabrian town with glass-fronted balconies and coat-of-arms-adorned seventeenth-century townhouses.
Living in Reinosa
Reinosa is a pretty highland town of 8,500 in the Alto Campoo of southern Cantabria, its streets lined with glass-fronted balconies and coat-of-arms townhouses. High on the meseta's northern edge at around 850m, it has a cold, wet climate — winters averaging 5°C near freezing, and cool summers rarely above the high 20s. It's mostly Spanish, with a Colombian community. The nearest hospital and Torrelavega are both a little over half an hour down towards the coast; up here the draw is the Campoo folklore and the Ebro headwaters.
Reinosa'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 Reinosa's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 90% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
A pretty, characteristically Cantabrian town with glass-fronted balconies and coat-of-arms-adorned seventeenth-century townhouses. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 44 km from the sea and mild 27.3°C summer highs.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 27.3°C
- Rainy days a year 85 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 32
- Winter average temp 5.1°C
Higher than 63% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A pretty, characteristically Cantabrian town with glass-fronted balconies and coat-of-arms-adorned seventeenth-century townhouses. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 8,548 people and 34 min to a hospital.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 100%
- Drive to nearest airport 55 min
- Registered long-let rent €5.19/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 27.3°C
Higher than 62% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A pretty, characteristically Cantabrian town with glass-fronted balconies and coat-of-arms-adorned seventeenth-century townhouses. A strong pick for American retirees — 34 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 5.1°C
- Drive to a hospital 34 min
- U.S.-born residents 0.94 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €5.19/m²·mo
Higher than 62% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A pretty, characteristically Cantabrian town with glass-fronted balconies and coat-of-arms-adorned seventeenth-century townhouses. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 44 km from the sea and 34 min to a hospital.
- PISA maths (region) 495
- Registered long-let rent €5.19/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 34 min
- Nearest international school 39 km
Higher than 61% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A pretty, characteristically Cantabrian town with glass-fronted balconies and coat-of-arms-adorned seventeenth-century townhouses. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 34 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 5.1°C
- Drive to a hospital 34 min
- Surgical wait (region) 137 days
- Registered long-let rent €5.19/m²·mo
Higher than 52% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A pretty, characteristically Cantabrian town with glass-fronted balconies and coat-of-arms-adorned seventeenth-century townhouses. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 8,548 people and 34 min to a hospital.
- Registered long-let rent €5.19/m²·mo
- Net income per person €15,254
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 27.3°C
What is the climate like in Reinosa?
Reinosa's reported winter average is 5.1°C, while July–August highs reach 27.3°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 5.1°C bottom 19% of 8,131 towns 2.6°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 27.3°C top 14% of 8,131 towns 2.9°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 85 days bottom 17% of 8,088 towns 24% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 32 top 35% of 8,033 towns 24 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
- 21.8% top 40% of 8,130 towns 1.1% 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 Reinosa?
Reinosa's nearest health centre is 0.6 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 34 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 34 min top 50% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 0.6 km top 2% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 137 days #15 of 17 regions, +34 days vs national 27% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Reinosa?
Reinosa's reported nearest international school is 39 km.
Schools
- Schools in town
- no local data
- Nearest international school
- 39 km top 45% 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 Reinosa?
Reinosa's reported asking price is €1,175/m².
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- €1,175/m² asking · Fotocasa Jun 2026 · small sample
- Registered long-let rent
- €5.19/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €4.04/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €6.53/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €15,254 top 37% of 8,059 towns 5% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 16.7% bottom 10% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Reinosa?
Spanish is the only region-wide official language in Cantabria, 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 Cantabria region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Reinosa?
Reinosa's reported population is 8,548.
Who lives here
- Population
- 8,548
- Born in Spain
- 88.9% 0.1% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.3% 1.6% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.94 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Reinosa?
Reinosa is a reported 55 min drive from the nearest airport, with 100% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 55 min top 30% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 100% top 3% of 8,132 towns 21% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% top 1% of 8,132 towns 17% 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 Reinosa 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 Reinosa against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 34 min from Torrelavega, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Reinosa 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 the school and ask about places for incoming families.
- Confirm health-centre registration and opening hours in person.
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