ClimavisoBad weather in Girona
Updated 26 October 2026. Averages for 2019–2025; 2026 up to 26 October 2026.
Girona is water: rain and storms are its top reasons for a warning, ahead of heat.
66
warning days a year
Spain: 54
10
orange or red warning days
a year
4
red days
2019–2025
#53
of 182 zones
1 = most warnings
In the Prelitoral de Girona, close to the coast, rain is the top reason for a warning and storms the second. Heat comes after. August and July are the busiest months, with summer storms.
Its red warnings have been of both kinds: for rain two days running in October 2019, and for heat in June 2019 and July 2023.
Girona has 108,666 inhabitants and sits in the Prelitoral de Girona warning zone (Girona). Warnings are issued for the whole zone: it shares them with 5 other towns, such as Olot, Salt and Banyoles.
Girona's warning zone and its neighbours
AEMET doesn't warn by city but by zone: Girona gets the warnings for the Prelitoral de Girona 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.
- Prelitoral de Girona (Girona's zone): 66 days a year
- Litoral sur de Girona: 38 days a year
- Litoral de Barcelona: 54 days a year
- Prelitoral de Barcelona: 56 days a year
- Ampurdán: 67 days a year
- Depresión central de Barcelona: 72 days a year
- Prepirineo de Barcelona: 89 days a year
- Pirineo de Girona: 107 days a year
- Pirineo de Lleida: 123 days a year
Girona's bad-weather fingerprint
Each axis compares the warning days a year in Girona'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: cold (2×), rain (1.9×) and storms (1.9×).
Fewer than average: fog, wind 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 Girona, 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 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| Storms | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Wind | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.9 | |||||
| Heat | 0.1 | 3.3 | 6.3 | 6.7 | ||||||||
| Cold | 6.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Snow | 0.9 | 0.4 | ||||||||||
| 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
7.9 warning days on average (0.9 orange or red). Mostly: cold and wind.
February
The quietest month1.9 warning days on average. Mostly: cold and rain.
March
2.0 warning days on average. Mostly: rain and storms.
April
3.1 warning days on average (0.1 orange or red). Mostly: rain and storms.
May
4.9 warning days on average (0.4 orange or red). Mostly: rain and storms.
June
1 red day since 20198.3 warning days on average (0.9 orange or red). Mostly: storms and rain.
July
1 red day since 201910 warning days on average (2.0 orange or red). Mostly: heat and storms.
August
The busiest month12 warning days on average (2.6 orange or red). Mostly: heat and storms.
September
6.7 warning days on average (1.6 orange or red). Mostly: rain and storms.
October
2 red days since 20193.4 warning days on average (0.4 orange or red). Mostly: rain and storms.
November
3.1 warning days on average (0.7 orange or red). Mostly: rain and storms.
December
2.4 warning days on average (0.6 orange or red). Mostly: rain 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 Girona are February and March: 1.9 and 2.0 warning days on average. The busiest is August, with 12.
February and March are the quietest months.
Summers: the heat
Girona has 16 heat-warning days a year (2.9 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 26 June to 17 August. The earliest one came on 22 May; the latest, on 29 August.
Red heat days since 2019: 28 June 2019 and 18 July 2023.
Yellow for heat needs 36 °C and red 42 °C.
Winters: cold, snow and wind
Winter (December to February) brings 12 warning days on average: rain (2.6), storms (0.7), wind (2.3), cold (7.3) and snow (1.3).
The yellow cold warning starts at lows of −4 °C; red, at −12 °C. Snow, at 2 cm in 24 hours.
Rain and storms
Girona has 37 rain-warning days and 30 storm-warning days a year. The months with the most rain warnings are September, August and June.
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: 22 October 2019 and 23 October 2019.
Here the rain thresholds are higher than inland: yellow needs 20 mm in an hour or 60 mm in 12 hours. Even so it is its most frequent warning.
Wind, fog and coast
Wind warnings: 3.7 days a year; yellow starts at gusts of 70 km/h.
Year by year
| Year | Warning days | Orange | Red | Mostly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 88 | 18 | 0 | heat and rain |
| 2025 | 75 | 19 | 0 | rain and storms |
| 2024 | 65 | 4 | 0 | rain and storms |
| 2023 | 73 | 9 | 1 | rain and storms |
| 2022 | 82 | 8 | 0 | storms and heat |
| 2021 | 52 | 7 | 0 | rain and storms |
| 2020 | 63 | 9 | 0 | rain and storms |
| 2019 | 55 | 11 | 3 | rain and storms |
2026, up to 26 October 2026. For the same stretch of the year, the 2019–2025 average is 60 days.
The year with the most warnings was 2022, with 82 days.
The worst days
Every red day since June 2018:
- 18 July 2023 heat
- 23 October 2019 rain
- 22 October 2019 rain
- 28 June 2019 heat
The longest run of consecutive warning days lasted 14 days, from 13 January 2022 to 26 January 2022.
When a warning is issued in Girona
| Yellow | Orange | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heat (high) | 36 °C | 39 °C | 42 °C |
| Cold (low) | −4 °C | −8 °C | −12 °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 Prelitoral de Girona 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.
Girona 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 Girona or are thinking of moving
- With 10 orange or red days a year, serious warnings come a few times a year, nearly always in the same seasons.
- Ask whether your street, ground floor or garage floods in heavy rain.
- Summer brings storms as well as heat: watch the warnings in August.
- January has its own bump in warnings.
In short
A rain-and-storm zone before a heat one, with the occasional strong water episode in autumn.
Frequently asked questions
When does it rain most in Girona?
Going by the warnings, the months with the most rain-warning days are September and August. On average there are 37 rain-warning days a year.
What's the best month to visit Girona?
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 Girona?
Yes: 4 red days since June 2018, the latest on 18 July 2023 (heat).
Does it get very hot in Girona?
There are 16 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 Girona
- Girona's warnings day by day since 2018
- The Prelitoral de Girona zone
- Today's and tomorrow's warnings in Girona
- 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
- Ciudad Real
- Cuenca
- Guadalajara
- Huelva
- Huesca
- Jaén
- León
- Lleida
- Lugo
- Ourense
- Palencia
- Segovia
- Soria
- Tarragona
- Teruel
- Toledo
- Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Zamora