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Madrid climate by month
What the weather is like
Madrid has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af): .
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 30° and nights 25°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 27° and lows of 23°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 3°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 4,251 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (597 mm, 31 wet days) and April the driest (222 mm, 25 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 35% in April to 63% in July.
The sea reaches about 30° in June. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Manila, the capital, Madrid is 1° warmer on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · August
- Coldest nights
- 23° · February
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- April · 35% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 30° · June
- Longest day
- 12 h 40 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 35 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 28° | 27° |
| Average low | 23° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 24° |
| Precipitation | 897 mm | 576 mm | 396 mm | 222 mm | 189 mm | 202 mm | 200 mm | 150 mm | 176 mm | 240 mm | 406 mm | 597 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 30 | 26.5 | 26 | 25.2 | 27.3 | 28.8 | 30.2 | 28.8 | 28 | 30 | 29.3 | 30.5 |
| Cloud cover | 54% | 49% | 41% | 35% | 46% | 60% | 63% | 61% | 60% | 57% | 54% | 54% |
| Sea temperature | 28° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 28° |
| Daylight | 11h 38 | 11h 50 | 12h 04 | 12h 19 | 12h 33 | 12h 40 | 12h 37 | 12h 26 | 12h 11 | 11h 56 | 11h 42 | 11h 35 |
| Month score | 50 | 52 | 53 | 51 | 43 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 35 | 39 | 44 | 48 |