Ourense · Galicia
Ourense
Galicia's third-largest city, its historic core more engaging than the dispiriting urban sprawl around it — with hot springs enjoyed since Roman days.
What Ourense is like
Portrait drawn from Lonely Planet & The Rough Guide.
Set slightly back from the Río Miño atop a low hill.
On the table. A lively nocturnal tapas scene.
Worth the trip
- Attractively modernised thermal pools along the Río Miño, including the Termas Outariz
- The 12th-century Catedral de San Martiño / a Catedral modelled on Santiago's
- The thirteenth-century Ponte Romana and the modern Ponte Milenio
A little history
Ourense's original raison d'être, back in Roman days, was its hot springs.
Who it suits: Hot-spring bathers
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
- 9.4°C 1.6°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 30.9°C 0.7°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 97 days 41% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 5.8 h/day 19% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 1 55 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €1,602/m² 27% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €15,203 5% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 23.1%
Schools
- Schools in town
- 66
- Nearest international school
- 64 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 486 5 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 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
- 68 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 95% 16% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 98% 15% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 105,609
- Born in Spain
- 82.3% 6.5% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 3.5% 0.3% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.04 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 Ourense fit you?
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