Coruna
A Coruña
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About
A Coruña is a city and municipality in Galicia, Spain. With a population of 249,255, it is the 2nd-largest city in Galicia behind Vigo. The city is the provincial capital of the province of A Coruña, having also served as political capital of the Kingdom of Galicia from the 16th to the 19th centuries, and as a regional administrative centre between 1833 and 1982.
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Why visit
Visit Coruna for markets, streets, food, and public squares. For Coruna, the useful material is practical and visible: museums, streets, religious buildings, markets, performance spaces, food, and nearby landscapes. A good itinerary should stay selective. For Coruna, choose the anchor first; the cafe, market, church, gallery, or evening event should follow from that location. That keeps the visit to Coruna legible and leaves time for ordinary streets to do their work. Day trips from Coruna work best when they change the reader's understanding of the base, not just the mileage.
When to avoid
Do not visit Coruna expecting every useful stop to be close together or easy to improvise. For Coruna, the practical constraints are part of the itinerary: hours, transport, weather, crowds, and the distance between useful areas. Keep Coruna 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 Coruna 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 Coruna. In Coruna, summer is dry and busy, with heat that favors early starts and late dinners. A warm day in Coruna works better when outdoor sites are placed at the edges and interiors carry the center. Use this season in Coruna when the extra light or landscape access is part of the reason to go. For Coruna, visitor volume and cultural programming do not always peak at the same time.
Winter Season (Dec-Feb)
December through February are the cooler or wetter months in Coruna. The cooler season brings rain risk and shorter daylight, but it is often better for museums and unhurried streets. In Coruna, this can be a useful season for museums, archives, theaters, galleries, cafes, and ordinary neighborhood life, but short daylight makes ambitious routing less efficient. A workable day in Coruna needs at least one indoor alternative and a checked transport plan.
The next week in Coruna
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
15° / 12°
4.4 mm
UV High
Sat
Overcast
16° / 8°
UV Moderate
Sun
Showers
16° / 12°
0.6 mm
UV High
Mon
Rain
19° / 7°
UV High
Tue
Overcast
20° / 14°
1.5 mm
UV High
Wed
Overcast
23° / 14°
UV High
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
30° / 5°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.7h
07:10 – 21:49local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Coruna
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is A Coruña Airport (LCG) at 8 km.
Getting around Coruna
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
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, HansenBCN.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.