Barcelona climate

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Barcelona is warmest in April, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 22 °C. July is the wettest month (173 mm) and February the driest (17 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Barcelona averages 1,057 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Venezuela · population 815,141 · 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 April 32 °C
Coldest month January 22 °C
Driest month February 17 mm
Wettest month July 173 mm
Least cloud January 43 % cloud
Hottest on record March 35 °C
Coldest on record January 20 °C
Warmest sea October 28 °C

What to expectBarcelona through the year

Barcelona changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 29 and 32 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 217 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 173 mm against 17 mm in February — 10 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Barcelona is warmest in October at 28 °C and coldest in February at 24 °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	29.4 °C	27 mm	43 %
February	30.2 °C	17 mm	43 %
March	31.0 °C	18 mm	51 %
April	31.6 °C	35 mm	66 %
May	31.6 °C	76 mm	71 %
June	30.5 °C	120 mm	73 %
July	29.7 °C	173 mm	69 %
August	30.1 °C	167 mm	69 %
September	31.2 °C	117 mm	68 %
October	31.1 °C	110 mm	68 %
November	30.0 °C	127 mm	64 %
December	29.4 °C	70 mm	52 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.4 °C	22.5 °C	25.7 °C	33.4 °C	19.5 °C	31	8
February	30.2 °C	22.7 °C	26.2 °C	34.3 °C	19.6 °C	28	14
March	31.0 °C	23.4 °C	26.8 °C	35.1 °C	19.7 °C	31	23
April	31.6 °C	24.4 °C	27.6 °C	34.6 °C	20.7 °C	30	26
May	31.6 °C	24.9 °C	27.9 °C	34.5 °C	21.9 °C	31	27
June	30.5 °C	24.6 °C	27.2 °C	33.6 °C	22.0 °C	30	19
July	29.7 °C	24.0 °C	26.4 °C	32.2 °C	21.6 °C	31	11
August	30.1 °C	24.1 °C	26.7 °C	33.8 °C	22.5 °C	31	17
September	31.2 °C	24.6 °C	27.4 °C	34.7 °C	22.7 °C	30	25
October	31.1 °C	24.7 °C	27.5 °C	34.4 °C	22.5 °C	31	25
November	30.0 °C	24.2 °C	26.7 °C	33.8 °C	21.4 °C	30	14
December	29.4 °C	23.2 °C	26.0 °C	33.9 °C	19.5 °C	31	7

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	27 mm	6	12 h/day	43 %	78 %	17 km/h	24.9 °C
February	17 mm	3	12 h/day	43 %	73 %	18 km/h	24.4 °C
March	18 mm	3	12 h/day	51 %	71 %	19 km/h	24.7 °C
April	35 mm	6	12 h/day	66 %	72 %	17 km/h	25.4 °C
May	76 mm	11	13 h/day	71 %	74 %	15 km/h	26.1 °C
June	120 mm	19	13 h/day	73 %	79 %	13 km/h	26.3 °C
July	173 mm	25	13 h/day	69 %	84 %	13 km/h	26.3 °C
August	167 mm	24	12 h/day	69 %	84 %	12 km/h	27.5 °C
September	117 mm	20	12 h/day	68 %	81 %	13 km/h	28.2 °C
October	110 mm	18	12 h/day	68 %	80 %	13 km/h	28.3 °C
November	127 mm	19	12 h/day	64 %	83 %	14 km/h	27.8 °C
December	70 mm	12	12 h/day	52 %	81 %	15 km/h	26.3 °C

How Barcelona 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
Barcelona	32 °C	22 °C	1,057 mm	365
Puerto La Cruz · Venezuela	30 °C	23 °C	2,057 mm	365
Cumaná · Venezuela	30 °C	23 °C	768 mm	365
Porlamar · Venezuela	29 °C	24 °C	465 mm	364
El Tigre · Venezuela	34 °C	22 °C	843 mm	365
Carúpano · Venezuela	31 °C	23 °C	1,011 mm	365
Maturín · Venezuela	33 °C	22 °C	1,012 mm	365

Where Barcelona ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in South America in May	25thof 50	32 °C
The warmest places in South America in April	29thof 50	32 °C
The warmest places in South America in March	34thof 50	31 °C
The warmest places in South America in June	36thof 50	31 °C
The driest places in South America in March	42ndof 50	18 mm
The driest places in South America in April	44thof 50	35 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Barcelona’s climate

When is the best time to visit Barcelona?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, April is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Barcelona get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 217 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 22 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Barcelona?

July, averaging 173 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is February with 17 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,057 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 Barcelona 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.