ClimavisoBad weather in Almería
Updated 26 October 2026. Averages for 2019–2025; 2026 up to 26 October 2026.
Almería is the city of wind, more than of heat or rain. And after years without a single red warning, one came on 17 October 2026, for rain.
55
warning days a year
Spain: 54
5.3
orange or red warning days
a year
0
red days
2019–2025
#89
of 182 zones
1 = most warnings
The Poniente of Almería and the capital have one warning that rules them all: wind, by a wide margin. After it come heat and rain.
Until October 2026, Almería had gone eight years without a red warning. On 17 October 2026 the first came, for rain.
Almería has 205,468 inhabitants and sits in the Poniente y Almería Capital warning zone (Almería). Warnings are issued for the whole zone: it shares them with 7 other towns, such as Roquetas de Mar, El Ejido and Adra.
Almería's warning zone and its neighbours
AEMET doesn't warn by city but by zone: Almería gets the warnings for the Poniente y Almería Capital zone, outlined on the map. The zones around it have their own thresholds and their own warnings.
Average warning days a year, 2019–2025, against the median of Spain's zones (54 days). Tap a zone to go to its page.
- Poniente y Almería Capital (Almería's zone): 55 days a year
- Nevada y Alpujarras: 20 days a year
- Costa granadina: 29 days a year
- Nacimiento y Campo de Tabernas: 32 days a year
- Levante almeriense: 35 days a year
- Valle del Guadalentín, Lorca y Águilas: 42 days a year
- Capital y Montes de Jaén: 43 days a year
- Valle del Almanzora y Los Vélez: 53 days a year
- Cuenca del Genil: 56 days a year
- Valle del Guadalquivir de Jaén: 59 days a year
- Guadix y Baza: 61 days a year
Almería's bad-weather fingerprint
Each axis compares the warning days a year in Almería's zone with the average of Spain's 182 zones. The dashed circle is the average zone; the edge, three times the average or more.
More warnings than the average zone: wind (2.4×).
Fewer than average: cold, fog and snow.
Averages for 2019–2025. It measures how often AEMET issued warnings, not danger or damage.
The year, month by month
Warning days in each month, averaged over 2019–2025, by the day's highest level.
Every day since 2019
Each line is one year in Almería, January to December, and each mark a day with a warning in its zone: you can see at a glance when bad weather bunches up and which years were calmer.
The colour is each day's highest level. 2026: up to 26 October 2026. Hover or tap a mark to see the dates.
Which warnings, in which months
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain | 0.4 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | ||
| Storms | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | ||
| Wind | 4.0 | 3.7 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 3.4 |
| Heat | 0.3 | 2.1 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 0.3 | |||||||
| Snow | 0.1 |
Warning days of each type and month, yearly average 2019–2025. A day with rain and storms counts in both rows.
Month by month, in detail
January
4.4 warning days on average (0.7 orange or red). Mostly: wind and rain.
February
3.7 warning days on average (0.4 orange or red). Mostly: wind.
March
The busiest month7.6 warning days on average (0.4 orange or red). Mostly: wind and rain.
April
4.3 warning days on average (0.1 orange or red). Mostly: wind and rain.
May
3.4 warning days on average (0.1 orange or red). Mostly: wind and rain.
June
4.3 warning days on average (0.1 orange or red). Mostly: heat and wind.
July
5.3 warning days on average (0.4 orange or red). Mostly: heat and wind.
August
6.3 warning days on average (0.4 orange or red). Mostly: heat and storms.
September
The quietest month2.6 warning days on average (0.4 orange or red). Mostly: storms and rain.
October
3.1 warning days on average (0.6 orange or red). Mostly: wind and rain.
November
5.1 warning days on average (0.7 orange or red). Mostly: wind and rain.
December
4.6 warning days on average (0.7 orange or red). Mostly: wind and rain.
The best month to go (if you'd rather not see warnings)
Counting warning days and how serious they are, the quietest months in Almería are September and May: 2.6 and 3.4 warning days on average. The busiest is March, with 7.6.
September and May are the quietest months.
Summers: the heat
Almería has 13 heat-warning days a year (1.0 of them orange or red). Yellow starts at a forecast high of 36 °C; orange at 39 °C; red at 42 °C.
The heat-warning season usually runs from 22 June to 23 August. The earliest one came on 20 May; the latest, on 7 September.
Winters: cold, snow and wind
Winter (December to February) brings 13 warning days on average: rain (1.9), storms (0.9) and wind (11).
The yellow cold warning starts at lows of −1 °C; red, at −8 °C. Snow, at 2 cm in 24 hours.
Rain and storms
Almería has 10 rain-warning days and 7.0 storm-warning days a year. The months with the most rain warnings are March, September and October.
Here the yellow rain warning starts at 15 mm in an hour or 40 mm in 12 hours; red, at 60 mm or 120 mm.
There hasn't been a single red rain or storm warning since 2019.
Wind, fog and coast
Wind warnings: 32 days a year; yellow starts at gusts of 70 km/h.
Wind blows all year, with March the busiest month. Across the sea of greenhouses, wind warnings matter.
Year by year
| Year | Warning days | Orange | Red | Mostly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 60 | 15 | 0 | wind and heat |
| 2025 | 53 | 1 | 0 | wind and heat |
| 2024 | 68 | 6 | 0 | wind and rain |
| 2023 | 36 | 7 | 0 | wind and storms |
| 2022 | 62 | 5 | 0 | wind and heat |
| 2021 | 47 | 4 | 0 | wind and rain |
| 2020 | 56 | 7 | 0 | wind and heat |
| 2019 | 61 | 7 | 0 | wind and rain |
2026, up to 26 October 2026. For the same stretch of the year, the 2019–2025 average is 44 days.
The year with the most warnings was 2024, with 68 days.
The worst days
Almería hasn't had a single red warning since the archive starts, in June 2018. Its worst level has been orange.
The longest run of consecutive warning days lasted 11 days, from 21 March 2024 to 31 March 2024.
When a warning is issued in Almería
| Yellow | Orange | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heat (high) | 36 °C | 39 °C | 42 °C |
| Cold (low) | −1 °C | −4 °C | −8 °C |
| Wind (gusts) | 70 km/h | 90 km/h | 130 km/h |
| Rain in 1 hour | 15 mm | 30 mm | 60 mm |
| Rain in 12 hours | 40 mm | 80 mm | 120 mm |
| Snow in 24 hours | 2 cm | 5 cm | 20 cm |
Thresholds for the Poniente y Almería Capital zone in AEMET's warning plan. Storms have no numeric threshold: yellow for strong storms, orange for very strong ones. More in what each colour means.
Almería compared with other cities
| City | Warning days a year | Orange or red a year | Red days since 2019 | Mostly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lleida | 92 | 17 | 9 | heat and storms |
| Zaragoza | 89 | 22 | 20 | heat and storms |
| Cuenca | 85 | 14 | 3 | heat and storms |
| Soria | 85 | 9.1 | 1 | storms and rain |
| Teruel | 84 | 11 | 4 | storms and rain |
| Albacete | 83 | 14 | 7 | heat and storms |
| Palma | 78 | 15 | 1 | rain and storms |
| Huesca | 77 | 12 | 0 | storms and rain |
| Segovia | 74 | 8.0 | 0 | storms and wind |
| Córdoba | 73 | 29 | 15 | heat and rain |
| Ávila | 73 | 7.1 | 4 | rain and wind |
| Sevilla | 69 | 23 | 12 | heat and rain |
| Pamplona | 68 | 15 | 6 | storms and rain |
| Ibiza | 67 | 13 | 2 | rain and wind |
| Girona | 66 | 10 | 4 | rain and storms |
| Madrid | 65 | 16 | 5 | heat and storms |
| Valladolid | 65 | 9.0 | 0 | heat and storms |
| Burgos | 64 | 6.6 | 1 | storms and rain |
| Zamora | 63 | 7.1 | 0 | heat and storms |
| Palencia | 59 | 5.6 | 0 | storms and rain |
| Jaén | 59 | 25 | 7 | heat and rain |
| Salamanca | 59 | 6.4 | 0 | heat and storms |
| Toledo | 58 | 20 | 5 | heat and rain |
| Logroño | 58 | 14 | 7 | storms and heat |
| Badajoz | 57 | 19 | 9 | heat and rain |
| Guadalajara | 57 | 9.9 | 3 | heat and storms |
| Granada | 56 | 14 | 5 | heat and storms |
| Almería | 55 | 5.3 | 0 | wind and heat |
| Dénia | 55 | 12 | 8 | rain and storms |
| Barcelona | 54 | 9.4 | 5 | rain and storms |
| Vitoria-Gasteiz | 52 | 10 | 2 | storms and wind |
| València | 51 | 12 | 13 | rain and storms |
| Ciudad Real | 50 | 13 | 0 | heat and rain |
| León | 50 | 3.6 | 0 | storms and rain |
| Tarragona | 49 | 8.7 | 2 | rain and storms |
| Murcia | 46 | 13 | 11 | heat and rain |
| Vigo | 46 | 5.1 | 0 | rain and wind |
| Castellón de la Plana | 45 | 11 | 2 | rain and storms |
| San Sebastián | 43 | 5.7 | 4 | rain and storms |
| Bilbao | 41 | 8.0 | 9 | rain and storms |
| Alicante | 41 | 7.1 | 11 | rain and heat |
| A Coruña | 41 | 6.7 | 2 | wind and rain |
| Cáceres | 40 | 9.7 | 0 | heat and rain |
| Lugo | 39 | 3.3 | 0 | rain and wind |
| Ourense | 39 | 6.1 | 4 | heat and rain |
| Cádiz | 39 | 5.1 | 2 | rain and wind |
| Huelva | 39 | 9.1 | 7 | heat and rain |
| Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 37 | 5.7 | 3 | wind and heat |
| Málaga | 35 | 10 | 15 | rain and heat |
| Santander | 33 | 3.1 | 3 | rain and wind |
| Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | 26 | 2.9 | 0 | heat and wind |
| Oviedo | 26 | 3.1 | 1 | rain and storms |
| Gijón | 26 | 2.0 | 0 | rain and wind |
| Avilés | 22 | 1.9 | 0 | rain and wind |
Averages for 2019–2025. Careful: each zone has its own thresholds, so a warning doesn't mean exactly the same everywhere.
If you live in Almería or are thinking of moving
- With 5.3 orange or red days a year, serious warnings come a few times a year, nearly always in the same seasons.
- Be ready for wind: it's the most common warning of the year.
- Heat brings summer warnings, but fewer than inland Andalusia.
- Heavy rain is rare, but when it comes, watch the dry riverbeds (ramblas) and low ground.
In short
A city of wind, with very few serious warnings. Its warnings show in your hair more than on your umbrella.
Frequently asked questions
When does it rain most in Almería?
Going by the warnings, the months with the most rain-warning days are March and September. On average there are 10 rain-warning days a year.
What's the best month to visit Almería?
If you want to dodge bad-weather warnings, September and May: they have the fewest warning days on average.
Have there been red warnings in Almería?
No. Since June 2018 there hasn't been a single red warning in Almería's zone.
Does it get very hot in Almería?
There are 13 heat-warning days a year on average. The yellow warning here starts at a forecast high of 36 °C.
How this was made
Everything comes from the archive of official AEMET warnings that Climaviso has kept since June 2018: each day counts once, at the highest level the zone had. A warning is a forecast, not damage or a measurement, and it's issued for the whole zone, not your street. We don't cover measured temperatures or rainfall: only when, and why, a warning was issued.
More on Almería
- EuroVelo 8 weather, stage by stage
- Almería's warnings day by day since 2018
- The Poniente y Almería Capital zone
- Today's and tomorrow's warnings in Almería
- How the year is going across Spain
- How warnings work
- Málaga vs Almería
Other cities
- Madrid
- Barcelona
- València
- Sevilla
- Zaragoza
- Málaga
- Bilbao
- Alicante
- Gijón
- Avilés
- Murcia
- Palma
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Valladolid
- Vigo
- A Coruña
- Granada
- Córdoba
- Oviedo
- Pamplona
- San Sebastián
- Santander
- Salamanca
- Logroño
- Castellón de la Plana
- Cádiz
- Dénia
- Ibiza
- Albacete
- Ávila
- Badajoz
- Burgos
- Cáceres
- Ciudad Real
- Cuenca
- Girona
- Guadalajara
- Huelva
- Huesca
- Jaén
- León
- Lleida
- Lugo
- Ourense
- Palencia
- Segovia
- Soria
- Tarragona
- Teruel
- Toledo
- Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Zamora