Pontevedra · Galicia
Cambados
The handsome, self-styled capital of albariño wine — three fused medieval villages on the Ría de Arousa, centred on the arcaded Praza de Fefiñáns and ringed by dozens of wineries.
What Cambados is like
Portrait drawn from Lonely Planet, the Michelin Green Guide & The Rough Guide.
On the Ría de Arousa in the Rías Baixas, between the Arousa and Pontevedra inlets, in Galicia's albariño wine country.
On the table. The production centre of Galicia's albariño white wine, with wine shops and bodegas around its old town and ~30 wineries within about 15km.
Worth the trip
- Praza de Fefiñáns and the 16th/17th-century Pazo de Fefiñáns
- Winery visits and albariño tastings (Martín Códax, Gil Armada, Mar de Frades)
Fiestas
- Albariño wine festival (Festa do Albariño), first Sunday of August
A little history
A fusion of three medieval villages that grew into the capital of the albariño wine trade.
Who it suits: Wine lovers · Slow-travel couples · Anyone wanting Galician old-town charm without a big resort
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
- 11.1°C 3.4°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 26.5°C 3.7°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 126 days 84% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 6 h/day 17% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 7 49 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €12,476 14% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 28%
Safety
- Recorded crime regional estimate
- 35.2 per 1,000 20% less than the Spanish average (44 per 1,000)
Schools
- Schools in town
- 12
- Nearest international school
- 14 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 486 5 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 18 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
- 47 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 83% 5% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 93% 10% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 13,863
- Born in Spain
- 91.4% 2.6% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2% 1.8% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.23 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 Cambados fit you?
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