A Coruña · Galicia · CP 15078
Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela: living in A Coruña
Santiago de Compostela offers 2178 sunshine hours a year, strong fibre coverage and broad local services — a connected urban option in Spain.
Population
100,965
Avg. summer temp
18°C
Best place to buy a house
#144 / 8133
Overall score
7.9/10
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Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 3.2/10
More expensive than peer places. Housing about 1,210 €/m²; cost of living at 55% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 9.0/10
Better than other places. Hospital ~39 min; airport ~10 min; Renfe ~14 min; coach ~12 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 5.1/10
Average. About 2,178 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~22.5°C (0/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 9.5/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 95% of households (plus 5G where mapped).
- Services0.0
Services · 10.0/10
Better than other places. 11 of 11 everyday services found nearby (grocery, pharmacy, health centre, school, bank, ATM, post office, police, bar/café, restaurant, sports).
- Community0.0
Community · 9.2/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 95.3% of padrón; international residents 4.7%.
- Future0.0
Future · 7.1/10
Future looks bright. Population +1.4% vs last year; registered unemployment −25.4% over the series; mean age 45.8; foreign residents 4.7%; property prices +7.2% YoY. Growing places with improving jobs score higher.
- Tax0.0
Tax · 3.1/10
In this place taxes are higher than in peer places
- Beauty0.0
Beauty · 3.2/10
Worse than other places. Founding/earliest record ~1,834; Natura 2000 covers about 0.5% of the area (nearest site ~2.9 km).
Place location
Santiago de Compostela in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
45.8
<16
13.3%
16–64
63.4%
65+
23.3%
International community
Spanish nationals: 92,650 (95.3%)
Foreign residents: 4,610 (4.7%)
- Portugal: 436
- Venezuela: 355
- Italy: 341
- Brazil: 334
- China: 285
- Colombia: 228
- Romania: 203
- Peru: 198
English speakers ≈ 152
Housing
Price €/m²
€1,210
Flats €/m²
1113 €
Houses €/m²
1307 €
6-year change
+51.8%
Province rank: # / 93 · 47% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 15007 (20.1km)
256 approx. sunny days · 2 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
94.9%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to A Coruña
Nature & outings
Day trip
- 01Islas Atlánticas de Galicia (Open in Maps)
Parque Nacional · 38.4 km
- 02A Curotiña (Open in Maps)
Sitio Natural de Interés Nacional · 48.3 km
- 03Penedos de Pasarela e Traba (Open in Maps)
Paisaje Protegido · 50 km
- 04Complexo intermareal Umia-O Grove, A Lanzada, punta Carreirón e lagoa Bodeira (Open in Maps)
Humedal Protegido · 50.7 km
- 05Complexo Dunar de Corrubedo e Lagoas de Carregal e Vixán (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 55.1 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Santiago de Compostela
€4,514
Average tax across places
€3,613
Mean estimated IRPF for the same salary in all ranked Spanish places.
Difference vs Madrid
€236
People in Madrid pay less tax than here
Difference vs Barcelona
€354
People in Barcelona pay more tax than here
In Santiago de Compostela you pay €901 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
5.4%
SEPE unemployed
3,439
Affiliated workers (approx.)
45,573
Self-employed (approx.)
7,681
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Municipal finance
Income 2024
€142,420,046
Expenses
€142,420,046
Balance
€0
Spending by function (k€)
Local government
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Borja Verea Fraiz (PP)
2023–2027 · Partido Popular
Provisional mock data. Pending verification against the town hall / election results.
Distances & mobility
Nearest airport
Aeropuerto de Santiago (SCQ) · 11.4 km · 10 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (A Coruña) · 34.7 km · 39 min
High-speed rail
AVE Santiago de Compostela · 7.5 km · 14 min
Nearest coast
Playa de Riazor (A Coruña) · 69.7 km · 60 min
Nearest city
A Coruña · 27.1 km · 23 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe · SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA-DANIEL CASTELAO · 8 km · 14 min
Nearest coach
Coach · Dársena de Autobuses de Xoán XXIII · 4.9 km · 12 min
Local services
This checklist is built from data pulled from other services and may be wrong. If something looks incorrect, click the flag icon to tell us what it should be.
Official sources where available (Diputación de Málaga, Junta education, MITECO fuel stations) plus Overture Maps for shops and clinics. “Yes” means found in those sources; “Unknown” means we cannot confirm yet; “No” is only used when absence is clear (e.g. consultorio but no hospital).
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Registered vehicles
Compared with the average across ranked places, per 1,000 inhabitants.
Cars
53,009
525 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
8,241
82 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Motorbikes
4,401
44 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
201
2 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Tractors
389
7 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
Santiago de Compostela, alternatively abbreviated to Santiago or Compostela, is the capital of the…
Santiago de Compostela, alternatively abbreviated to Santiago or Compostela, is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.
It is located in the province of A Coruña, in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula
It is located in the province of A Coruña, in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula.
The city has its origin in the shrine of Saint James the Great, now the Cathedral of Santiago de…
The city has its origin in the shrine of Saint James the Great, now the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, as the destination of the Way of St.
About Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela is a municipality in A Coruña (Galicia) with about 3,041 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 2441 €/m². Compare Santiago de Compostela with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 15078 · CP 15078 · lat 42.910558237143256, lon -8.517176560481746 · 241 m · Income: €41,436