Cantabria · Cantabria
Comillas
A curious rural town with pretty cobbled streets that seems almost oblivious to the sea, yet home to the first house ever designed by Antoni Gaudí.
Living in Comillas
Comillas is a small Cantabrian coastal town of 2,000 with pretty cobbled streets that seem almost to turn their back on the sea, best known for El Capricho — the whimsical sunflower-tiled villa designed by Gaudí. It has two good beaches on its doorstep and a genuinely Atlantic climate: mild but wet, with cool summers around 22°C, mild winters near 11°C and rain on well over a hundred days a year. It's a mostly Spanish town with a small French contingent. A hospital is about half an hour away, Torrelavega the same, and Santander's airport around forty-five minutes.
The case for Comillas
- 10.5°C average winters
- summer highs of just 22.4°C
- SDR airport 45 minutes away
- Santander — a 100,000+ city — 39 minutes by road
- official bathing water 2.7 km away
- skiing at Alto Campoo, ~39 km away as the crow flies
- 31 restaurants and cafés
- 9.3% of residents are under 15 — more children than the typical Spanish town
- 97% fibre-to-the-home coverage
No adjectives, no opinions — every line is a measured value from the data below, shown only when Comillas genuinely earns it. Distances marked "as the crow flies" are straight-line estimates.
Comillas's Spainability Scores — by who's moving
Not our opinion: we ran the same scoring engine behind the quiz for six settler profiles across all 8,132 municipalities. Each score is Comillas's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 97% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
A curious rural town with pretty cobbled streets that seems almost oblivious to the sea, yet home to the first house ever designed by Antoni Gaudí. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 4 km from the sea and a settled international community.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 22.4°C
- Rainy days a year 122 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 6
- Winter average temp 10.5°C
Higher than 84% of the 2,299 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A curious rural town with pretty cobbled streets that seems almost oblivious to the sea, yet home to the first house ever designed by Antoni Gaudí. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — a settled international community and 4 km from the sea.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 99%
- Drive to nearest airport 45 min
- Registered long-let rent €6.85/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 22.4°C
Higher than 81% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A curious rural town with pretty cobbled streets that seems almost oblivious to the sea, yet home to the first house ever designed by Antoni Gaudí. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 30 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 10.5°C
- Drive to a hospital 30 min
- Surgical wait (region) 137 days
- Registered long-let rent €6.85/m²·mo
Higher than 80% of the 2,299 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A curious rural town with pretty cobbled streets that seems almost oblivious to the sea, yet home to the first house ever designed by Antoni Gaudí. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 4 km from the sea and a settled international community.
- PISA maths (region) 495
- Registered long-let rent €6.85/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 30 min
- Nearest international school 21 km
Higher than 79% of the 2,299 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A curious rural town with pretty cobbled streets that seems almost oblivious to the sea, yet home to the first house ever designed by Antoni Gaudí. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — a settled international community and 4 km from the sea.
- Registered long-let rent €6.85/m²·mo
- Net income per person €14,226
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 22.4°C
Higher than 73% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A curious rural town with pretty cobbled streets that seems almost oblivious to the sea, yet home to the first house ever designed by Antoni Gaudí. A strong pick for American retirees — 30 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 10.5°C
- Drive to a hospital 30 min
- U.S.-born residents 0.97 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €6.85/m²·mo
What is the climate like in Comillas?
Comillas's reported winter average is 10.5°C, while July–August highs reach 22.4°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 10.5°C top 17% of 8,131 towns 2.8°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 22.4°C top 3% of 8,131 towns 7.8°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 122 days bottom 6% of 8,088 towns 78% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 6 top 6% of 8,033 towns 50 below the Spanish average (56)
- River-flood depth (T=100, town centre) estimated
- 0 m top 1% of 8,129 towns 0.04 m below the Spanish average (0.04 m)
- River-flood risk score estimated
- 0 top 1% of 8,129 towns about the Spanish average (0)
- Wildfire burn rate (2010–23)
- 0.29 ha/km² bottom 32% of 8,132 towns 2.02 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 3 bottom 32% of 8,132 towns 3 below the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 21.8% top 40% of 8,130 towns 1.1% below the Spanish average (22.9%)
The year, month by month
AEMET 30-year climate normals — what a January or an August actually feels like, not the annual average.
How good is healthcare in Comillas?
Comillas's nearest health centre is 8.4 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 30 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 30 min top 42% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 8.4 km top 49% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 137 days #15 of 17 regions, +34 days vs national 27% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Comillas?
Comillas's reported nearest international school is 21 km.
Schools
- Schools in town
- no local data
- Nearest international school
- 21 km top 22% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 495 #2 of 17 regions, +16 vs national 14 above the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Comillas?
Comillas's reported registered long-let rent is €6.85/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €6.85/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €5.67/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €9.16/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €14,226 bottom 49% of 8,059 towns about the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 30.6% top 24% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Comillas?
Spanish is the only region-wide official language in Cantabria, and Spanish-medium teaching is the public-school default. Individual bilingual and international programmes can use other languages, so check the specific school. See the Cantabria region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Comillas?
Comillas's reported population is 2,071.
Who lives here
- Population
- 2,071
- Born in Spain
- 88.4% 0.4% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 4.5% 0.7% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.97 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Comillas?
Comillas is a reported 45 min drive from the nearest airport, with 97% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 45 min top 20% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 97% top 17% of 8,132 towns 18% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 99% top 17% of 8,132 towns 16% above the Spanish average (83%)
Numbers: Spainability town dataset, derived from INE, AEMET, Mitma and the Catastro. Registered long-let rent is SERPAVI declared-contract data; its p25–p75 values show the observed band. Registered-rent yield is gross, excludes costs and is never imputed. Percentile chips count only the municipalities that report the figure — the "of n" says how many. Region-ranked figures (PISA, surgical waits) compare Spain's 17 comunidades autónomas. A blank means no municipal-level figure is published — not a zero.
How does Comillas fit you?
These are the town's numbers. Whether it's your town depends on what you're optimising for — winter sun or mild summers, a city or a village, short medical waits, an easy flight home. The 3-minute quiz scores Comillas against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 29 min from Torrelavega, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Comillas for you →Questions to verify locally
- Ask whether current long-let rents match the registered-contract figure.
- Request comparable sales; neither appraisal nor asking data is published.
- Test fibre speed at the exact address, not the town average.
- Visit the school and ask about places for incoming families.
- Confirm health-centre registration and opening hours in person.
- Ask about summer rental crowds and parking near the coast.
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