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.
Why people fall for Coruña, A
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
Who Coruña, A is for — and who it isn't
Not our opinion: we ran the same scoring engine behind the quiz for six settler profiles across all 8,132 municipalities and read off where Coruña, A lands.
Good for
- Heat-averse settlers 98th percentile of 8,132 towns 3 km from the sea · mild 22.8°C summer highs
- Families with school-age kids 96th percentile of 8,132 towns 3 km from the sea · a hospital in town
- Remote-working couples 95th percentile of 8,132 towns 3 km from the sea · 251,277 people
- Budget-first coastal settlers 91st percentile of 8,132 towns 3 km from the sea · a hospital in town
- American retirees 90th percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · 3 km from the sea
The numbers
The decision data — each figure placed among all Spanish municipalities that report it ("top 10%" always means good, also where lower is better). Regional overlays and estimates are labelled, and where there's no local reading we say so plainly.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 11.8°C top 13% of 8,131 towns 4.1°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 22.8°C top 3% of 8,131 towns 7.4°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 127 days bottom 3% of 8,088 towns 86% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 5.9 h/day bottom 7% of 3,829 towns 19% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 7 top 10% of 8,033 towns 49 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €2,759/m² bottom 26% of 306 towns 25% more than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €17,157 top 14% of 8,059 towns 18% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 22.4% bottom 29% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 103 top 1% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 2 km top 1% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 486 #8 of 17 regions, +7 vs national 5 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min top 1% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- no local data
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 73 days #3 of 17 regions, −30 days vs national 32% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 14 min top 1% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 99% top 8% of 8,132 towns 20% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% top 8% of 8,132 towns 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: SpainScore town dataset, derived from INE, AEMET, Mitma and the Catastro. Percentile chips count only the municipalities that report the figure — the "of n" says how many. Region-ranked figures (PISA, surgical waits) compare Spain's 17 comunidades autónomas. A blank means no municipal-level figure is published — not a zero.
The year, month by month
AEMET 30-year climate normals — what a January or an August actually feels like, not the annual average.
How does Coruña, A fit you?
These are the town's numbers. Whether it's your town depends on what you're optimising for — winter sun or mild summers, a city or a village, short medical waits, an easy flight home. The 3-minute quiz scores Coruña, A against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 52 min from Santiago de Compostela, if that's your anchor.
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