Climate averages 1991–2020
A Coruña weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in A Coruña: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 58 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santiago de Compostela (56 km away). In August its highs average 23.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than A Coruña, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, A Coruña ranks 90th of 93 for the warmest August highs and 79th of 93 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 93 cities is 29.3°C; A Coruña is 6.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 68 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
A Coruña climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.3°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 141 | 14.5 | 9.49 h |
| February | 12.8°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 102 | 12.3 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 103 | 12.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.6°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 110 | 14.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 17.8°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 83 | 12.7 | 14.715 h |
| June | 20.3°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 53 | 8.8 | 15.315 h |
| July | 22.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 33 | 6.6 | 15.115 h |
| August, selected | 22.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 46 | 7.7 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 68 | 9.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 134 | 13.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 154 | 15.9 | 9.710 h |
| December | 13.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 140 | 14.4 | 9.09 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Santiago de Compostela in AugustSpain · 56 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Lugo in AugustSpain · 79 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Pontevedra in AugustSpain · 107 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Ourense in AugustSpain · 123 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Vigo in AugustSpain · 129 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Avilés in AugustSpain · 200 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Braga in AugustPortugal · 202 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Oviedo in AugustSpain · 206 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 90 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for A Coruña) is explained once on the A Coruña year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.