Gasteiz / Vitoria climate

Name: Gasteiz / Vitoria
Address: ES

Gasteiz / Vitoria is warmest in August, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 1.4 °C. November is the wettest month (89 mm) and July the driest (31 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Gasteiz / Vitoria averages 756 mm of rain, 47 days above 25 °C and 35 days below freezing.

Spain · population 257,407 · 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 25 °C
Coldest month January 1.4 °C
Driest month July 31 mm
Wettest month November 89 mm
Least cloud August 57 % cloud
Hottest on record August 37 °C
Coldest on record December -13 °C

What to expectGasteiz / Vitoria through the year

Gasteiz / Vitoria has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.4 °C in January to 25 °C in August, a swing of 14 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 47 days a year reach 25 °C, 12 of them reach 30 °C, 35 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 89 mm against 31 mm in July — 2.9 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	8.4 °C	77 mm	74 %
February	9.4 °C	68 mm	69 %
March	12.6 °C	71 mm	67 %
April	14.5 °C	79 mm	69 %
May	18.0 °C	72 mm	68 %
June	21.7 °C	53 mm	63 %
July	24.1 °C	31 mm	59 %
August	25.1 °C	32 mm	57 %
September	21.9 °C	43 mm	60 %
October	17.6 °C	70 mm	65 %
November	11.8 °C	89 mm	71 %
December	9.0 °C	71 mm	73 %

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	8.4 °C	1.4 °C	4.7 °C	15.9 °C	-7.6 °C	0	0	11
February	9.4 °C	1.4 °C	5.2 °C	19.2 °C	-6.9 °C	0	0	10
March	12.6 °C	3.3 °C	7.7 °C	22.7 °C	-8.7 °C	0	0	4
April	14.5 °C	5.1 °C	9.6 °C	26.1 °C	-2.4 °C	0	0	1
May	18.0 °C	8.4 °C	13.0 °C	30.9 °C	0.5 °C	2	0	0
June	21.7 °C	11.6 °C	16.3 °C	36.8 °C	4.3 °C	8	1	0
July	24.1 °C	13.7 °C	18.4 °C	35.9 °C	7.3 °C	13	4	0
August	25.1 °C	14.3 °C	19.1 °C	37.3 °C	6.6 °C	15	6	0
September	21.9 °C	12.0 °C	16.5 °C	35.2 °C	4.6 °C	8	1	0
October	17.6 °C	8.9 °C	12.9 °C	28.8 °C	-0.6 °C	1	0	0
November	11.8 °C	4.8 °C	8.1 °C	23.0 °C	-4.7 °C	0	0	2
December	9.0 °C	2.1 °C	5.3 °C	16.8 °C	-12.6 °C	0	0	8

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	77 mm	12	9.4 h/day	74 %	86 %	16 km/h
February	68 mm	12	11 h/day	69 %	83 %	16 km/h
March	71 mm	12	12 h/day	67 %	79 %	17 km/h
April	79 mm	14	13 h/day	69 %	78 %	16 km/h
May	72 mm	12	15 h/day	68 %	78 %	15 km/h
June	53 mm	8	15 h/day	63 %	77 %	15 km/h
July	31 mm	6	15 h/day	59 %	76 %	15 km/h
August	32 mm	6	14 h/day	57 %	74 %	15 km/h
September	43 mm	8	13 h/day	60 %	76 %	14 km/h
October	70 mm	11	11 h/day	65 %	79 %	15 km/h
November	89 mm	13	9.8 h/day	71 %	84 %	16 km/h
December	71 mm	11	9.0 h/day	73 %	87 %	15 km/h

How Gasteiz / Vitoria 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
Gasteiz / Vitoria	25 °C	1.4 °C	756 mm	47
Logroño · Spain	27 °C	1.9 °C	572 mm	70
Bilbao · Spain	23 °C	6.7 °C	1,083 mm	26
Donostia / San Sebastián · Spain	23 °C	6.1 °C	1,465 mm	26
Pamplona · Spain	26 °C	1.3 °C	740 mm	55
Burgos · Spain	26 °C	0.06 °C	578 mm	56
Santander · Spain	24 °C	5.5 °C	1,167 mm	34

Where Gasteiz / Vitoria ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in July	5th of 50	92/100
Places with the best weather in Europe in August	34th of 50	90/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Gasteiz / Vitoria.

QuestionsCommon questions about Gasteiz / Vitoria’s climate

When is the best time to visit Gasteiz / Vitoria?

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

How hot does Gasteiz / Vitoria get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 12 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 1.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 35 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Gasteiz / Vitoria?

November, averaging 89 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is July with 31 mm. The year as a whole averages 756 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 Gasteiz / Vitoria 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: 42.850°, -2.673° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.