Vigo climate

Name: Vigo
Address: ES

Vigo is warmest in August, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 6.2 °C. November is the wettest month (236 mm) and July the driest (36 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Vigo averages 1,706 mm of rain, 37 days above 25 °C and 1 days below freezing.

Spain · population 293,642 · 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 24 °C
Coldest month February 6.2 °C
Driest month July 36 mm
Wettest month November 236 mm
Least cloud July 36 % cloud
Hottest on record August 38 °C
Coldest on record January -3.0 °C
Warmest sea August 17 °C

What to expectVigo through the year

Vigo has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 13 °C in February to 24 °C in August, a swing of 11 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 37 days a year reach 25 °C, 4 of them reach 30 °C, 1 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 236 mm against 36 mm in July — 6.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Vigo is warmest in August at 17 °C and coldest in February 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	220 mm	63 %
February	13.2 °C	148 mm	57 %
March	15.2 °C	156 mm	57 %
April	16.4 °C	154 mm	57 %
May	18.8 °C	118 mm	55 %
June	21.6 °C	59 mm	47 %
July	23.8 °C	36 mm	36 %
August	24.1 °C	49 mm	39 %
September	22.2 °C	88 mm	47 %
October	18.9 °C	218 mm	59 %
November	14.9 °C	236 mm	63 %
December	13.1 °C	224 mm	64 %

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	12.3 °C	6.2 °C	9.2 °C	19.3 °C	-3.0 °C	0	0	1
February	13.2 °C	6.2 °C	9.5 °C	22.1 °C	-0.8 °C	0	0	0
March	15.2 °C	7.7 °C	11.4 °C	24.1 °C	-1.3 °C	0	0	0
April	16.4 °C	9.0 °C	12.7 °C	26.6 °C	2.7 °C	0	0	0
May	18.8 °C	11.3 °C	15.1 °C	30.6 °C	4.7 °C	2	0	0
June	21.6 °C	14.0 °C	17.9 °C	32.1 °C	7.9 °C	5	0	0
July	23.8 °C	15.8 °C	19.9 °C	35.2 °C	10.4 °C	11	2	0
August	24.1 °C	16.0 °C	20.0 °C	37.5 °C	10.6 °C	11	2	0
September	22.2 °C	14.6 °C	18.3 °C	34.4 °C	6.6 °C	6	0	0
October	18.9 °C	12.2 °C	15.4 °C	32.3 °C	4.8 °C	1	0	0
November	14.9 °C	9.1 °C	11.9 °C	21.8 °C	0.9 °C	0	0	0
December	13.1 °C	7.2 °C	10.0 °C	19.3 °C	-1.2 °C	0	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	220 mm	14	9.4 h/day	63 %	84 %	22 km/h	13.6 °C
February	148 mm	11	11 h/day	57 %	82 %	21 km/h	13.2 °C
March	156 mm	11	12 h/day	57 %	80 %	21 km/h	13.4 °C
April	154 mm	13	13 h/day	57 %	79 %	21 km/h	14.1 °C
May	118 mm	12	15 h/day	55 %	79 %	20 km/h	15.2 °C
June	59 mm	8	15 h/day	47 %	78 %	20 km/h	16.5 °C
July	36 mm	5	15 h/day	36 %	77 %	19 km/h	17.0 °C
August	49 mm	6	14 h/day	39 %	77 %	19 km/h	17.2 °C
September	88 mm	8	13 h/day	47 %	80 %	18 km/h	17.0 °C
October	218 mm	14	11 h/day	59 %	83 %	20 km/h	16.4 °C
November	236 mm	15	9.8 h/day	63 %	84 %	21 km/h	15.4 °C
December	224 mm	15	9.1 h/day	64 %	84 %	21 km/h	14.4 °C

How Vigo 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
Vigo	24 °C	6.2 °C	1,706 mm	37
Braga · Portugal	26 °C	3.8 °C	1,543 mm	66
Porto · Portugal	26 °C	6.4 °C	1,261 mm	55
A Coruña · Spain	23 °C	7.1 °C	1,180 mm	19

Where Vigo ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in July	6thof 50	92/100
The warmest places in Europe in February	29thof 50	13 °C
The warmest places in Europe in January	30thof 50	12 °C
Places with the best weather in Europe in August	32ndof 50	90/100
The warmest places in Europe in December	33rdof 50	13 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in February	34thof 50	13 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Vigo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Vigo?

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 Vigo get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 4 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 6.2 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 1 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Vigo?

November, averaging 236 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is July with 36 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,706 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 Vigo 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.