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About
Coral Gables is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The city is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida and is located 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Downtown Miami. As of the 2020 U.S. census, it had a population of 49,248.
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Why visit
Visit Coral Gables for museums, galleries, and collections, literature, bookshops, and universities, markets, streets, food, and public squares. For Coral Gables, the useful material is practical and visible: museums, streets, religious buildings, markets, performance spaces, food, and nearby landscapes. A good itinerary should stay selective. Let one institution, district, or landscape edge organize the day in Coral Gables, then keep the supporting stops close. The result is a day in Coral Gables that can be followed, remembered, and adjusted. If Coral Gables has useful day trips or nearby landscape, use them to widen the context rather than to overload the schedule.
When to avoid
June to October is hurricane season; check forecasts before booking. Florida summer humidity is oppressive (often 35°C with 90% humidity). The strict architectural code means little nightlife in the city itself; cross to Brickell or South Beach for that. For Coral Gables, opening hours and movement are not secondary details. In Coral Gables, a good plan groups nearby stops, leaves slack for transport, and allows for small museums, churches, or galleries to close without much notice.
Wet season (May to Oct)
June through August are the months when heat and daylight most affect a visit to Coral Gables. Heat and rain patterns in Coral Gables deserve more attention than the calendar label. Use a staged route in Coral Gables: exposed streets at the cooler edges, interiors in the hard hours, and evening plans after that. Opening times in Coral Gables should be checked before the day is arranged around them.
Dry season (Nov to Apr)
The cooler, drier, or less humid months can be the more comfortable period in Coral Gables. Use the drier cooler months in Coral Gables for longer walks and day trips. The practical issue in Coral Gables is not temperature alone, but what rain, humidity, storms, or sea conditions do to the plan. The season suits Coral Gables best when museums, churches, cafes, galleries, and short neighborhood walks form the structure of the day. In Coral Gables, keep outdoor plans shorter, check hours carefully, and use a taxi or rideshare when weather or late returns make transit less attractive.
The next week in Coral Gables
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
Partly cloudy
33° / 21°
UV Very high
Sat
Overcast
31° / 23°
UV Very high
Sun
Showers
28° / 23°
12.6 mm
UV Very high
Mon
Drizzle
29° / 27°
3.0 mm
UV Very high
Tue
Drizzle
29° / 27°
1.6 mm
UV Very high
Wed
Drizzle
29° / 27°
0.9 mm
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
32° / 20°
Typical high / low
4 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.4h
06:35 – 19:58local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Coral Gables
3 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Miami International Airport (MIA) at 5 km.
Getting around Coral Gables
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
FlixbusBrightlineTri-RailBroward County TransitB MetroGreyhoundRedCoachOmnibus ExpressJet Set ExpressMiami Dade Transit
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 →
Public domain, The original uploader was Skillz187 at English Wikipedia..
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.