Gijón climate

Name: Gijón
Address: ES

Gijón is warmest in August, with average highs of 22 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 5.7 °C. November is the wettest month (148 mm) and July the driest (62 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Gijón averages 1,216 mm of rain, 10 days above 25 °C and 1 days below freezing.

Spain · population 271,780 · 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 22 °C
Coldest month February 5.7 °C
Driest month July 62 mm
Wettest month November 148 mm
Least cloud September 61 % cloud
Hottest on record August 31 °C
Coldest on record January -6.8 °C
Warmest sea August 21 °C

What to expectGijón through the year

Gijón has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 13 °C in February to 22 °C in August, a swing of 11 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 10 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C, 1 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 148 mm against 62 mm in July — 2.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Gijón is warmest in August at 21 °C and coldest in March at 13 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	12.3 °C	118 mm	68 %
February	12.6 °C	99 mm	65 %
March	14.4 °C	107 mm	64 %
April	15.2 °C	115 mm	67 %
May	17.4 °C	107 mm	68 %
June	19.9 °C	75 mm	67 %
July	21.8 °C	62 mm	65 %
August	22.5 °C	70 mm	63 %
September	21.0 °C	78 mm	61 %
October	18.7 °C	120 mm	64 %
November	14.8 °C	148 mm	68 %
December	13.0 °C	117 mm	68 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	12.3 °C	5.9 °C	8.9 °C	20.8 °C	-6.8 °C	0	1
February	12.6 °C	5.7 °C	8.9 °C	22.7 °C	-1.6 °C	0	0
March	14.4 °C	7.0 °C	10.6 °C	23.9 °C	-1.4 °C	0	0
April	15.2 °C	8.4 °C	11.8 °C	25.5 °C	2.6 °C	0	0
May	17.4 °C	10.9 °C	14.3 °C	30.6 °C	4.5 °C	0	0
June	19.9 °C	13.9 °C	17.0 °C	30.7 °C	6.5 °C	1	0
July	21.8 °C	16.0 °C	18.9 °C	29.7 °C	10.2 °C	2	0
August	22.5 °C	16.5 °C	19.5 °C	31.0 °C	11.4 °C	3	0
September	21.0 °C	14.7 °C	17.8 °C	29.4 °C	7.5 °C	2	0
October	18.7 °C	12.1 °C	15.2 °C	29.5 °C	5.6 °C	1	0
November	14.8 °C	8.9 °C	11.7 °C	23.6 °C	0.0 °C	0	0
December	13.0 °C	6.8 °C	9.7 °C	20.6 °C	-1.0 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	118 mm	14	9.3 h/day	68 %	80 %	18 km/h	13.1 °C
February	99 mm	12	10 h/day	65 %	79 %	18 km/h	12.7 °C
March	107 mm	14	12 h/day	64 %	79 %	18 km/h	12.6 °C
April	115 mm	15	13 h/day	67 %	80 %	18 km/h	13.2 °C
May	107 mm	15	15 h/day	68 %	82 %	17 km/h	14.7 °C
June	75 mm	11	15 h/day	67 %	83 %	16 km/h	17.0 °C
July	62 mm	11	15 h/day	65 %	83 %	16 km/h	19.5 °C
August	70 mm	11	14 h/day	63 %	83 %	16 km/h	20.7 °C
September	78 mm	11	13 h/day	61 %	82 %	16 km/h	19.7 °C
October	120 mm	14	11 h/day	64 %	81 %	16 km/h	17.7 °C
November	148 mm	16	9.7 h/day	68 %	80 %	18 km/h	15.6 °C
December	117 mm	14	9.0 h/day	68 %	80 %	17 km/h	13.9 °C

How Gijón 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
Gijón	22 °C	5.7 °C	1,216 mm	10
Oviedo · Spain	22 °C	2.7 °C	1,223 mm	12
Santander · Spain	24 °C	5.5 °C	1,167 mm	34
Burgos · Spain	26 °C	0.06 °C	578 mm	56
A Coruña · Spain	23 °C	7.1 °C	1,180 mm	19
Valladolid · Spain	30 °C	0.9 °C	457 mm	96
Bilbao · Spain	23 °C	6.7 °C	1,083 mm	26

Where Gijón ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Europe in January	31st of 50	12 °C
The warmest places in Europe in December	34th of 50	13 °C
The warmest places in Europe in February	38th of 50	13 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in February	42nd of 50	13 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in January	42nd of 50	13 °C
Places with the best weather in Europe in December	44th of 50	54/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Gijón’s climate

When is the best time to visit Gijón?

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 Gijón get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 22 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 5.7 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 1 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Gijón?

November, averaging 148 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is July with 62 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,216 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 Gijón 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: 43.536°, -5.662° (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.