Burgos climate
Burgos is warmest in August, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 0.06 °C. April is the wettest month (66 mm) and August the driest (20 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Burgos averages 578 mm of rain, 56 days above 25 °C and 57 days below freezing.
Spain · population 176,418 · 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 August 26 °C
- Coldest month February 0.06 °C
- Driest month August 20 mm
- Wettest month April 66 mm
- Least cloud July 37 % cloud
- Hottest on record June 38 °C
- Coldest on record December -18 °C
What to expectBurgos through the year
Burgos has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.2 °C in February to 26 °C in August, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 56 days a year reach 25 °C, 16 of them reach 30 °C, 57 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in June.
Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 66 mm against 20 mm in August — 3.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8 °C | 54 mm | 71 % |
| February | 8.2 °C | 44 mm | 65 % |
| March | 11.6 °C | 50 mm | 61 % |
| April | 13.7 °C | 66 mm | 63 % |
| May | 17.5 °C | 64 mm | 60 % |
| June | 22.2 °C | 41 mm | 48 % |
| July | 25.6 °C | 23 mm | 37 % |
| August | 26.2 °C | 20 mm | 38 % |
| September | 21.9 °C | 39 mm | 48 % |
| October | 16.6 °C | 61 mm | 60 % |
| November | 10.4 °C | 62 mm | 68 % |
| December | 7.5 °C | 55 mm | 71 % |
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 | 6.8 °C | 0.1 °C | 3.2 °C | 16.5 °C | -7.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| February | 8.2 °C | 0.1 °C | 3.8 °C | 19.4 °C | -10.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| March | 11.6 °C | 2.1 °C | 6.6 °C | 22.6 °C | -8.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| April | 13.7 °C | 3.8 °C | 8.6 °C | 26.2 °C | -3.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| May | 17.5 °C | 7.2 °C | 12.3 °C | 31.3 °C | -1.8 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 22.2 °C | 10.7 °C | 16.3 °C | 38.2 °C | 2.7 °C | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| July | 25.6 °C | 13.0 °C | 19.0 °C | 36.3 °C | 5.1 °C | 17 | 6 | 0 |
| August | 26.2 °C | 13.6 °C | 19.4 °C | 36.4 °C | 6.0 °C | 18 | 7 | 0 |
| September | 21.9 °C | 10.9 °C | 16.0 °C | 34.4 °C | 1.0 °C | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| October | 16.6 °C | 7.6 °C | 11.8 °C | 27.1 °C | -1.5 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 10.4 °C | 3.4 °C | 6.6 °C | 20.3 °C | -6.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| December | 7.5 °C | 0.9 °C | 3.9 °C | 15.8 °C | -17.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54 mm | 10 | 9.4 h/day | 71 % | 85 % | 20 km/h |
| February | 44 mm | 9 | 11 h/day | 65 % | 80 % | 20 km/h |
| March | 50 mm | 10 | 12 h/day | 61 % | 75 % | 21 km/h |
| April | 66 mm | 12 | 13 h/day | 63 % | 74 % | 20 km/h |
| May | 64 mm | 11 | 15 h/day | 60 % | 72 % | 19 km/h |
| June | 41 mm | 7 | 15 h/day | 48 % | 68 % | 20 km/h |
| July | 23 mm | 4 | 15 h/day | 37 % | 64 % | 20 km/h |
| August | 20 mm | 4 | 14 h/day | 38 % | 62 % | 20 km/h |
| September | 39 mm | 6 | 13 h/day | 48 % | 67 % | 19 km/h |
| October | 61 mm | 10 | 11 h/day | 60 % | 74 % | 19 km/h |
| November | 62 mm | 11 | 9.8 h/day | 68 % | 83 % | 20 km/h |
| December | 55 mm | 9 | 9.1 h/day | 71 % | 85 % | 19 km/h |
How Burgos 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burgos | 26 °C | 0.06 °C | 578 mm | 56 |
| Gasteiz / Vitoria · Spain | 25 °C | 1.4 °C | 756 mm | 47 |
| Logroño · Spain | 27 °C | 1.9 °C | 572 mm | 70 |
| Valladolid · Spain | 30 °C | 0.9 °C | 457 mm | 96 |
| Bilbao · Spain | 23 °C | 6.7 °C | 1,083 mm | 26 |
| Santander · Spain | 24 °C | 5.5 °C | 1,167 mm | 34 |
| Pamplona · Spain | 26 °C | 1.3 °C | 740 mm | 55 |
Where Burgos ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in Europe in July | 9th of 50 | 91/100 |
| The driest places in Europe in August | 35th of 50 | 20 mm |
| Places with the best weather in Europe in June | 36th of 50 | 90/100 |
| Places with the best weather in Europe in August | 39th of 50 | 90/100 |
| The driest places in Europe in July | 43rd of 50 | 23 mm |
| Places with the best weather in Europe in September | 46th of 50 | 93/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Burgos.
QuestionsCommon questions about Burgos’s climate
When is the best time to visit Burgos?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Burgos get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 16 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 0.06 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 57 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Burgos?
April, averaging 66 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is August with 20 mm. The year as a whole averages 578 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 Burgos 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
- Data point
- 42.341°, -3.702° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.