Which two of the world’s Top 25 Coastal Relocation Destinations are in Spain?

RECENT research has revealed the Top 25 coastal destinations in the world for permanent relocation – and two are in Spain.

With the top five located in middle-eastern desert areas, Valencia and Barcelona still manage healthy places in the league table, 10th and 24th respectively.

A number of key factors were taken into consideration, when money.co.uk commissioned the research.

The important aspects of life in a particular destination were average air and sea temperatures, annual rainfall, property prices, annual salaries, cost of living, number of restaurants and life expectancy.

Doha in Qatar is highest with a Coastal Relocation score of 7.53/10

With average sea temperatures of almost 25°C, only 62mm of rainfall every year and a decent average salary of €37,765, the 2022 World Cup venue city leads the way.

All of the Top 5 destinations are in similarly-affluent and hot desert locations, with Abu Dhabi and Dubai, both in the United Arab Emirates, in second and third.

Fourth and fifth places belong to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) and Manama (Bahrain).

Valencia in South East Spain comes a respectable 10th in the listing.

With annual salaries averaging €45,404 and having almost 4,000 restaurants, the city is only let down by cooler air and sea temperatures of between 17 and 18°C and annual rainfall of 427mm (almost 16 inches).

Despite this, out of the Top 5 non-desert locations, Valencia is by far the driest and with a longer life expectancy, too.

The Catalan city of Barcelona comes a respectable 24th in the table of coastal relocation destinations, still ahead of Australia’s Melbourne, France’s Marseilles and Italy’s Naples.

Renowned for its architecture and cuisine, Barcelona is wetter and cooler than its Spanish neighbour, but still has an incredible 9,689 restaurants to choose from.

Below is the full Top 50 list with a link to the methodology and further findings underneath.

Rank	City	Country	Air Temp ‘C	Rain mm	Life Exp	Score
1	Doha	Qatar	27.5	62	80	7.53
2	Abu Dhabi	UAE	27.9	42	77	7.43
3	Dubai	UAE	28.2	68	77	7.42
4	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	28.1	79	75	7.12
5	Manama	Bahrain	26.2	68	77	6.99
6	Daytona Beach	USA	22.2	1,050	79	6.8
7	Miami	USA	24.6	1,113	79	6.76
8	Havana	Cuba	25.7	821	79	6.73
9	Tampa	USA	22.5	1,113	79	6.66
10	Valencia	Spain	17.6	427	83	6.61
11	Perth	Australia	18.6	558	83	6.6
12	Gold Coast	Australia	20.4	1,138	83	6.5
13	Palermo	Italy	17	647	83	6.47
14	Tokyo	Japan	15.2	1,482	84	6.43
15	San Diego	USA	16.7	272	79	6.42
16	Cagliari	Italy	17.5	448	83	6.41
17	Faro	Portugal	18	499	81	6.38
18	Alexandria	Egypt	20.8	181	71	6.38
19	Athens	Greece	17.5	378	82	6.38
20	Heraklion	Greece	17.8	464	82	6.36
21	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	23.6	1,252	75	6.34
22	Charleston	USA	19.3	1,216	79	6.32
23	Los Angeles	USA	17.6	357	79	6.22
24	Barcelona	Spain	15.5	614	83	6.21
25	Casablanca	Morocco	18	324	76	6.18
26	Antalya	Turkey	17.8	1,081	77	6.17
27	Lisbon	Portugal	16.7	591	81	6.16
28	Rabat	Morocco	18.1	442	76	6.14
29	Melbourne	Australia	14.8	645	83	6.12
30	Nha Trang	Vietnam	26.5	1,768	75	6.11
31	Algiers	Algeria	18.2	615	76	6.11
32	Sydney	Australia	18	912	83	6.11
33	Marseille	France	15	602	82	6.1
34	Naples	Italy	16.5	1,080	83	6.07
35	Tel Aviv	Israel	20.5	413	82	6.04
36	Colombo	Sri Lanka	26.5	2,387	76	6.04
37	Gibraltar	Gibraltar	17.6	686	79	6.03
38	Tangier	Morocco	17.4	574	76	6.01
39	Nassau	Bahamas	25.1	994	73	6
40	Kingston	Jamaica	23.6	948	74	5.97
41	Valletta	Malta	19.2	427	82	5.93
42	Manila	Philippines	26.6	1,666	71	5.89
43	Santander	Spain	13.8	1,198	83	5.87
44	Mumbai	India	26.4	2,012	69	5.81
45	Buenos Aires	Argentina	17.3	1,112	76	5.8
46	Porto	Portugal	15.1	1,285	81	5.77
47	Cork	Ireland	10.3	917	81	5.77
48	Bournemouth	UK	11.4	798	81	5.75
49	Christchurch	New Zealand	11.5	635	82	5.72
50	Helsinki	Finland	27.3	941	81	5.71
Rank	City	Country	Air Temp	Rain	Life Exp	Score

Full results and methodology clickable here

The highest ranked UK coastal destination is Bournemouth, at Number 48, just behind Santander – the third Spanish coastal destination to feature in the Top 50.

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