Badajoz
Badajoz
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About
Badajoz is the capital of the province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. It is situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana. The population in 2011 was 151,565.
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Why visit
Visit Badajoz for museums, galleries, and collections, music, theater, and performance, landscape, water, gardens, and nearby routes. For Badajoz, the useful material is practical and visible: museums, streets, religious buildings, markets, performance spaces, food, and nearby landscapes. A good itinerary should stay selective. The strongest plan in Badajoz usually starts with one main stop and treats the surrounding streets as part of the visit. That restraint helps Badajoz feel like a place rather than a sequence of obligations. Day trips from Badajoz work best when they change the reader's understanding of the base, not just the mileage.
When to avoid
Do not visit Badajoz expecting every useful stop to be close together or easy to improvise. The map of Badajoz is only half the problem; hours, heat, rain, crowds, and transport decide what is realistic. In Badajoz, keep the plan compact, check hours before arrival, and use taxis or rideshares when public transport is inconvenient or safety varies by area. If the main interest is one nearby site, it may be better to treat Badajoz as a base rather than the whole destination.
Summer (June-August)
June through August are the period when heat, daylight, crowds, or humidity most affect a visit to Badajoz. For Badajoz, summer often means heat, crowds, morning walks, and later meals. Use the harder hours in Badajoz for museums, churches, libraries, cafes, or performances rather than exposed routes. In Badajoz, choose this season when outdoor time, long evenings, festivals, or nearby landscapes matter more than museum pacing. Check the Badajoz calendar, because performances and exhibitions may slow down when visitor numbers rise.
Winter (Dec-Feb)
December through February are the cooler or wetter period in Badajoz. For Badajoz, cooler weather can make walking easier, but rain still needs room in the plan. In Badajoz, comfort depends less on temperature alone than on rain, wind, snow, daylight, and whether services are reduced. The season suits Badajoz best when museums, churches, cafes, galleries, and short neighborhood walks form the structure of the day. Use taxis or rideshares in Badajoz when the practical gain is clear, especially after dark or in weather that makes waiting for transit unpleasant.
The next week in Badajoz
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
Overcast
22° / 10°
UV High
Sat
Partly cloudy
25° / 11°
UV High
Sun
Overcast
25° / 10°
UV High
Mon
Overcast
26° / 9°
UV High
Tue
Overcast
28° / 11°
UV Very high
Wed
Overcast
32° / 14°
UV High
Thu
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
37° / 2°
Typical high / low
1 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.3h
07:15 – 21:31local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Badajoz
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Badajoz Airport (BJZ) at 13 km.
Getting around Badajoz
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
RenfeFlixBus-euBlaBlaCar BusFlixBus-deB MetroRenfe CercaniasALSADamas Extremadura SlAutocares Del Noreste SaRadibus SlAutocares De Badajoz SlRENFE OPERADORA
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, SamuelInzunza.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.