Andorra la Vella
Andorra la Vella
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About
Andorra la Vella is the capital and largest city of Andorra. It is located high in the east Pyrenees, between France and Spain. It is also the name of the Andorran parish that surrounds the capital.
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Why visit
Visit Andorra la Vella for landscape, water, gardens, and nearby routes. The value of Andorra la Vella is clearest when museums, streets, religious buildings, markets, food, and nearby landscape are read together. A good itinerary should stay selective. The strongest plan in Andorra la Vella usually starts with one main stop and treats the surrounding streets as part of the visit. That keeps the visit to Andorra la Vella legible and leaves time for ordinary streets to do their work. If Andorra la Vella has useful day trips or nearby landscape, use them to widen the context rather than to overload the schedule.
When to avoid
Saturday traffic from cross-border shoppers can gridlock the only main road; allow extra time. The downtown is concrete-heavy and lacks atmosphere outside the small Casc Antic old quarter. Mountain weather changes fast; don't rely on a single day's forecast. In Andorra la Vella, do the practical checks before the day is fixed: opening days, tickets, transport frequency, and distances between areas. For Andorra la Vella, the map may look tighter than the day feels.
Summer (Jun to Aug)
June through August are the months when heat and daylight most affect a visit to Andorra la Vella. In Andorra la Vella, summer comfort depends on humidity and storm patterns as much as temperature. A warm day in Andorra la Vella should have phases: outdoor streets, indoor collections or churches, then a slower evening. Opening times in Andorra la Vella should be checked before the day is arranged around them.
Winter (Dec to Feb)
December through February are the cooler or wetter period in Andorra la Vella. Winter in Andorra la Vella is often a useful cultural season if the itinerary is built around interiors and shorter outdoor sections. The practical issue in Andorra la Vella is whether weather and daylight shorten the useful day. In Andorra la Vella, this season can work well for museums, churches, galleries, theaters, bookshops, cafes, and ordinary neighborhood life. Outdoor time in Andorra la Vella should stay flexible; check hours and spend on a ride when weather, darkness, or distance would otherwise dominate the plan.
The next week in Andorra la Vella
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Drizzle
11° / 6°
UV High
Sat
Clear
15° / 5°
UV High
Sun
Rain
15° / 6°
7.2 mm
UV Moderate
Mon
Drizzle
16° / 8°
1.7 mm
UV Moderate
Tue
Drizzle
20° / 8°
2.1 mm
UV Moderate
Wed
Drizzle
21° / 7°
1.2 mm
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
25° / -6°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.6h
06:32 – 21:07local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Andorra la Vella
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Pirineus - la Seu d'Urgel Airport (LEU) at 21 km.
Getting around Andorra la Vella
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
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Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
CC BY-SA 4.0, Heralder.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.