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Ribeira climate by month
What the weather is like
Ribeira has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 24° and nights 16°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 14° and lows of 8°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 9°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,777 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (211 mm, 18 wet days) and July the driest (38 mm, 6 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 21% in July to 42% in December.
The sea reaches about 17° 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, Ribeira is 8.7° cooler on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 24° · August
- Coldest nights
- 8° · February
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 21% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 17° · August
- Longest day
- 15 h 17 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 05 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 | 14° | 14° | 16° | 18° | 20° | 22° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 20° | 16° | 15° |
| Average low | 8° | 8° | 9° | 10° | 12° | 15° | 16° | 16° | 15° | 13° | 11° | 9° |
| Precipitation | 211 mm | 162 mm | 145 mm | 140 mm | 128 mm | 62 mm | 38 mm | 47 mm | 104 mm | 235 mm | 231 mm | 274 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 17.7 | 13.4 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 11.8 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 14.8 | 16.7 | 15.7 |
| Cloud cover | 40% | 37% | 37% | 35% | 33% | 26% | 21% | 21% | 27% | 37% | 41% | 42% |
| Sea temperature | 14° | 13° | 13° | 14° | 15° | 16° | 17° | 17° | 17° | 16° | 16° | 14° |
| 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 | 40 | 47 | 54 | 64 | 71 | 82 | 85 | 84 | 83 | 64 | 53 | 44 |