Climate guideThirty-year normals for Ponferrada
Ponferrada climate by month
Hot-summer Mediterranean · CsaBest May–Jun · Sep
Annual mean14°day and night
Seasonal swing16°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,098 mm143 wet days a year
42.55° N, 6.60° WElevation 519 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goPonferrada · weather score
Best timeMay–Jun · Sep
October: high / low21° / 9°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Ponferrada has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 30° and nights 14°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 11° and lows of 2°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 16°.
About 1,098 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (136 mm, 16 wet days) and July the driest (31 mm, 6 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 18% in July to 46% in December.
Compared with Madrid, the capital, Ponferrada is 3.5° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · July
- Coldest nights
- 2° · January
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 18% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 17 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 05 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° | 23° | 27° | 30° | 30° | 27° | 21° | 14° | 11° |
| Average low | 2° | 2° | 4° | 6° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 12° | 9° | 5° | 2° |
| Precipitation | 116 mm | 97 mm | 84 mm | 91 mm | 87 mm | 47 mm | 31 mm | 32 mm | 72 mm | 136 mm | 136 mm | 169 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 16.1 | 12.8 | 14.5 | 13.8 | 12 | 9.6 | 6 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 13.3 | 16.3 | 13.9 |
| Cloud cover | 44% | 40% | 38% | 38% | 34% | 26% | 18% | 19% | 27% | 38% | 45% | 46% |
| Daylight | 9h 24 | 10h 34 | 11h 53 | 13h 22 | 14h 36 | 15h 17 | 15h 00 | 13h 56 | 12h 32 | 11h 06 | 9h 47 | 9h 05 |
| Month score | 22 | 38 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 70 | 64 | 62 | 75 | 65 | 38 | 22 |
ivMonth by month
Ponferrada in every month
January22
11° / 2°
116 mm · 16.1 wet days
February38
13° / 2°
97 mm · 12.8 wet days
March56
17° / 4°
84 mm · 14.5 wet days
April64
19° / 6°
91 mm · 13.8 wet days
May70
23° / 9°
87 mm · 12 wet days
June70
27° / 12°
47 mm · 9.6 wet days
July64
30° / 14°
31 mm · 6 wet days
August62
30° / 14°
32 mm · 7.3 wet days
September75
27° / 12°
72 mm · 7.8 wet days
October65
21° / 9°
136 mm · 13.3 wet days
November38
14° / 5°
136 mm · 16.3 wet days
December22
11° / 2°
169 mm · 13.9 wet days