ClimavisoBad weather in Castellón de la Plana
Updated 26 October 2026. Averages for 2019–2025; 2026 up to 26 October 2026.
Castellón gets fewer warnings than the Spanish median, and nearly all of them are about water: rain and storms, with September the key month.
45
warning days a year
Spain: 54
11
orange or red warning days
a year
2
red days
2019–2025
#129
of 182 zones
1 = most warnings
The southern Castellón coast shares the Mediterranean pattern: heavy rain is the top reason for a warning, followed by storms and wind. Heat, which rules inland, barely triggers warnings here.
Its red days are nearly all for rain: October 2018, August 2021, 31 October 2024 and 1 October 2026. Plus one for wind, in February 2026.
Castellón de la Plana has 183,711 inhabitants and sits in the Litoral sur de Castellón warning zone (Castelló/Castellón). Warnings are issued for the whole zone: it shares them with 37 other towns, such as Vila-real, Borriana / Burriana and la Vall d'Uixó.
Castellón de la Plana's warning zone and its neighbours
AEMET doesn't warn by city but by zone: Castellón de la Plana gets the warnings for the Litoral sur de Castellón 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.
- Litoral sur de Castellón (Castellón de la Plana's zone): 45 days a year
- Litoral norte de Valencia: 51 days a year
- Litoral sur de Valencia: 56 days a year
- Litoral norte de Castellón: 61 days a year
- Depresión central de Tarragona: 66 days a year
- Interior sur de Castellón: 70 days a year
- Litoral sur de Tarragona: 74 days a year
- Interior norte de Valencia: 75 days a year
- Bajo Aragón de Teruel: 82 days a year
- Albarracín y Jiloca: 84 days a year
- Interior norte de Castellón: 94 days a year
- Prelitoral sur de Tarragona: 94 days a year
- Gúdar y Maestrazgo: 94 days a year
Castellón de la Plana's bad-weather fingerprint
Each axis compares the warning days a year in Castellón de la Plana'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: rain (1.4×) and storms (1.3×).
Fewer than average: cold, snow and fog.
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 Castellón de la Plana, 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 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 7.3 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 1.3 |
| Storms | 1.0 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 5.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.9 | |||
| Wind | 3.6 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 2.3 | |||
| Heat | 0.3 | 0.4 | 2.0 | |||||||||
| Cold | 0.1 | |||||||||||
| Snow | 0.3 | |||||||||||
| Fog | 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
4.1 warning days on average (0.6 orange or red). Mostly: wind and rain.
February
The quietest month1.7 warning days on average (0.4 orange or red). Mostly: wind and rain.
March
3.7 warning days on average (1.0 orange or red). Mostly: rain and wind.
April
2.4 warning days on average (0.1 orange or red). Mostly: rain and storms.
May
2.9 warning days on average (0.4 orange or red). Mostly: rain and storms.
June
2.1 warning days on average (0.3 orange or red). Mostly: storms and rain.
July
2.3 warning days on average (0.6 orange or red). Mostly: storms and rain.
August
1 red day since 20195.6 warning days on average (1.1 orange or red). Mostly: storms and rain.
September
The busiest month7.3 warning days on average (3.3 orange or red). Mostly: rain and storms.
October
1 red day since 20193.6 warning days on average (1.3 orange or red). Mostly: rain and storms.
November
5.7 warning days on average (1.3 orange or red). Mostly: wind and rain.
December
3.4 warning days on average (0.3 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 Castellón de la Plana are February and April: 1.7 and 2.4 warning days on average. The busiest is September, with 7.3.
February and April are the quietest months.
Summers: the heat
Castellón de la Plana has 2.7 heat-warning days a year (0.3 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 1 July to 15 August. The earliest one came on 17 June; the latest, on 24 August.
Winters: cold, snow and wind
Winter (December to February) brings 9.3 warning days on average: rain (2.1), storms (0.9) and wind (7.6).
The yellow cold warning starts at lows of −1 °C; red, at −8 °C. Snow, at 2 cm in 24 hours.
Rain and storms
Castellón de la Plana has 27 rain-warning days and 20 storm-warning days a year. The months with the most rain warnings are September, October and August.
Here the yellow rain warning starts at 20 mm in an hour or 60 mm in 12 hours; red, at 90 mm or 180 mm.
Red rain or storm days since 2019: 29 August 2021, 31 October 2024 and 1 October 2026.
As in València, yellow for rain needs 20 litres in an hour, more than in most of Spain.
Wind, fog and coast
Wind warnings: 14 days a year; yellow starts at gusts of 70 km/h.
Year by year
| Year | Warning days | Orange | Red | Mostly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 46 | 7 | 2 | wind and rain |
| 2025 | 56 | 16 | 0 | rain and storms |
| 2024 | 46 | 14 | 1 | rain and storms |
| 2023 | 40 | 8 | 0 | rain and storms |
| 2022 | 43 | 8 | 0 | rain and storms |
| 2021 | 49 | 8 | 1 | rain and storms |
| 2020 | 38 | 11 | 0 | rain and storms |
| 2019 | 42 | 8 | 0 | wind and rain |
2026, up to 26 October 2026. For the same stretch of the year, the 2019–2025 average is 35 days.
The year with the most warnings was 2025, with 56 days.
The worst days
Every red day since June 2018:
- 1 October 2026 rain
- 14 February 2026 wind
- 31 October 2024 rain
- 29 August 2021 rain
- 19 October 2018 rain
- 18 October 2018 rain
The longest run of consecutive warning days lasted 11 days, from 25 October 2024 to 4 November 2024.
When a warning is issued in Castellón de la Plana
| 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 | 20 mm | 40 mm | 90 mm |
| Rain in 12 hours | 60 mm | 100 mm | 180 mm |
| Snow in 24 hours | 2 cm | 5 cm | 20 cm |
Thresholds for the Litoral sur de Castellón 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.
Castellón de la Plana 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 Castellón de la Plana or are thinking of moving
- With 11 orange or red days a year, serious warnings come a few times a year, nearly always in the same seasons.
- Autumn is the season to watch: heavy rain and the odd DANA.
- Summer is quiet for warnings.
- When house-hunting, ask about flooding in the street or garage.
In short
A city of few warnings and autumns to watch. Heat hardly counts; water does.
Frequently asked questions
When does it rain most in Castellón de la Plana?
Going by the warnings, the months with the most rain-warning days are September and October. On average there are 27 rain-warning days a year.
What's the best month to visit Castellón de la Plana?
If you want to dodge bad-weather warnings, February and April: they have the fewest warning days on average.
Have there been red warnings in Castellón de la Plana?
Yes: 6 red days since June 2018, the latest on 1 October 2026 (rain).
Does it get very hot in Castellón de la Plana?
There are 2.7 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 Castellón de la Plana
- Castellón de la Plana's warnings day by day since 2018
- The Litoral sur de Castellón zone
- Today's and tomorrow's warnings in Castelló/Castellón
- How the year is going across Spain
- How warnings work
- Castellón de la Plana vs València
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
- Cádiz
- Dénia
- Ibiza
- Almería
- 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