Coruña, A · Galicia
Camariñas
An attractive fishing village curled around a harbour, marking the start of Galicia's wild west at the region's westernmost extremity.
What Camariñas is like
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
25km southwest of Laxe, at Galicia's westernmost point.
Worth the trip
- A five-kilometre walking trail to the lighthouse at Cabo Vilán
- A wind farm nearby with propellers spinning eerily at night
Who it suits: Walkers · Sailing/yacht visitors in summer
The numbers
The decision data — each figure against the Spanish average. Regional overlays and estimates are labelled, and where there's no local reading we say so plainly.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 9°C 1.2°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 23°C 7.2°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 157 days 129% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 7 49 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €11,871 18% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 33.8%
Safety
- Recorded crime regional estimate
- 38.3 per 1,000 13% less than the Spanish average (44 per 1,000)
Schools
- Schools in town
- 4
- Nearest international school
- 57 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 486 5 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 39 min
- Nearest health centre
- no local data
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 73 days 32% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 75 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 77% 2% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 99% 15% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 5,067
- Born in Spain
- 91.1% 2.3% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 4.4% 0.6% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.2 per 1,000
Numbers: SettleSpain town dataset, derived from INE, AEMET, Mitma, Ministerio del Interior and the Catastro. National average = the unweighted mean across all 8,132 Spanish municipalities with data. A blank means no municipal-level figure is published — not a zero.
How does Camariñas fit you?
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