Asturias · Pdo De Asturias
Ribadesella
An unaffected old fishing port at the mouth of the Sella river, holding a UNESCO World Heritage cave with vivid prehistoric horse paintings.
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Living in Ribadesella
Ribadesella is an unaffected old fishing port of 5,600 at the mouth of the Sella river in eastern Asturias, holding one of Europe's great treasures — the UNESCO-listed Tito Bustillo cave, whose 20,000-year-old horse paintings can only be seen by 150 visitors a day. A grand mansion-lined beach faces the old town across the estuary. It's a mostly Spanish town, mild and wet in the green-coast way, with cool summers near 23°C and mild damp winters. A hospital is under half an hour away, though the airport is a long drive west — a place for prehistory, the sea and the Camino del Norte passing through.
Ribadesella'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 Ribadesella's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 91% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
An unaffected old fishing port at the mouth of the Sella river, holding a UNESCO World Heritage cave with vivid prehistoric horse paintings. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 12 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 81% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
An unaffected old fishing port at the mouth of the Sella river, holding a UNESCO World Heritage cave with vivid prehistoric horse paintings. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 12 km from the sea and 26 min to a hospital.
- Schools in town 4
- PISA maths (region) 495
- Registered long-let rent €5.8/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 26 min
Higher than 72% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
An unaffected old fishing port at the mouth of the Sella river, holding a UNESCO World Heritage cave with vivid prehistoric horse paintings. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 12 km from the sea and 26 min to a hospital.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 94%
- Drive to nearest airport 86 min
- Registered long-let rent €5.8/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 22.8°C
Higher than 69% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
An unaffected old fishing port at the mouth of the Sella river, holding a UNESCO World Heritage cave with vivid prehistoric horse paintings. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 26 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 11.3°C
- Drive to a hospital 26 min
- Surgical wait (region) 91 days
- Registered long-let rent €5.8/m²·mo
Higher than 65% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
An unaffected old fishing port at the mouth of the Sella river, holding a UNESCO World Heritage cave with vivid prehistoric horse paintings. A strong pick for American retirees — 26 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 11.3°C
- Drive to a hospital 26 min
- U.S.-born residents 1.07 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €5.8/m²·mo
Higher than 63% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
An unaffected old fishing port at the mouth of the Sella river, holding a UNESCO World Heritage cave with vivid prehistoric horse paintings. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 12 km from the sea and 26 min to a hospital.
- Registered long-let rent €5.8/m²·mo
- Net income per person €14,235
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 22.8°C
What is the climate like in Ribadesella?
Ribadesella'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)
- 17.9 ha/km² bottom 3% of 8,132 towns 15.6 ha/km² above the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 120 bottom 1% of 8,132 towns 114 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 Ribadesella?
Ribadesella's nearest health centre is 2.3 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 26 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 26 min top 35% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 2.3 km top 12% 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 Ribadesella?
Ribadesella has 4 schools in town; the nearest international school is 48 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 4 top 15% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 48 km bottom 44% 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 Ribadesella?
Ribadesella's reported asking price is €3,168/m².
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- €3,168/m² asking · Fotocasa Jun 2026 · small sample
- Registered long-let rent
- €5.8/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €4.54/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €7.17/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €14,235 bottom 49% of 8,059 towns about the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 32.3% top 18% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Ribadesella?
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 Ribadesella?
Ribadesella's reported population is 5,629.
Who lives here
- Population
- 5,629
- Born in Spain
- 88% 0.8% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 3.1% 0.8% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.07 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Ribadesella?
Ribadesella is a reported 86 min drive from the nearest airport, with 74% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 86 min bottom 38% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 74% bottom 22% of 8,132 towns 5% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 94% top 45% of 8,132 towns 11% 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 Ribadesella 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 Ribadesella against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 53 min from Siero, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Ribadesella 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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