Monthly Climate
Menu

Best time to visit Salinas

July is the best time to visit Salinas for general sightseeing, with average highs of 23 °C and about 0 wet days. The comfortable season runs roughly May to October.

It depends what you are going for

One month rarely wins on everything. These are the best months on each measure taken on its own.

If you want Best month On that measure
Sightseeing and walking July comfort 95/100
A beach holiday September sea 15 °C
The least cloud September 28 % average cloud cover
The least rain July 1 mm
Warmth September 24 °C
Cooler weather December 15 °C

Ranked by comfort

# Month Comfort / 100 Avg high Wet days Beach
1 July 95 23 °C 0 55
2 October 95 22 °C 2 54
3 August 94 24 °C 0 59
4 September 94 24 °C 1 61
5 June 94 21 °C 1 50
6 May 89 19 °C 3 43
7 November 84 18 °C 5 35
8 April 82 18 °C 5 33
9 March 74 17 °C 8 24
10 February 70 16 °C 9 20
11 December 69 15 °C 8 18
12 January 68 16 °C 9 19

For a beach holiday

September scores highest, with a sea temperature of 15 °C and air temperatures around 24 °C. The sea never reaches 20 °C here.

Month Sea Air Sunshine Beach score
January 13 °C 16 °C 55 % 19
February 13 °C 16 °C 54 % 20
March 13 °C 17 °C 54 % 24
April 12 °C 18 °C 48 % 33
May 12 °C 19 °C 47 % 43
June 13 °C 21 °C 37 % 50
July 14 °C 23 °C 35 % 55
August 14 °C 24 °C 34 % 59
September 15 °C 24 °C 28 % 61
October 14 °C 22 °C 32 % 54
November 14 °C 18 °C 44 % 35
December 13 °C 15 °C 51 % 18

When to think twice

January scores lowest with about 9 wet days and highs near 16 °C. That does not make it a bad month — it depends entirely on what you are travelling for. The numbers are all here; the judgement is yours.

The full year

Month Avg high Rainfall Cloud
January 15.5 °C 94 mm 55 %
February 16.0 °C 95 mm 54 %
March 16.8 °C 74 mm 54 %
April 17.6 °C 35 mm 48 %
May 19.2 °C 16 mm 47 %
June 21.4 °C 3 mm 37 %
July 22.9 °C 1 mm 35 %
August 23.5 °C 2 mm 34 %
September 23.8 °C 2 mm 28 %
October 22.1 °C 18 mm 32 %
November 18.2 °C 43 mm 44 %
December 15.2 °C 87 mm 51 %

Data sources and method

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: comfort score, beach score, season boundaries. 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.