Zaragoza climate

Name: Zaragoza
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Zaragoza is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 3.0 °C. October is the wettest month (42 mm) and July the driest (14 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Zaragoza averages 350 mm of rain, 129 days above 25 °C and 16 days below freezing.

Spain · population 686,986 · 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 3.0 °C
Driest month July 14 mm
Wettest month October 42 mm
Least cloud July 23 % cloud
Hottest on record July 44 °C
Coldest on record December -6.7 °C

What to expectZaragoza through the year

Zaragoza has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 11 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 19 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 129 days a year reach 25 °C, 71 of them reach 30 °C, 16 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 14 mm in July to 42 mm in October. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	11.3 °C	28 mm	51 %
February	13.1 °C	21 mm	45 %
March	17.3 °C	30 mm	46 %
April	20.0 °C	42 mm	49 %
May	24.7 °C	34 mm	48 %
June	29.7 °C	28 mm	35 %
July	32.8 °C	14 mm	23 %
August	32.3 °C	19 mm	27 %
September	27.0 °C	27 mm	37 %
October	21.6 °C	42 mm	47 %
November	15.1 °C	42 mm	50 %
December	11.6 °C	25 mm	53 %

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	11.3 °C	3.0 °C	6.8 °C	19.2 °C	-4.8 °C	0	0	6
February	13.1 °C	3.5 °C	8.0 °C	24.9 °C	-3.9 °C	0	0	4
March	17.3 °C	6.2 °C	11.5 °C	30.0 °C	-4.7 °C	1	0	1
April	20.0 °C	8.5 °C	14.1 °C	33.2 °C	0.5 °C	4	0	0
May	24.7 °C	12.3 °C	18.4 °C	37.9 °C	3.9 °C	15	4	0
June	29.7 °C	16.2 °C	22.9 °C	42.8 °C	8.9 °C	24	15	0
July	32.8 °C	18.7 °C	25.6 °C	43.7 °C	11.4 °C	29	23	0
August	32.3 °C	18.9 °C	25.4 °C	43.1 °C	11.2 °C	30	22	0
September	27.0 °C	15.5 °C	21.0 °C	38.1 °C	6.7 °C	21	7	0
October	21.6 °C	11.7 °C	16.3 °C	32.2 °C	1.7 °C	6	0	0
November	15.1 °C	6.6 °C	10.5 °C	24.8 °C	-3.7 °C	0	0	1
December	11.6 °C	3.7 °C	7.3 °C	20.1 °C	-6.7 °C	0	0	5

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	28 mm	6	9.5 h/day	51 %	75 %	20 km/h
February	21 mm	4	11 h/day	45 %	68 %	22 km/h
March	30 mm	5	12 h/day	46 %	60 %	23 km/h
April	42 mm	7	13 h/day	49 %	57 %	23 km/h
May	34 mm	6	15 h/day	48 %	53 %	23 km/h
June	28 mm	5	15 h/day	35 %	49 %	23 km/h
July	14 mm	3	15 h/day	23 %	46 %	23 km/h
August	19 mm	4	14 h/day	27 %	50 %	22 km/h
September	27 mm	4	13 h/day	37 %	57 %	20 km/h
October	42 mm	6	11 h/day	47 %	66 %	19 km/h
November	42 mm	7	9.9 h/day	50 %	73 %	20 km/h
December	25 mm	6	9.2 h/day	53 %	77 %	19 km/h

How Zaragoza 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
Zaragoza	33 °C	3.0 °C	350 mm	129
Pamplona · Spain	26 °C	1.3 °C	740 mm	55
Logroño · Spain	27 °C	1.9 °C	572 mm	70
Castelló de la Plana · Spain	28 °C	6.2 °C	386 mm	100
Gasteiz / Vitoria · Spain	25 °C	1.4 °C	756 mm	47
Donostia / San Sebastián · Spain	23 °C	6.1 °C	1,465 mm	26
Andorra la Vella · Andorra	25 °C	-2.0 °C	909 mm	40

Where Zaragoza ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Europe in June	8th of 50	30 °C
The warmest places in Europe in August	10th of 50	32 °C
The warmest places in Europe in July	10th of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in Europe in May	10th of 50	25 °C
Places with the best weather in Europe in October	12th of 50	93/100
The driest places in Europe year-round	12th of 50	29 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Zaragoza’s climate

When is the best time to visit Zaragoza?

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 Zaragoza get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 71 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 3.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 16 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Zaragoza?

October, averaging 42 mm over 6 days with rain. The driest month is July with 14 mm. The year as a whole averages 350 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 Zaragoza 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
Data point: 41.656°, -0.877° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.