ClimavisoBad weather in Ciudad Real
Updated 26 October 2026. Averages for 2019–2025; 2026 up to 26 October 2026.
Ciudad Real is summer heat and little else: no red warning in the last eight years.
50
warning days a year
Spain: 54
13
orange or red warning days
a year
0
red days
2019–2025
#108
of 182 zones
1 = most warnings
In the Valle del Guadiana, heat is the top reason for a warning, well ahead of rain, storms and fog. July and August take most of the year.
What stands out is the lack of extremes: in the last eight years, no red warning. Some heat warnings do rise to orange, though, and in August 2025 they ran back to back from 3 to 18 August.
Ciudad Real has 76,217 inhabitants and sits in the Valle del Guadiana warning zone (Ciudad Real). Warnings are issued for the whole zone: it shares them with 2 other towns, such as Puertollano and Miguelturra.
Ciudad Real's warning zone and its neighbours
AEMET doesn't warn by city but by zone: Ciudad Real gets the warnings for the Valle del Guadiana 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.
- Valle del Guadiana (Ciudad Real's zone): 50 days a year
- Sierra norte de Sevilla: 40 days a year
- Montes del norte y Anchuras: 41 days a year
- Barros y Serena: 42 days a year
- Sierras de Alcudia y Madrona: 43 days a year
- La Siberia extremeña: 45 days a year
- Sierra y Pedroches: 46 days a year
- Montes de Toledo: 47 days a year
- La Mancha toledana: 53 days a year
- Villuercas y Montánchez: 53 days a year
- Morena y Condado: 57 days a year
- La Mancha de Ciudad Real: 57 days a year
- Vegas del Guadiana: 57 days a year
- Valle del Tajo: 58 days a year
- Valle del Guadalquivir de Jaén: 59 days a year
- Cazorla y Segura: 65 days a year
- Campiña cordobesa: 73 days a year
Ciudad Real's bad-weather fingerprint
Each axis compares the warning days a year in Ciudad Real'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: fog (3.8×) and heat (1.8×).
Fewer than average: snow, wind and rain.
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 Ciudad Real, 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 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | |||
| Storms | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | ||||
| Wind | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | |||||
| Heat | 0.3 | 5.1 | 13 | 9.9 | 0.1 | |||||||
| Cold | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |||||||||
| Snow | 0.6 | |||||||||||
| Fog | 1.6 | 0.9 | 2.1 |
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
4.7 warning days on average (0.3 orange or red). Mostly: cold and fog.
February
The quietest month0.6 warning days on average. Mostly: wind and cold.
March
1.1 warning days on average. Mostly: wind and rain.
April
1.1 warning days on average. Mostly: storms and rain.
May
1.1 warning days on average. Mostly: storms and rain.
June
6.3 warning days on average (2.1 orange or red). Mostly: heat and storms.
July
The busiest month13 warning days on average (4.9 orange or red). Mostly: heat and storms.
August
11 warning days on average (4.7 orange or red). Mostly: heat and storms.
September
3.7 warning days on average (0.1 orange or red). Mostly: rain and storms.
October
2.4 warning days on average (0.1 orange or red). Mostly: rain and wind.
November
1.9 warning days on average. Mostly: fog and wind.
December
3.1 warning days on average (0.3 orange or red). Mostly: fog and wind.
The best month to go (if you'd rather not see warnings)
Counting warning days and how serious they are, the quietest months in Ciudad Real are February and March: 0.6 and 1.1 warning days on average. The busiest is July, with 13.
February and March are the quietest months.
Summers: the heat
Ciudad Real has 29 heat-warning days a year (12 of them orange or red). Yellow starts at a forecast high of 38 °C; orange at 40 °C; red at 44 °C.
The heat-warning season usually runs from 24 June to 23 August. The earliest one came on 20 May; the latest, on 18 September.
The bar is high: yellow for heat needs 38 °C and orange 40 °C.
Winters: cold, snow and wind
Winter (December to February) brings 8.4 warning days on average: rain (0.6), wind (1.7), cold (2.4), snow (0.6) and fog (3.7).
The yellow cold warning starts at lows of −4 °C; red, at −12 °C. Snow, at 2 cm in 24 hours.
January has a small bump for fog and cold; the rest of winter is quiet.
Rain and storms
Ciudad Real has 8.3 rain-warning days and 8.0 storm-warning days a year. The months with the most rain warnings are September, October and June.
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: 4.4 days a year; yellow starts at gusts of 70 km/h.
Fog: 4.6 days a year, always yellow (fog has no higher level).
Year by year
| Year | Warning days | Orange | Red | Mostly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 52 | 18 | 0 | heat and storms |
| 2025 | 62 | 19 | 0 | heat and storms |
| 2024 | 54 | 15 | 0 | heat and rain |
| 2023 | 58 | 17 | 0 | heat and rain |
| 2022 | 44 | 12 | 0 | heat and rain |
| 2021 | 40 | 8 | 0 | heat and rain |
| 2020 | 51 | 9 | 0 | heat and fog |
| 2019 | 44 | 8 | 0 | heat and storms |
2026, up to 26 October 2026. For the same stretch of the year, the 2019–2025 average is 45 days.
The year with the most warnings was 2025, with 62 days.
The worst days
Ciudad Real 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 16 days, from 3 August 2025 to 18 August 2025.
When a warning is issued in Ciudad Real
| Yellow | Orange | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heat (high) | 38 °C | 40 °C | 44 °C |
| Cold (low) | −4 °C | −8 °C | −12 °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 Valle del Guadiana 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.
Ciudad Real 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 Ciudad Real or are thinking of moving
- With 13 orange or red days a year, serious warnings are part of the calendar: it pays to know when they come.
- Summer is what you plan around: a cool home and morning schedules.
- In January, watch for fog on early drives.
- No red warning since 2018.
In short
A summer-heat zone without extreme scares and with a winter that barely issues a warning.
Frequently asked questions
When does it rain most in Ciudad Real?
Going by the warnings, the months with the most rain-warning days are September and October. On average there are 8.3 rain-warning days a year.
What's the best month to visit Ciudad Real?
If you want to dodge bad-weather warnings, February and March: they have the fewest warning days on average.
Have there been red warnings in Ciudad Real?
No. Since June 2018 there hasn't been a single red warning in Ciudad Real's zone.
Does it get very hot in Ciudad Real?
There are 29 heat-warning days a year on average. The yellow warning here starts at a forecast high of 38 °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 Ciudad Real
- Ciudad Real's warnings day by day since 2018
- The Valle del Guadiana zone
- Today's and tomorrow's warnings in Ciudad Real
- How the year is going across Spain
- How warnings work
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
- Almería
- Albacete
- Ávila
- Badajoz
- Burgos
- Cáceres
- Cuenca
- Girona
- Guadalajara
- Huelva
- Huesca
- Jaén
- León
- Lleida
- Lugo
- Ourense
- Palencia
- Segovia
- Soria
- Tarragona
- Teruel
- Toledo
- Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Zamora