Albacete climate

Name: Albacete
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Albacete is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 1.2 °C. April is the wettest month (43 mm) and July the driest (6.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Albacete averages 360 mm of rain, 119 days above 25 °C and 33 days below freezing.

Spain · population 173,050 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 33 °C
Coldest month January 1.2 °C
Driest month July 6 mm
Wettest month April 43 mm
Least cloud July 16 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record January -8.9 °C

What to expectAlbacete through the year

Albacete has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 10 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 20 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 119 days a year reach 25 °C, 68 of them reach 30 °C, 33 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 6 mm in July to 43 mm in April. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	10.1 °C	29 mm	50 %
February	11.9 °C	25 mm	47 %
March	15.4 °C	40 mm	48 %
April	18.2 °C	43 mm	48 %
May	22.7 °C	38 mm	45 %
June	28.5 °C	20 mm	30 %
July	32.8 °C	6 mm	16 %
August	32.0 °C	17 mm	24 %
September	26.0 °C	35 mm	40 %
October	20.4 °C	35 mm	48 %
November	14.0 °C	37 mm	51 %
December	10.7 °C	33 mm	53 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	10.1 °C	1.2 °C	5.2 °C	18.1 °C	-8.9 °C	0	0	11
February	11.9 °C	2.0 °C	6.5 °C	21.6 °C	-5.5 °C	0	0	7
March	15.4 °C	4.1 °C	9.5 °C	27.4 °C	-5.2 °C	0	0	3
April	18.2 °C	6.4 °C	12.3 °C	28.3 °C	-1.4 °C	2	0	0
May	22.7 °C	10.1 °C	16.6 °C	36.5 °C	1.5 °C	10	2	0
June	28.5 °C	14.7 °C	21.9 °C	38.3 °C	6.3 °C	23	12	0
July	32.8 °C	18.0 °C	25.6 °C	41.4 °C	9.3 °C	30	25	0
August	32.0 °C	18.1 °C	25.0 °C	40.0 °C	10.6 °C	29	24	0
September	26.0 °C	14.2 °C	19.9 °C	38.1 °C	4.6 °C	19	5	0
October	20.4 °C	10.0 °C	14.9 °C	33.0 °C	-0.3 °C	4	0	0
November	14.0 °C	5.1 °C	9.2 °C	24.0 °C	-4.4 °C	0	0	2
December	10.7 °C	2.2 °C	6.0 °C	18.7 °C	-8.1 °C	0	0	9

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	29 mm	5	9.7 h/day	50 %	77 %	18 km/h
February	25 mm	5	11 h/day	47 %	70 %	19 km/h
March	40 mm	6	12 h/day	48 %	63 %	19 km/h
April	43 mm	7	13 h/day	48 %	59 %	19 km/h
May	38 mm	6	14 h/day	45 %	54 %	18 km/h
June	20 mm	4	15 h/day	30 %	46 %	18 km/h
July	6 mm	2	15 h/day	16 %	40 %	19 km/h
August	17 mm	3	14 h/day	24 %	46 %	17 km/h
September	35 mm	5	12 h/day	40 %	57 %	16 km/h
October	35 mm	6	11 h/day	48 %	67 %	16 km/h
November	37 mm	6	10 h/day	51 %	73 %	18 km/h
December	33 mm	6	9.5 h/day	53 %	79 %	17 km/h

How Albacete compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Albacete	33 °C	1.2 °C	360 mm	119
Murcia · Spain	33 °C	5.2 °C	305 mm	163
Elche · Spain	31 °C	6.5 °C	283 mm	142
Valencia · Spain	30 °C	6.7 °C	418 mm	133
Alicante · Spain	30 °C	7.9 °C	384 mm	122

Where Albacete ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Europe in July	9thof 50	33 °C
The warmest places in Europe in August	12thof 50	32 °C
Places with the best weather in Europe in October	15thof 50	92/100
The driest places in Europe year-round	15thof 50	30 mm
The warmest places in Europe in June	15thof 50	29 °C
Places with the best weather in Europe in May	17thof 50	94/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Albacete.

QuestionsCommon questions about Albacete’s climate

When is the best time to visit Albacete?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Albacete get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 68 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 1.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 33 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Albacete?

April, averaging 43 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is July with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 360 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Albacete rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.