Lugo to A Coruña distance

Lugo to A Coruña by road

The fastest driving route is 98.8 km (61.4 mi) long and takes about 1 hr 15 min without stops or traffic. It runs mostly on the A-6 (71.0 km) and the AP-9 (16.8 km).

The whole route stays in Galicia. That’s an average of 81 km/h (50 mph), and at under two hours you can do it without stopping. The time is OSRM’s estimate with OpenStreetMap data: no traffic and speeds somewhat below the limits, so real trips can differ.

Straight-line distance and bearing

In a straight line, the shortest distance over the Earth’s surface, Lugo and A Coruña are 79.2 km (49.2 mi) apart. That’s the geodesic on the WGS84 ellipsoid, the distance “as the crow flies”.

The road is 25% longer: for every 100 km in a straight line you drive 125. That’s a normal detour between two cities. Of the 120 Spanish driving pairs in this series, it ranks 49th for detour (the average is 24%).

From Lugo, A Coruña lies to the northwest (bearing 301°), and from A Coruña, Lugo lies to the southeast.

Halfway between Lugo and A Coruña

Halfway along the straight line, 39.6 km (24.6 mi) from each city, is the point 43.1915° N, 7.9745° W. It falls near Aranga (A Coruña, pop. 1,793), 5.8 km away. The nearest town of 20,000 people or more is Oleiros (A Coruña, pop. 38,793), 32.0 km away.

By road, the halfway point is 49.4 km (30.7 mi) from each city, near Guitiriz (Lugo, pop. 5,180), 5.5 km away. The nearest town of 20,000 people or more is Oleiros (A Coruña, pop. 38,793), 32.9 km away. The two midpoints almost coincide (1.3 km apart), because the road doesn’t stray far from the straight line.

The two cities

Lugo sits at 460 m (1,509 ft) and A Coruña at 6 m (20 ft), 454 m (1,490 ft) lower.

Lugo has 100,143 people and A Coruña 251,543 people (INE population register, January 1, 2025).