Coruña, A · Galicia

Muros

A town with some of the best traditional Galego architecture outside Pontevedra, enhanced by a marvellous natural setting at the widest point of its ría.

8,171 residents~71 min to Santiago de Compostela

What Muros is like

Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.

At the widest point of the Ría de Muros, just before it meets the sea.

Worth the trip

  • Tiers of narrow streets rising from the waterfront to the Romanesque Iglesia de San Pedro
  • Squat granite columns, arches, wide steps and stone porches throughout town

Who it suits: Architecture lovers

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
7.3°C 0.5°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
Summer high (Jul–Aug)
20.4°C 9.8°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
Rainy days a year
138 days 101% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
Sunshine
no local data
Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
7 49 below the Spanish average (56)

Cost & economy

Home price
no local data
Net income per person
€12,609 13% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
Income growth ’18–’23
27.4%

Safety

Recorded crime regional estimate
38.3 per 1,000 13% less than the Spanish average (44 per 1,000)

Schools

Schools in town
6
Nearest international school
43 km
PISA maths (region) regional estimate
486 5 above the Spanish average (481)

Healthcare

Drive to a hospital
65 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
78 min
Fibre-to-home coverage
88% 9% above the Spanish average (79%)
100 Mbps+ coverage
97% 14% above the Spanish average (83%)

Who lives here

Population
8,171
Born in Spain
95.5% 6.7% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
Born elsewhere in EU/UK
0.7% 3.1% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
U.S.-born residents
7.22 per 1,000
Winter 7.3°C average — 0.5°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
Summer 20.4°C high — 9.8°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
Crime 38.3 per 1,000 — 13% less than the Spanish average (44 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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