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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Madrid
Madrid climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest Apr–May · Oct
Annual mean15°day and night
Seasonal swing20°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation401 mm79 wet days a year
40.42° N, 3.70° WElevation 665 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goMadrid · weather score
Best timeApr–May · Oct
October: high / low21° / 10°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Madrid has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 34° and nights 18°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 11° and lows of 2°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 20°.
About 401 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. April is the wettest month (44 mm, 10 wet days) and July the driest (10 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 9% in July to 37% in December.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 34° · July
- Coldest nights
- 2° · January
- Wettest month
- April
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 9% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 02 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 18 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 | 11° | 13° | 17° | 19° | 24° | 30° | 34° | 33° | 28° | 21° | 15° | 11° |
| Average low | 2° | 2° | 5° | 7° | 11° | 15° | 18° | 18° | 14° | 10° | 5° | 2° |
| Precipitation | 32 mm | 34 mm | 24 mm | 44 mm | 45 mm | 20 mm | 10 mm | 11 mm | 23 mm | 54 mm | 53 mm | 51 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 7.4 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 9.9 | 8.4 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 5.1 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 6 |
| Cloud cover | 32% | 30% | 28% | 30% | 28% | 19% | 9% | 12% | 20% | 29% | 33% | 37% |
| Daylight | 9h 36 | 10h 40 | 11h 54 | 13h 16 | 14h 25 | 15h 02 | 14h 47 | 13h 48 | 12h 30 | 11h 11 | 9h 58 | 9h 18 |
| Month score | 45 | 57 | 73 | 77 | 80 | 67 | 58 | 60 | 77 | 79 | 61 | 48 |
ivMonth by month
Madrid in every month
January45
11° / 2°
32 mm · 7.4 wet days
February57
13° / 2°
34 mm · 6.8 wet days
March73
17° / 5°
24 mm · 8.2 wet days
April77
19° / 7°
44 mm · 9.9 wet days
May80
24° / 11°
45 mm · 8.4 wet days
June67
30° / 15°
20 mm · 5.3 wet days
July58
34° / 18°
10 mm · 2.4 wet days
August60
33° / 18°
11 mm · 2.9 wet days
September77
28° / 14°
23 mm · 5.1 wet days
October79
21° / 10°
54 mm · 8.7 wet days
November61
15° / 5°
53 mm · 8.3 wet days
December48
11° / 2°
51 mm · 6 wet days