A Coruña climate
A Coruña is warmest in August, with average highs of 23 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 7.1 °C. November is the wettest month (156 mm) and July the driest (34 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year A Coruña averages 1,180 mm of rain, 19 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.
Spain · population 250,438 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month August 23 °C
- Coldest month February 7.1 °C
- Driest month July 34 mm
- Wettest month November 156 mm
- Least cloud August 53 % cloud
- Hottest on record September 35 °C
- Coldest on record March -1.6 °C
- Warmest sea August 18 °C
What to expectA Coruña through the year
A Coruña has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 13 °C in February to 23 °C in August, a swing of 9.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 19 days a year reach 25 °C, 1 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in September.
Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 156 mm against 34 mm in July — 4.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off A Coruña is warmest in August at 18 °C and coldest in March at 13 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.4 °C | 142 mm | 68 % |
| February | 12.9 °C | 103 mm | 63 % |
| March | 14.7 °C | 104 mm | 63 % |
| April | 15.6 °C | 109 mm | 63 % |
| May | 17.9 °C | 83 mm | 63 % |
| June | 20.3 °C | 53 mm | 58 % |
| July | 22.2 °C | 34 mm | 53 % |
| August | 22.8 °C | 47 mm | 53 % |
| September | 21.6 °C | 69 mm | 56 % |
| October | 18.6 °C | 138 mm | 64 % |
| November | 14.8 °C | 156 mm | 68 % |
| December | 13.2 °C | 142 mm | 67 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.4 °C | 7.3 °C | 9.8 °C | 20.0 °C | -1.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 12.9 °C | 7.1 °C | 9.8 °C | 22.5 °C | -0.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 14.7 °C | 8.2 °C | 11.2 °C | 25.0 °C | -1.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 15.6 °C | 9.2 °C | 12.3 °C | 27.6 °C | 2.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 17.9 °C | 11.4 °C | 14.6 °C | 30.5 °C | 4.5 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 20.3 °C | 13.9 °C | 17.0 °C | 33.1 °C | 7.9 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 22.2 °C | 15.7 °C | 18.8 °C | 34.2 °C | 9.6 °C | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 22.8 °C | 16.3 °C | 19.4 °C | 33.8 °C | 9.3 °C | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 21.6 °C | 15.0 °C | 18.0 °C | 34.6 °C | 6.7 °C | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 18.6 °C | 12.8 °C | 15.5 °C | 31.9 °C | 4.2 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 14.8 °C | 10.0 °C | 12.3 °C | 22.1 °C | 1.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 13.2 °C | 8.3 °C | 10.6 °C | 18.9 °C | -1.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 142 mm | 14 | 9.3 h/day | 68 % | 83 % | 24 km/h | 13.5 °C |
| February | 103 mm | 12 | 10 h/day | 63 % | 81 % | 23 km/h | 13.1 °C |
| March | 104 mm | 12 | 12 h/day | 63 % | 80 % | 23 km/h | 12.9 °C |
| April | 109 mm | 14 | 13 h/day | 63 % | 80 % | 22 km/h | 13.3 °C |
| May | 83 mm | 12 | 15 h/day | 63 % | 81 % | 21 km/h | 14.4 °C |
| June | 53 mm | 9 | 15 h/day | 58 % | 81 % | 20 km/h | 15.7 °C |
| July | 34 mm | 6 | 15 h/day | 53 % | 81 % | 20 km/h | 17.2 °C |
| August | 47 mm | 8 | 14 h/day | 53 % | 81 % | 20 km/h | 18.3 °C |
| September | 69 mm | 9 | 13 h/day | 56 % | 81 % | 20 km/h | 17.1 °C |
| October | 138 mm | 14 | 11 h/day | 64 % | 83 % | 21 km/h | 15.9 °C |
| November | 156 mm | 16 | 9.7 h/day | 68 % | 83 % | 23 km/h | 15.0 °C |
| December | 142 mm | 14 | 9.0 h/day | 67 % | 83 % | 23 km/h | 14.1 °C |
How A Coruña compares
The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.
| Destination | Summer high | Winter low | Rain per year | Days above 25 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Coruña | 23 °C | 7.1 °C | 1,180 mm | 19 |
| Vigo · Spain | 24 °C | 6.2 °C | 1,706 mm | 37 |
| Braga · Portugal | 26 °C | 3.8 °C | 1,543 mm | 66 |
| Oviedo · Spain | 22 °C | 2.7 °C | 1,223 mm | 12 |
| Gijón · Spain | 22 °C | 5.7 °C | 1,216 mm | 10 |
Where A Coruña ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in Europe in July | 17th of 50 | 90/100 |
| The warmest places in Europe in January | 29th of 50 | 12 °C |
| The warmest places in Europe in December | 30th of 50 | 13 °C |
| The warmest places in Europe in February | 32nd of 50 | 13 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in February | 35th of 50 | 13 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in January | 39th of 50 | 14 °C |
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QuestionsCommon questions about A Coruña’s climate
When is the best time to visit A Coruña?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does A Coruña get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 23 °C. About 1 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 7.1 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in A Coruña?
November, averaging 156 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is July with 34 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,180 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in A Coruña rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Data point
- 43.371°, -8.396° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.