Valencia climate

Name: Valencia
Address: ES

Valencia is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 6.7 °C. September is the wettest month (60 mm) and July the driest (8.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Valencia averages 418 mm of rain, 133 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Spain · 15 m elevation · population 824,340 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month January 6.7 °C
Driest month July 8 mm
Wettest month September 60 mm
Least cloud July 21 % cloud
Hottest on record June 43 °C
Coldest on record February -0.9 °C
Warmest sea August 26 °C

What to expectValencia through the year

Valencia has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 15 °C in January to 30 °C in August, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 133 days a year reach 25 °C, 48 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 60 mm against 8 mm in July — 7.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Valencia 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	15.0 °C	33 mm	43 %
February	15.9 °C	27 mm	41 %
March	18.4 °C	38 mm	44 %
April	20.6 °C	42 mm	45 %
May	23.8 °C	33 mm	44 %
June	27.9 °C	19 mm	32 %
July	30.4 °C	8 mm	21 %
August	30.5 °C	22 mm	30 %
September	27.1 °C	60 mm	43 %
October	23.3 °C	53 mm	47 %
November	18.5 °C	46 mm	45 %
December	15.5 °C	35 mm	46 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	15.0 °C	6.7 °C	10.3 °C	24.7 °C	-0.2 °C	0	0
February	15.9 °C	6.9 °C	10.9 °C	25.5 °C	-0.9 °C	0	0
March	18.4 °C	8.8 °C	13.2 °C	30.2 °C	0.9 °C	1	0
April	20.6 °C	11.1 °C	15.7 °C	33.8 °C	5.5 °C	3	0
May	23.8 °C	14.5 °C	19.1 °C	39.5 °C	8.1 °C	11	1
June	27.9 °C	18.4 °C	23.2 °C	42.6 °C	12.4 °C	25	6
July	30.4 °C	21.2 °C	25.7 °C	40.6 °C	15.2 °C	31	17
August	30.5 °C	21.7 °C	25.9 °C	41.1 °C	16.5 °C	30	18
September	27.1 °C	18.9 °C	22.7 °C	38.9 °C	12.6 °C	23	5
October	23.3 °C	15.3 °C	18.9 °C	34.2 °C	7.3 °C	9	1
November	18.5 °C	10.8 °C	14.1 °C	30.4 °C	2.9 °C	1	0
December	15.5 °C	7.8 °C	11.0 °C	23.8 °C	1.2 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	33 mm	4	9.7 h/day	43 %	70 %	17 km/h	14.3 °C
February	27 mm	4	11 h/day	41 %	68 %	17 km/h	13.7 °C
March	38 mm	5	12 h/day	44 %	66 %	18 km/h	14.1 °C
April	42 mm	6	13 h/day	45 %	65 %	18 km/h	15.5 °C
May	33 mm	5	14 h/day	44 %	65 %	17 km/h	18.1 °C
June	19 mm	3	15 h/day	32 %	63 %	17 km/h	21.7 °C
July	8 mm	2	15 h/day	21 %	65 %	17 km/h	24.7 °C
August	22 mm	4	14 h/day	30 %	69 %	16 km/h	26.1 °C
September	60 mm	6	12 h/day	43 %	70 %	16 km/h	24.7 °C
October	53 mm	6	11 h/day	47 %	71 %	15 km/h	21.9 °C
November	46 mm	5	10 h/day	45 %	70 %	16 km/h	18.6 °C
December	35 mm	5	9.4 h/day	46 %	72 %	16 km/h	15.9 °C

How Valencia 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
Valencia	30 °C	6.7 °C	418 mm	133
Castelló de la Plana · Spain	28 °C	6.2 °C	386 mm	100
Alicante · Spain	30 °C	7.9 °C	384 mm	122
Albacete · Spain	33 °C	1.2 °C	360 mm	119

Where Valencia ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in October	4thof 50	95/100
Best beach destinations in Europe in June	6thof 50	93/100
Places with the best weather in Europe year-round	7thof 50	84/100
Best beach destinations in Europe year-round	8thof 50	62/100
Places with the best weather in Europe in April	8thof 50	93/100
Places with the best weather in Europe in May	8thof 50	96/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Valencia’s climate

When is the best time to visit Valencia?

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

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 48 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 6.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Valencia?

September, averaging 60 mm over 6 days with rain. The driest month is July with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 418 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 Valencia 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.