Madrid climate
Madrid is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 1.0 °C. October is the wettest month (58 mm) and July the driest (5.9 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Madrid averages 402 mm of rain, 116 days above 25 °C and 37 days below freezing.
Spain · population 3,255,944 · 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 32 °C
- Coldest month January 1.0 °C
- Driest month July 6 mm
- Wettest month October 58 mm
- Least cloud July 18 % cloud
- Hottest on record June 40 °C
- Coldest on record December -5.7 °C
What to expectMadrid through the year
Madrid has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 9.6 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 116 days a year reach 25 °C, 67 of them reach 30 °C, 37 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in June.
Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 58 mm against 6 mm in July — 9.8 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.6 °C | 38 mm | 52 % |
| February | 11.6 °C | 32 mm | 47 % |
| March | 15.5 °C | 40 mm | 48 % |
| April | 17.9 °C | 46 mm | 50 % |
| May | 22.4 °C | 38 mm | 47 % |
| June | 28.4 °C | 15 mm | 33 % |
| July | 32.4 °C | 6 mm | 18 % |
| August | 31.8 °C | 8 mm | 22 % |
| September | 26.4 °C | 21 mm | 36 % |
| October | 19.8 °C | 58 mm | 49 % |
| November | 13.5 °C | 54 mm | 52 % |
| December | 10.1 °C | 44 mm | 56 % |
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 | 9.6 °C | 1.0 °C | 4.8 °C | 17.8 °C | -5.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| February | 11.6 °C | 1.5 °C | 6.2 °C | 21.2 °C | -4.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| March | 15.5 °C | 4.0 °C | 9.6 °C | 26.1 °C | -4.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| April | 17.9 °C | 6.4 °C | 12.2 °C | 29.2 °C | -0.8 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 22.4 °C | 10.4 °C | 16.6 °C | 35.4 °C | 1.6 °C | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| June | 28.4 °C | 15.3 °C | 22.2 °C | 40.3 °C | 6.4 °C | 22 | 13 | 0 |
| July | 32.4 °C | 18.7 °C | 25.9 °C | 40.3 °C | 10.2 °C | 30 | 24 | 0 |
| August | 31.8 °C | 18.4 °C | 25.4 °C | 39.6 °C | 10.3 °C | 30 | 23 | 0 |
| September | 26.4 °C | 14.5 °C | 20.5 °C | 38.3 °C | 6.8 °C | 19 | 6 | 0 |
| October | 19.8 °C | 9.8 °C | 14.6 °C | 30.1 °C | 1.6 °C | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 13.5 °C | 4.8 °C | 8.8 °C | 23.3 °C | -3.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| December | 10.1 °C | 2.0 °C | 5.6 °C | 17.0 °C | -5.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38 mm | 7 | 9.6 h/day | 52 % | 79 % | 13 km/h |
| February | 32 mm | 5 | 11 h/day | 47 % | 72 % | 14 km/h |
| March | 40 mm | 6 | 12 h/day | 48 % | 63 % | 15 km/h |
| April | 46 mm | 8 | 13 h/day | 50 % | 59 % | 16 km/h |
| May | 38 mm | 7 | 14 h/day | 47 % | 53 % | 15 km/h |
| June | 15 mm | 3 | 15 h/day | 33 % | 42 % | 15 km/h |
| July | 6 mm | 1 | 15 h/day | 18 % | 33 % | 15 km/h |
| August | 8 mm | 2 | 14 h/day | 22 % | 35 % | 15 km/h |
| September | 21 mm | 4 | 12 h/day | 36 % | 47 % | 14 km/h |
| October | 58 mm | 7 | 11 h/day | 49 % | 65 % | 13 km/h |
| November | 54 mm | 7 | 9.9 h/day | 52 % | 75 % | 13 km/h |
| December | 44 mm | 7 | 9.3 h/day | 56 % | 80 % | 13 km/h |
Where Madrid ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The driest places in Europe in September | 8thof 50 | 21 mm |
| Places with the best weather in Europe in May | 12thof 50 | 95/100 |
| The warmest places in Europe in July | 12thof 50 | 32 °C |
| The warmest places in Europe in August | 16thof 50 | 32 °C |
| The driest places in Europe in August | 17thof 50 | 8.5 mm |
| The warmest places in Europe in June | 17thof 50 | 28 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Madrid.
QuestionsCommon questions about Madrid’s climate
When is the best time to visit Madrid?
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 Madrid get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 67 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 1.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 37 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Madrid?
October, averaging 58 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is July with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 402 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 Madrid 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
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.