Ourense · Galicia
Ribadavia
An enticing maze of stone-paved lanes with a large 15th-century castle and Galicia's largest medieval Jewish quarter, at the heart of the Ribeiro wine region.
What Ribadavia is like
Portrait drawn from Lonely Planet.
Above the Río Avia, 30km west of Ourense.
On the table. Winemaking here was started by the Romans and achieved renown across 16th-century Europe; typical Ribeiro wines are whites based on the treixadura grape.
Worth the trip
- Galicia's largest medieval Jewish quarter
- A large 15th-century castle
- Smaller wineries like Cuñas Davia, Arco da Vella and Priorato de Razamonde, open for visits and tastings
Who it suits: Wine tourists · Jewish-heritage travellers
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
- 7.8°C about the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 28.8°C 1.4°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 109 days 59% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 1 55 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €13,014 10% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 25.3%
Schools
- Schools in town
- 6
- Nearest international school
- 46 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 486 5 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 21 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
- 50 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 85% 6% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 98% 15% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 4,917
- Born in Spain
- 88.3% 0.5% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 4.5% 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 Ribadavia fit you?
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