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Climate guideThirty-year normals for León
León climate by month
Warm-summer Mediterranean · CsbBest Jun–Jul · Sep
Annual mean12°day and night
Seasonal swing16°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation584 mm141 wet days a year
42.60° N, 5.57° WElevation 844 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goLeón · weather score
Best timeJun–Jul · Sep
October: high / low18° / 7°
iSummary
What the weather is like
León has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 28° and nights 12°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 8° and lows of 0°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 16°.
About 584 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (65 mm, 16 wet days) and July the driest (18 mm, 6 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 16% in July to 46% in December.
Compared with Madrid, the capital, León is 5.7° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · July
- Coldest nights
- 0° · January
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 16% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 17 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 04 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 | 8° | 10° | 14° | 16° | 20° | 25° | 28° | 28° | 24° | 18° | 12° | 9° |
| Average low | 0° | 0° | 2° | 4° | 7° | 10° | 12° | 12° | 10° | 7° | 3° | 0° |
| Precipitation | 58 mm | 42 mm | 42 mm | 52 mm | 60 mm | 32 mm | 18 mm | 24 mm | 40 mm | 74 mm | 65 mm | 77 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 15.3 | 12.7 | 13.5 | 13.9 | 11.9 | 8.9 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 12.9 | 16 | 13.7 |
| Cloud cover | 44% | 38% | 35% | 36% | 32% | 24% | 16% | 17% | 25% | 37% | 43% | 46% |
| Daylight | 9h 24 | 10h 34 | 11h 53 | 13h 22 | 14h 36 | 15h 17 | 15h 01 | 13h 56 | 12h 32 | 11h 06 | 9h 47 | 9h 04 |
| Month score | 19 | 27 | 44 | 55 | 71 | 79 | 73 | 71 | 80 | 67 | 30 | 19 |
ivMonth by month
León in every month
January19
8° / 0°
58 mm · 15.3 wet days
February27
10° / 0°
42 mm · 12.7 wet days
March44
14° / 2°
42 mm · 13.5 wet days
April55
16° / 4°
52 mm · 13.9 wet days
May71
20° / 7°
60 mm · 11.9 wet days
June79
25° / 10°
32 mm · 8.9 wet days
July73
28° / 12°
18 mm · 6.3 wet days
August71
28° / 12°
24 mm · 7.7 wet days
September80
24° / 10°
40 mm · 8.4 wet days
October67
18° / 7°
74 mm · 12.9 wet days
November30
12° / 3°
65 mm · 16 wet days
December19
9° / 0°
77 mm · 13.7 wet days