Castelldefels
Castelldefels
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📷 Year of the dragon· CC BY-SA 3.0Entre el castillo y la playa, Castelldefels te atrapa | Between the castle and the beach, Castelldefels captivates you
About
Castelldefels is a municipality in the Baix Llobregat comarca, in the province of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain, and a suburban town of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona. Its population is 65,954.
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Why visit
Use Castelldefels as a focused stop for religious and civic architecture, the relationship between settlement and surrounding landscape. Use a compact route in Castelldefels so the relationship between buildings, institutions, and daily movement stays visible. Keep the plan narrow: one main site, one walk in the surrounding district, and an evening event only when the local calendar makes that worthwhile. This keeps the itinerary useful without turning it into a race between unrelated places.
When to avoid
Do not visit Castelldefels expecting every useful stop to be close together or easy to improvise. A route through Castelldefels works best when opening days, transport, weather, and distance are treated as cultural logistics, not afterthoughts. In Castelldefels, it is better to build a tight route than to rely on long transfers between secondary stops. If the main interest is one nearby site, it may be better to treat Castelldefels as a base rather than the whole destination.
Summer (June-August)
In Castelldefels, the warm season usually means June through August. Warm weather in Castelldefels can be useful, but humidity and storms may decide the pace. For Castelldefels, the cultural route should move between streets and interiors rather than staying exposed for hours. For Castelldefels, morning and evening are better for exposed walking; interiors should do more of the work in between.
Winter (Dec-Feb)
December through February are the cooler or wetter period in Castelldefels. In Castelldefels, winter often shifts attention toward performances, museums, cafes, and long walks when the weather cooperates. For Castelldefels, the season works only if the route respects weather, daylight, and transport limits. The season suits Castelldefels best when museums, churches, cafes, galleries, and short neighborhood walks form the structure of the day. A cold or wet day in Castelldefels works best with shorter walks, confirmed hours, and a clear way back to lodging.
The next week in Castelldefels
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
23° / 14°
UV High
Fri
Thunderstorm
19° / 12°
9.1 mm
UV Moderate
Sat
Overcast
19° / 11°
UV High
Sun
Overcast
21° / 14°
UV High
Mon
Showers
21° / 16°
3.9 mm
UV High
Tue
Overcast
25° / 17°
UV High
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
32° / 3°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.5h
06:34 – 21:02local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Castelldefels
3 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN) at 9 km.
Getting around Castelldefels
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
RenfeTMBFlixBus-euBlaBlaCar BusFlixBus-deFlixBus-deB MetroRenfe CercaniasALSAMonbus i JuliàTCCAUTOCARES SAMAR - Grupo SAMARSA Alsina Graells de Auto TransportesRENFE OPERADORANS IntRHDF-80-SCOALSINA GRAELLSAvanzaSoler i SauretTCC
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 →
CC0, Ajuntament de Castelldefels.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.