Coruña, A · Galicia
Coruña, A
A buzzing, spectacularly-sited Atlantic port city with a different identity from Santiago — a good place to experience Galician life without the crowds, famed for its glassed-in galería balconies.
What Coruña, A is like
Portrait drawn from Lonely Planet & The Rough Guide.
On a narrow peninsula on Galicia's northern coast, 64km north of Santiago, between a sheltered harbour and open-Atlantic beaches.
On the table. A terrific dining scene of seafood and tapas.
Worth the trip
- The World Heritage-listed Torre de Hércules, a still-functioning Roman lighthouse
- The glass-fronted galería balconies along Avenida da Marina, six storeys high
- Praza de María Pita, home to the huge Palacio Municipal and a statue of the local heroine who repelled Sir Francis Drake in 1589
A little history
As the departure point for the Spanish Armada in 1588, the city earned a retaliatory visit from Sir Francis Drake the following year, repelled when local heroine María Pita killed the English standard-bearer.
Who it suits: Travellers wanting Galician culture without international crowds
The numbers
The decision data — each figure against the Spanish average. Regional overlays and estimates are labelled, and where there's no local reading we say so plainly.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 11.8°C 4.1°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 22.8°C 7.4°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 127 days 86% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 5.9 h/day 19% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 7 49 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €2,759/m² 25% more than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €17,157 18% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 22.4%
Safety
- Recorded crime
- 49.1 per 1,000 12% more than the Spanish average (44 per 1,000)
Schools
- Schools in town
- 103
- Nearest international school
- 2 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 486 5 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min
- Nearest health centre
- no local data
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 73 days 32% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 14 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 99% 20% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% 17% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 251,277
- Born in Spain
- 82.2% 6.6% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.4% 1.4% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.77 per 1,000
Numbers: SettleSpain town dataset, derived from INE, AEMET, Mitma, Ministerio del Interior and the Catastro. National average = the unweighted mean across all 8,132 Spanish municipalities with data. A blank means no municipal-level figure is published — not a zero.
How does Coruña, A fit you?
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