Roses climate by month
What the weather is like
Roses has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 28° and nights 20°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 13° and lows of 6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 14°.
About 621 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (60 mm, 9 wet days) and July the driest (18 mm, 5 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 16% in July to 34% in October.
The sea reaches about 22° 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, Roses is 5.1° cooler on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · August
- Coldest nights
- 6° · January
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 16% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 22° · August
- Longest day
- 15 h 15 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 07 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 | 13° | 14° | 16° | 18° | 21° | 25° | 28° | 28° | 25° | 21° | 17° | 14° |
| Average low | 6° | 7° | 9° | 11° | 14° | 18° | 20° | 20° | 17° | 14° | 10° | 7° |
| Precipitation | 59 mm | 52 mm | 44 mm | 59 mm | 56 mm | 33 mm | 18 mm | 28 mm | 57 mm | 98 mm | 60 mm | 57 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 7.8 | 6.2 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 6.5 |
| Cloud cover | 31% | 30% | 30% | 32% | 32% | 25% | 16% | 20% | 26% | 34% | 33% | 32% |
| Sea temperature | 13° | 13° | 13° | 14° | 16° | 19° | 21° | 22° | 21° | 18° | 16° | 14° |
| Daylight | 9h 26 | 10h 35 | 11h 53 | 13h 21 | 14h 34 | 15h 15 | 14h 59 | 13h 55 | 12h 32 | 11h 07 | 9h 49 | 9h 07 |
| Month score | 57 | 63 | 71 | 80 | 81 | 86 | 77 | 74 | 82 | 78 | 72 | 64 |