{"id":108121,"date":"2026-08-31T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T07:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/sin-categoria\/calidad-aguas-bano-espana-europa\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T14:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T12:03:10","slug":"bathing-water-quality-spain-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/lifestyle\/bathing-water-quality-spain-europe\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Spain, among the top EU countries with the best bathing water: 86.6% of its beaches and rivers achieve the highest score in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"table table-striped table-color-200\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Spain ranks <strong>11th in the EU<\/strong> with 86.6% of excellent bathing waters, sitting above the EU average (84.8%), according to the EEA report published in June 2026.<\/li>\n<li><strong>87.4% of coastal waters in Europe reach the highest quality,<\/strong> compared to 78.3% in lakes and only 47% in rivers due to the impact of rain and runoff.<\/li>\n<li><strong>96% of European bathing areas meet the minimum standards of the Bathing Water Directive,<\/strong> guaranteeing health safety against fecal bacteria.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The European Environment Agency places Spain above the EU average in water purity, with 86.6% of excellent bathing areas, although with a notable difference between beaches and rivers.<\/p>\n<p>When <strong>looking for a home near the sea or surrounded by nature<\/strong>, knowing whether the nearby beaches or rivers are suitable for swimming is essential.<\/p>\n<p>At Fotocasa, we explain in detail the official results of the bathing water quality report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) published in June 2026. We analyze Spain&#8217;s position in the European <em>ranking<\/em>, the gap between the coast and rivers, and how the appeal of the coastline relates to housing prices.<\/p>\n<p>With the European average sitting at 84.8% for excellent waters, how many points does Spain score, and which countries lead the European map for clean bathing?<\/p>\n<h2>Where does Spain stand in the European bathing water <em>ranking<\/em> according to the EEA?<\/h2>\n<p>Spain ranks <strong>11th in the European Union with 86.6% of its bathing waters rated as excellent,<\/strong> according to the annual report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) published in June 2026. This result places our country above the European Union average, which stands at 84.8% (85% at the general community level).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fotocasa is the expert real estate portal if you are looking for your home in Spain and want to resolve your doubts about housing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":282,"featured_media":108128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13668],"tags":[13692,13548,16772,16773,14748,14821,13552,13551,13549,13550,16774,16775,16776,13547,15220],"class_list":["post-108121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-buy","tag-buy-in-spain","tag-calidad-de-las-aguas-de-bano-en-espana","tag-calidad-del-agua","tag-curiosidades","tag-foreign","tag-housing-doubts","tag-housing-experts-in-spain","tag-housing-purchase-market-spain","tag-live-in-spain","tag-medio-ambiente","tag-playas-de-espana","tag-precios-de-la-vivienda","tag-real-estate-market","tag-vivir-en-la-costa"],"modified_by":"Patricia Andr\u00e9s","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/282"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}