Granada climate

Name: Granada
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Granada is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 2.0 °C. March is the wettest month (66 mm) and July the driest (7.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Granada averages 529 mm of rain, 131 days above 25 °C and 18 days below freezing.

Spain · population 233,532 · 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 2.0 °C
Driest month July 7 mm
Wettest month March 66 mm
Least cloud July 11 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record January -5.8 °C

What to expectGranada through the year

Granada has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 12 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 20 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 131 days a year reach 25 °C, 78 of them reach 30 °C, 18 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 66 mm against 7 mm in July — 9.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	12.0 °C	51 mm	47 %
February	13.5 °C	49 mm	46 %
March	16.6 °C	66 mm	47 %
April	18.8 °C	58 mm	48 %
May	23.3 °C	50 mm	42 %
June	28.9 °C	27 mm	25 %
July	33.3 °C	7 mm	11 %
August	33.1 °C	13 mm	16 %
September	27.5 °C	34 mm	34 %
October	22.0 °C	52 mm	44 %
November	15.7 °C	61 mm	48 %
December	12.9 °C	62 mm	50 %

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	12.0 °C	2.0 °C	6.6 °C	20.6 °C	-5.8 °C	0	0	7
February	13.5 °C	2.9 °C	8.0 °C	23.3 °C	-4.2 °C	0	0	5
March	16.6 °C	5.2 °C	10.9 °C	27.3 °C	-2.7 °C	0	0	1
April	18.8 °C	7.6 °C	13.4 °C	28.8 °C	-0.2 °C	2	0	0
May	23.3 °C	11.4 °C	17.7 °C	35.0 °C	0.9 °C	12	2	0
June	28.9 °C	16.2 °C	23.0 °C	38.5 °C	8.9 °C	25	14	0
July	33.3 °C	19.8 °C	26.9 °C	41.1 °C	11.6 °C	31	27	0
August	33.1 °C	19.6 °C	26.6 °C	40.8 °C	11.1 °C	31	27	0
September	27.5 °C	15.7 °C	21.7 °C	39.4 °C	6.5 °C	23	8	0
October	22.0 °C	11.2 °C	16.5 °C	31.6 °C	0.9 °C	8	0	0
November	15.7 °C	6.0 °C	10.6 °C	26.3 °C	-2.6 °C	0	0	1
December	12.9 °C	3.3 °C	7.7 °C	23.0 °C	-3.9 °C	0	0	4

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	51 mm	8	9.9 h/day	47 %	74 %	10 km/h
February	49 mm	7	11 h/day	46 %	71 %	11 km/h
March	66 mm	9	12 h/day	47 %	67 %	12 km/h
April	58 mm	9	13 h/day	48 %	64 %	13 km/h
May	50 mm	8	14 h/day	42 %	59 %	12 km/h
June	27 mm	5	15 h/day	25 %	50 %	12 km/h
July	7 mm	2	14 h/day	11 %	41 %	13 km/h
August	13 mm	4	14 h/day	16 %	43 %	12 km/h
September	34 mm	5	12 h/day	34 %	54 %	11 km/h
October	52 mm	7	11 h/day	44 %	65 %	11 km/h
November	61 mm	7	10 h/day	48 %	72 %	10 km/h
December	62 mm	8	9.6 h/day	50 %	76 %	9.7 km/h

How Granada 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
Granada	33 °C	2.0 °C	529 mm	131
Málaga · Spain	29 °C	9.4 °C	464 mm	103
Almería · Spain	32 °C	7.7 °C	213 mm	149
Córdoba · Spain	36 °C	4.7 °C	506 mm	157
Marbella · Spain	28 °C	9.0 °C	655 mm	96
Gibraltar · Gibraltar	28 °C	10 °C	689 mm	93

Where Granada ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in October	6thof 50	94/100
The warmest places in Europe in August	6thof 50	33 °C
The warmest places in Europe in July	6thof 50	33 °C
The warmest places in Europe in September	11thof 50	28 °C
The warmest places in Europe in June	13thof 50	29 °C
The warmest places in Europe year-round	15thof 50	21 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Granada’s climate

When is the best time to visit Granada?

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 Granada get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 78 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 2.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 18 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Granada?

March, averaging 66 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is July with 7 mm. The year as a whole averages 529 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 Granada 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.