SpainScore rankings · Updated July 2026
Best places in Galicia for families
The same family scoring, filtered to Galicia — green, mild-summered, and where our data is deepest.
How we ranked this
We answered our own 17-question quiz as a family with school-age kids moving for good — remote-working parents who want a mid-size town near the coast, on a sensible budget, keeping every region in play on schooling language. Then we ran every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities through the same scoring engine the quiz uses, and kept the top-ranked towns in this area that have a full data profile.
- Data INE census (population, origins), AEMET climate normals, regional PISA scores, and the Health Ministry's SISLE waiting lists — each town compared against the Spanish average.
- Reproducible Feed the same persona into our engine and you get this exact order. No hand-picking, no affiliate deals.
- What we don't score As with any Galicia list, note that state schooling is roughly half Galician-medium — we flag it rather than score it — and we don't rank individual schools, only regional PISA and international-school distance.
The ranking
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5 km from the sea; 12,366 people; a real food scene.
Honest tradeoff: Nature / hiking terrain.
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1 km from the sea; 17,990 people; a real food scene.
Honest tradeoff: Nature / hiking terrain.
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14 km from the sea; a hospital in town; 83,339 people.
Honest tradeoff: Nature / hiking terrain.
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4 km from the sea; a hospital in town; 177 schools in town.
Honest tradeoff: Nature / hiking terrain.
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18 km from the sea; 13,508 people; a real food scene.
Honest tradeoff: Nature / hiking terrain.
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6 km from the sea; 13,863 people; 12 schools in town.
Honest tradeoff: Nature / hiking terrain.
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17 km from the sea; 7,428 people; a real food scene.
Honest tradeoff: Nature / hiking terrain.
Compare the top 7
| # | Town | Nearest intl school | Home price | Net income/person | Summer high | Rainy days/yr |
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| 1 | Baiona | 16 km | no data | €15,254 | 26.8°C | 123 |
| 2 | Sanxenxo | 14 km | no data | €13,605 | 25.8°C | 130 |
| 3 | Pontevedra | 3 km | €2,084/m² | €15,483 | 25.8°C | 130 |
| 4 | Vigo | 3 km | €2,302/m² | €15,359 | 25.1°C | 126 |
| 5 | Betanzos | 16 km | no data | €14,407 | 23.6°C | 127 |
| 6 | Cambados | 14 km | no data | €12,476 | 26.5°C | 126 |
| 7 | Pontedeume | 21 km | no data | €14,488 | 23.6°C | 127 |
Values from the SpainScore dataset (INE / AEMET / regional sources). "no data" = we don't have that number for this town and never guess it.
Questions
Is Galicia a good place to raise a family?
Galicia offers mild summers, a low cost of living, strong regional PISA scores and a safe, green environment — appealing for families who don't mind rain. The main consideration is schooling language, as much of state education is Galician-medium.
Does it rain too much in Galicia for family life?
Galicia is Spain's rainiest region — around 130 rainy days a year on the coast — but that's what keeps it green and summers mild. We show the rain figure for every town so it's a decision, not a surprise.
This is a generic family with school-age kids
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This list scores one representative persona. Answer a dozen honest questions and we score all 8,132 municipalities against your priorities — climate, cost, healthcare, community, getting home — with the tradeoffs shown as plainly as the wins.
Take the 3-minute quiz →Updated July 2026. Re-generated from the SpainScore dataset on each data release — the ranking is reproducible, not editorial.