Grado Municipality, Asturias — Population, elevation and map

About Grado Municipality

Grado Municipality is a municipality. Location: Asturias, Principality of Asturias. Population: 10,746. Elevation: 615 m.

From Wikipedia

Grado (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡɾaðo], commonly Grao; Asturian: Grau, and officially Grau/Grado) is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias in Spain. It is bordered on the north by Candamo and Las Regueras, on the east by Proaza, Santo Adriano and Oviedo, on the south by Teverga and Yernes y Tameza, and on the west by Belmonte de Miranda and Salas. The municipality's capital town, also with the same name, is famous for its markets, celebrated every Wednesday and Sunday.

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At a glance

Area: 217 km²
Official website: ayto-grado.es

Source: Wikidata

Photos of Grado Municipality

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Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0
Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Denissf · CC BY-SA 3.0

Travel notes for Grado Municipality

From Wikivoyage

Grado is a town in Asturias in northern Spain, known in Asturian as Grau. With a population of 9700 in 2027, it's a commuter town for Oviedo 27 km east. The main reason to visit is that it's a stopover point on Camino Primitivo, the original line of the pilgrimage trail to Santiago.

Get in+

The nearest airport is Asturias (OVD IATA) near Avilés. A bus runs direct to Oviedo.

Grado is on A-63, a spur of A-66 from Oviedo.

ALSA buses run every 30 min from Oviedo, taking 40 min and making several stops in town.

1 Grado railway station is northeast end of town. Cercanías Train C7 grinds through the hills from Oviedo every 2 hours, taking 50 min, and continues north down the Nalón valley to San Esteban de Pravia on the coast. Change at Oviedo for trains from Madrid.

Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged

Places bordering Grado Municipality

Proaza Municipality
Santo Adriano Municipality
Oviedo
Yernes y Tameza Municipality
Belmonte de Miranda

Population of Grado Municipality over time

Population of Grado Municipality over time
2014		10,471
2015		10,309
2016		10,127
2017		9,980
2018		9,839
2019		9,784
2020		9,703
2021		9,644
2022		9,598
2023		9,616
2024		9,688
2025		9,681

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Grado Municipality

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–September.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 12° · Night 5° · Rain 116 mm

Hottest month: August (day 23°)
Coldest month: January (night 2°)
Wettest month: November (116 mm)
Driest month: August (48 mm)

9° 2°

11° 2°

13° 4°

14° 5°

17° 8°

21° 11°

23° 13°

21° 11°

17° 8°

12° 5°

10° 3°

Jan

107

Feb

95

Mar

85

Apr

109

May

100

Jun

60

Jul

52

Aug

48

Sep

63

Oct

108

Nov

116

Dec

114

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Grado Municipality
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	9°	11°	13°	14°	17°	21°	23°	23°	21°	17°	12°	10°
Average low (°C)	2°	2°	4°	5°	8°	11°	13°	13°	11°	8°	5°	3°
Precipitation (mm)	107	95	85	109	100	60	52	48	63	108	116	114