Cádiz · Andalucía
Sanlúcar de Barrameda
A peaceful town whose life is shaped by sea and wine — the main depot for manzanilla sherry, and the launch point for Magellan's circumnavigation and Columbus's third voyage.
What Sanlúcar de Barrameda is like
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide & The Rough Guide.
Facing the Atlantic on the marshes of the Guadalquivir.
On the table. The main depot for manzanilla sherry, a pale, dry variety much in evidence in the bars.
Worth the trip
- The Barrio Alto, the attractive old quarter of the upper town
- A shell-encrusted river beach with warm, usually deserted waters
- Boat cruises into the Parque Nacional Coto de Doñana
Fiestas
- Horse races along the beach in the first and third weeks of August
A little history
Magellan set out from here to circumnavigate the globe; Pizarro embarked to conquer Peru; and Columbus sailed from nearby Bonanza on his third voyage to the Americas.
Who it suits: Sherry tourists · Wildlife/Doñana day-trippers
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
- 12.9°C 5.1°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 30.6°C 0.4°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 51 days 26% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 8.5 h/day 18% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 4 53 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €2,083/m² 6% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €10,203 30% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 32.2%
Schools
- Schools in town
- 46
- Nearest international school
- 20 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 457 24 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min
- Nearest health centre
- 4.9 km
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 173 days 60% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 34 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 99% 20% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 99% 16% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 69,952
- Born in Spain
- 96.5% 7.7% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 0.9% 2.9% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.46 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.
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