Cagliari
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About
Cagliari is a municipality and the capital and largest city of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. It has about 145,981 inhabitants, while its metropolitan city, including 69 other nearby municipalities, has about 536,245 inhabitants. According to Eurostat, the population of the functional urban area, the commuting zone of Cagliari, rises to 476,975. Cagliari is the 27th largest city in Italy.
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Why visit
Visit Cagliari for music, theater, and performance, archaeology and older urban layers, landscape, water, gardens, and nearby routes. In Cagliari, the strongest material is where museums, streets, religious buildings, markets, performance spaces, food, or nearby landscapes explain the surrounding region. A good itinerary should stay selective. For Cagliari, choose the anchor first; the cafe, market, church, gallery, or evening event should follow from that location. That gives Cagliari room to show itself without turning the day into unrelated stops. If Cagliari has useful day trips or nearby landscape, use them to widen the context rather than to overload the schedule.
When to avoid
Do not visit Cagliari expecting every useful stop to be close together or easy to improvise. For Cagliari, the practical constraints are part of the itinerary: hours, transport, weather, crowds, and the distance between useful areas. Keep Cagliari practical: fewer cross-town moves, confirmed hours, and paid transport when it saves time or reduces friction. If the main interest is one nearby site, it may be better to treat Cagliari 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 Cagliari. In Cagliari, the hot season is usually dry and exposed, with strong afternoon sun. For Cagliari, the warm-season route should alternate shade, interiors, and outdoor stops rather than running straight through the heat. This period suits Cagliari when the trip depends on daylight, festivals, water, gardens, hills, or nearby countryside. For Cagliari, visitor volume and cultural programming do not always peak at the same time.
Winter (Dec-Feb)
December through February are the cooler or wetter period in Cagliari. For Cagliari, cooler months suit walking, but evenings may need warmer layers. In Cagliari, rain, wind, cold, snow, daylight, and service reductions can matter more than the average high. The season suits Cagliari best when museums, churches, cafes, galleries, and short neighborhood walks form the structure of the day. Keep Cagliari compact in this season: fewer outdoor sections, better hour checks, and practical rides when conditions make transit awkward.
The next week in Cagliari
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
Showers
23° / 13°
1.1 mm
UV Very high
Sat
Rain
21° / 13°
UV Very high
Sun
Overcast
22° / 12°
UV Very high
Mon
Overcast
24° / 13°
UV High
Tue
Overcast
24° / 15°
UV Very high
Wed
Partly cloudy
26° / 15°
UV High
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
26° / 11°
Typical high / low
1 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.3h
06:10 – 20:28local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Cagliari
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG) at 7 km.
Getting around Cagliari
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
ARSTTrenitaliaCTM SpA CagliariFlixBus-eutrilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLBNEB Niederbarnimer EisenbahnFlixBus-deFlixBus-deAUTOLINEE ANTONIO MURGIA S.R.L.A.S.P. DI PANI FRANCA DANIELA E CHRISTIAN SNCAUTOLINEE FRAU S.R.L.AUTOLINEE TREXENTA SNCLOGUDORO TOURS S.R.L.DEDONI SARDINIA S.R.L.B MetroCAREDDU MADDALOAUTOLINEE DEL GOLFO SRLAUTOLINEE BAIRE S.R.L.
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 →
Public domain, User:GJo.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.