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Maó climate by month
What the weather is like
Maó has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 30° and nights 22°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 15° and lows of 8°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 15°.
About 575 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (89 mm, 12 wet days) and July the driest (4 mm, 3 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 7% in July to 32% in November.
The sea reaches about 26° in August. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Madrid, the capital, Maó is 3.3° cooler on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · August
- Coldest nights
- 7° · February
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 7% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 26° · August
- Longest day
- 14 h 59 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 22 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 | 15° | 15° | 17° | 19° | 22° | 27° | 30° | 30° | 27° | 23° | 19° | 16° |
| Average low | 8° | 7° | 9° | 11° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 22° | 19° | 16° | 12° | 9° |
| Precipitation | 53 mm | 55 mm | 41 mm | 47 mm | 35 mm | 14 mm | 4 mm | 20 mm | 66 mm | 85 mm | 89 mm | 66 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 9.5 | 9.2 | 8 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 5 | 10.7 | 10.2 | 12.3 | 10.1 |
| Cloud cover | 30% | 30% | 28% | 29% | 28% | 15% | 7% | 11% | 22% | 30% | 32% | 32% |
| Sea temperature | 15° | 14° | 14° | 15° | 18° | 21° | 24° | 26° | 25° | 22° | 19° | 16° |
| Daylight | 9h 39 | 10h 42 | 11h 54 | 13h 15 | 14h 22 | 14h 59 | 14h 44 | 13h 46 | 12h 29 | 11h 12 | 10h 00 | 9h 22 |
| Saharan dust haze | – | – | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | – | – | – |
| Month score | 61 | 63 | 74 | 80 | 85 | 84 | 74 | 68 | 68 | 76 | 70 | 65 |
Dust haze, monthly average 2015–2024: ● occasional, ●● frequent, ●●● very frequent