La Coruña
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 La Coruña for markets, streets, food, and public squares, landscape, water, gardens, and nearby routes. In La Coruña, 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. In La Coruña, start with one strong anchor, then add a nearby walk, cafe, market, church, museum, bookshop, or evening event where the city supports it. In La Coruña, the route gains clarity when the spaces between formal stops are allowed to matter. For La Coruña, nearby landscapes and day trips should explain the city, not turn the itinerary into transit work.
When to avoid
Do not visit La Coruña expecting every useful stop to be close together or easy to improvise. A route through La Coruña works best when opening days, transport, weather, and distance are treated as cultural logistics, not afterthoughts. In La Coruña, 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 La Coruña as a base rather than the whole destination.
Summer (June-August)
The warmer period in La Coruña generally falls in June through August. For La Coruña, heat and crowds can push the cultural day toward mornings, interiors, and later meals. Longer days in La Coruña help, but they do not make scattered plans better. Use cooler hours in La Coruña for outdoor places, then rely on interiors to keep the day humane.
Winter Season (Dec-Feb)
The cooler or wetter season in La Coruña generally falls in December through February. The cooler season brings rain risk and shorter daylight, but it is often better for museums and unhurried streets. In La Coruña, indoor cultural work often carries the season better than a wide outdoor route. In La Coruña, outdoor plans should be shorter, local, and easy to replace.
The next week in La Coruña
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 La Coruña
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is A Coruña Airport (LCG) at 8 km.
Getting around La Coruña
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.