Palma climate

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Palma is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 9.0 °C. October is the wettest month (54 mm) and July the driest (6.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Palma averages 394 mm of rain and 118 days above 25 °C.

Spain · population 438,234 · 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 31 °C
Coldest month February 9.0 °C
Driest month July 6 mm
Wettest month October 54 mm
Least cloud July 17 % cloud
Hottest on record July 40 °C
Coldest on record February 2.7 °C
Warmest sea August 26 °C

What to expectPalma through the year

Palma has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 14 °C in February to 31 °C in August, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 118 days a year reach 25 °C, 45 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 54 mm against 6 mm in July — 9.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Palma is warmest in August at 26 °C and coldest in February at 14 °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	14.0 °C	36 mm	49 %
February	14.2 °C	33 mm	46 %
March	16.5 °C	27 mm	44 %
April	18.9 °C	38 mm	45 %
May	22.7 °C	31 mm	42 %
June	27.1 °C	18 mm	27 %
July	30.3 °C	6 mm	17 %
August	30.5 °C	17 mm	23 %
September	26.5 °C	45 mm	41 %
October	22.6 °C	54 mm	49 %
November	17.8 °C	52 mm	51 %
December	15.1 °C	38 mm	50 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	14.0 °C	9.3 °C	11.6 °C	20.4 °C	3.9 °C	0	0
February	14.2 °C	9.0 °C	11.5 °C	23.5 °C	2.7 °C	0	0
March	16.5 °C	10.3 °C	13.3 °C	26.4 °C	2.7 °C	0	0
April	18.9 °C	12.4 °C	15.5 °C	26.5 °C	6.8 °C	0	0
May	22.7 °C	15.5 °C	19.1 °C	31.3 °C	9.6 °C	7	0
June	27.1 °C	19.3 °C	23.2 °C	38.5 °C	13.9 °C	23	5
July	30.3 °C	22.2 °C	26.2 °C	40.0 °C	16.7 °C	30	18
August	30.5 °C	23.0 °C	26.5 °C	38.8 °C	16.3 °C	30	19
September	26.5 °C	20.5 °C	23.3 °C	33.8 °C	14.5 °C	22	2
October	22.6 °C	17.4 °C	19.8 °C	30.6 °C	9.8 °C	6	0
November	17.8 °C	13.4 °C	15.5 °C	24.2 °C	5.3 °C	0	0
December	15.1 °C	10.7 °C	12.8 °C	20.7 °C	3.9 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	36 mm	6	9.7 h/day	49 %	78 %	19 km/h	14.9 °C
February	33 mm	6	11 h/day	46 %	76 %	20 km/h	14.2 °C
March	27 mm	5	12 h/day	44 %	74 %	19 km/h	14.4 °C
April	38 mm	6	13 h/day	45 %	72 %	20 km/h	15.7 °C
May	31 mm	5	14 h/day	42 %	69 %	17 km/h	18.2 °C
June	18 mm	3	15 h/day	27 %	66 %	16 km/h	21.6 °C
July	6 mm	1	15 h/day	17 %	64 %	15 km/h	24.8 °C
August	17 mm	2	14 h/day	23 %	67 %	15 km/h	26.2 °C
September	45 mm	6	12 h/day	41 %	72 %	16 km/h	25.0 °C
October	54 mm	8	11 h/day	49 %	76 %	18 km/h	22.3 °C
November	52 mm	8	10 h/day	51 %	76 %	20 km/h	19.2 °C
December	38 mm	6	9.4 h/day	50 %	78 %	20 km/h	16.5 °C

How Palma 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
Palma	31 °C	9.0 °C	394 mm	118
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat · Spain	28 °C	5.0 °C	641 mm	80
Barcelona · Spain	27 °C	5.0 °C	590 mm	78
Badalona · Spain	28 °C	4.5 °C	590 mm	84

Where Palma ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in May	5thof 50	96/100
Best beach destinations in Europe in June	7thof 50	93/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in September	7thof 50	25 °C
Best beach destinations in Europe in July	11thof 50	96/100
Best beach destinations in Europe in May	11thof 50	67/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in August	11thof 50	26 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Palma’s climate

When is the best time to visit Palma?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, October 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 Palma get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 45 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 9.0 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Palma?

October, averaging 54 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is July with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 394 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 Palma 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.