Climate risk in A Coruña
Galicia, Spain · 370.6K people in the urban area
What threatens A Coruña most
- Earthquake
- Moderate GSHAP
- Water stress
- Low-Medium WRI Aqueduct
- Drought
- Low-Medium WRI Aqueduct
Tsunamis and landslides are not rated for a single city here. Climate risk profile of Spain
The sea at A Coruña is projected to rise 252 mm by 2050 under moderate emissions.
Barcelona: 260 mm.
A Coruña's climate in the 2050s
2041-2060 compared with 1991-2020, moderate emissions
By the 2050s, A Coruña is projected to have the climate that Gijón (Spain) has today.
+1°C
Mean temperature over the year
+1.5°C
Highest in the warmest month
+0.7°C
Lowest in the coldest month
-8%
Precipitation over the year
Under high emissions, the nearest is Vigo (Spain), and only in part.
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How close the match is: 1.8 σ to the climate of Gijón today, where under 2 is close and over 4 is no match (Mahony et al. 2017). 3 of 3 climate model runs name the same city. Seasonal temperature and rain are compared, not extremes, city heat or the sea.
Hazards at A Coruña
Read at the city's centre and compared with the Atlas's 630 large cities. Moderate emissions is the IPCC's scenario SSP2-4.5.
| Hazard | A Coruña | Among large cities | In Spain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot days in 2025, over 35 °C | 0 days | ||
| Tropical nights in 2025, over 20 °C | 0 days | ||
| Hottest day of 2025 | 30.7°C | Among large cities: above 10% | In Spain: 22 of 24 |
| Warming by 2050, moderate emissions | +1.3°C | Among large cities: above 7% | In Spain: 22 of 24 |
| Days with 20 mm of rain or more in 2025 | 14 days | Among large cities: above 67% | In Spain: 2 of 24 |
| River flood depth, 100-year event | Dry at the city centre point | ||
| Coastal flood depth, 100-year event | Dry at the city centre point | ||
| Sea level rise by 2050, moderate emissions | 252 mm | Among large cities: above 83% | In Spain: 6 of 15 |
| Water stress | Low-Medium (10-20%) | Among large cities: above 30% | In Spain: 22 of 24 |
| Drought risk | Low-Medium | Among large cities: above 1% | In Spain: 21 of 22 |
| Earthquake shaking, once in 475 years | 0.87 m/s² | Among large cities: above 59% | In Spain: 13 of 24 |
| Land burned in an average year | 0% | ||
| Cyclone wind, once in 100 years | 20.1 m/s |
Flood depth is read in a single 1 km cell at the city's centre, in today's climate. Other parts of the city can still flood. The country page names the deepest point near a coastal city in 2080, so its figure can be higher. See how deep a river flood reaches around A Coruña on the live map
See the hottest days around A Coruña on the live map
30.7°C © OpenStreetMap Large cities near A Coruña
- Vigo · Spain
- Gijón · Spain
- Porto · Portugal
- Valladolid · Spain
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Criora. (2026). A Coruña, Spain: climate risk profile [Data set]. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://criora.com/atlas/ESP/a-coruna BibTeX
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author = {{Criora}},
title = {A Coruña, Spain: climate risk profile},
year = {2026},
url = {https://criora.com/atlas/ESP/a-coruna},
urldate = {2026-11-02}
} Each reading stays under its source's terms; the sources are named on this page.
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