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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Granada
Granada climate by month
Hot-summer Mediterranean · CsaBest Apr–May · Oct
Annual mean17°day and night
Seasonal swing19°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation564 mm61 wet days a year
37.19° N, 3.61° WElevation 689 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goGranada · weather score
Best timeApr–May · Oct
October: high / low25° / 11°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Granada has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 36° and nights 18°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 14° and lows of 1°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 19°.
About 564 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (78 mm, 8 wet days) and July the driest (4 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 6% in July to 34% in December.
Compared with Madrid, the capital, Granada is 2.1° warmer on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 36° · July
- Coldest nights
- 1° · January
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 6% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 42 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 37 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 14° | 15° | 18° | 21° | 26° | 31° | 36° | 36° | 30° | 25° | 18° | 15° |
| Average low | 1° | 3° | 5° | 8° | 11° | 15° | 18° | 18° | 15° | 11° | 6° | 3° |
| Precipitation | 64 mm | 59 mm | 51 mm | 60 mm | 45 mm | 23 mm | 4 mm | 6 mm | 32 mm | 54 mm | 78 mm | 88 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 7.1 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 4.5 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 5.8 |
| Cloud cover | 29% | 30% | 29% | 29% | 26% | 14% | 6% | 9% | 20% | 27% | 31% | 34% |
| Daylight | 9h 53 | 10h 50 | 11h 55 | 13h 08 | 14h 09 | 14h 42 | 14h 29 | 13h 37 | 12h 27 | 11h 17 | 10h 12 | 9h 37 |
| Saharan dust haze | – | – | ● | – | – | – | ● | ● | – | – | – | – |
| Month score | 60 | 70 | 82 | 83 | 85 | 70 | 57 | 55 | 69 | 84 | 80 | 69 |
Dust haze, monthly average 2015–2024: ● occasional, ●● frequent, ●●● very frequent
ivMonth by month
Granada in every month
January60
14° / 1°
64 mm · 7.1 wet days
February70
15° / 3°
59 mm · 6.8 wet days
March82
18° / 5°
51 mm · 7.5 wet days
April83
21° / 8°
60 mm · 7.2 wet days
May85
26° / 11°
45 mm · 4.9 wet days
June70
31° / 15°
23 mm · 1.4 wet day
July57
36° / 18°
4 mm · 0.3 wet days
August55
36° / 18°
6 mm · 1.2 wet day
September69
30° / 15°
32 mm · 4.5 wet days
October84
25° / 11°
54 mm · 6.7 wet days
November80
18° / 6°
78 mm · 7.6 wet days
December69
15° / 3°
88 mm · 5.8 wet days