Region · Spain

Where to stay in Galicia

This guide covers 7 destinations in Galicia, a first-level administrative division of Spain, with 114 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Vigo, A Coruña and Ourense. Across its destinations, June to August are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Vigo Airport (VGO).

Destinations in this guide
7
Places to stay
114
Comfortable in the most places
June to August
Main airport
VGOVigo Airport
Currency
EUReuro
Time zone
Europe/Madrid

Destinations

Destinations in Galicia

Every destination in this guide in Galicia, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.

DestinationPopulationPlaces to stayBest monthsNearest airport
A Coruña251,54327June to SeptemberLCG · 8 km
Vigo294,48923June to AugustVGO · 8 km
Santiago de Compostela100,96522June to AugustSCQ · 10 km
Pontevedra83,31618June to AugustVGO · 23 km
Ourense105,76911June to SeptemberVGO · 64 km
Ferrol64,3677June to SeptemberLCG · 23 km
Lugo100,1436June to AugustSCQ · 71 km

Where to stay

Places to stay in Galicia

3 places to stay in Galicia from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.

Place to stayWhereTypeRooms
Barceló Ourense
hotel
Ourensehotel
Occidental Vigo
hotel
Vigohotel
Santiago De Compostela Rúa De Gómez Ulla
7 Rúa de Gómez Ulla, 15702, Santiago de Compostela
aparthotel
Santiago de Compostelaaparthotel24

Where to stay

More hotels in Galicia

111 hotels in Galicia recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.

When to go

Best time to visit Galicia

From the climate of 7 destinations in Galicia with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: June to August.

MonthComfortable destinationsTypical highTypical rainfall
January0 of 713 °C164 mm
February0 of 713 °C110 mm
March0 of 715 °C127 mm
April0 of 716 °C108 mm
May0 of 719 °C100 mm
June7 of 723 °C53 mm
July7 of 725 °C34 mm
August7 of 725 °C49 mm
September3 of 723 °C81 mm
October0 of 719 °C168 mm
November0 of 715 °C163 mm
December0 of 713 °C177 mm

Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).

Getting there

Airports serving Galicia

The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Galicia name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.

medium airport · Vigo

VGO · Vigo Airport

Nearest for 3 destinationsNamed by 7 destinations8.2 km from the closest
large airport · Santiago de Compostela

SCQ · Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport

Nearest for 2 destinationsNamed by 7 destinations9.7 km from the closest
medium airport · Culleredo

LCG · A Coruña Airport

Nearest for 2 destinationsNamed by 5 destinations7.8 km from the closest
medium airport · Bragança, Portugal

BGC · Bragança Airport

Named by 1 destination109 km from the closest
large airport · Porto, Portugal

OPO · Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport

Named by 1 destination110 km from the closest

Good to know

Public holidays in Galicia, 2026

Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: OpenHolidays API (ODbL).

Nationwide in Spain

1 Jan · New Year's Day6 Jan · Epiphany3 Apr · Good Friday1 May · Labour Day15 Aug · Assumption of Mary12 Oct · Spanish National Day1 Nov · All Saints' Day6 Dec · Constitution Day8 Dec · Immaculate Conception25 Dec · Christmas Day

Regional holidays observed in Galicia

19 Mar · St Joseph's Day2 Apr · Maundy Thursday17 May · Galician Letters Day24 Jun · St John's Day25 Jul · National Day of Galicia

Nearby

Regions near Galicia

Other regions of Spain with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.

Spain travel guide · All regions of Spain

Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from the OpenHolidays API (ODbL); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.