ClimavisoBad weather in Granada
Updated 26 October 2026. Averages for 2019–2025; 2026 up to 26 October 2026.
Granada is heat, far more than snow: even with Sierra Nevada next door, most of its warnings come in summer.
56
warning days a year
Spain: 54
14
orange or red warning days
a year
5
red days
2019–2025
#81
of 182 zones
1 = most warnings
The Genil basin, Granada's zone, sets a high bar for heat (yellow needs 38 °C), and July and August still fill with warnings. Heat is by far its top reason.
The rest of the year is quiet: some storms and cold, little rain that reaches a warning. Sierra Nevada's snow has its own warning zone; in the city's zone, snow warnings are rare.
Granada has 233,975 inhabitants and sits in the Cuenca del Genil warning zone (Granada). Warnings are issued for the whole zone: it shares them with 15 other towns, such as Armilla, Maracena and Loja.
Granada's warning zone and its neighbours
AEMET doesn't warn by city but by zone: Granada gets the warnings for the Cuenca del Genil 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.
- Cuenca del Genil (Granada's zone): 56 days a year
- Nevada y Alpujarras: 20 days a year
- Axarquía: 26 days a year
- Antequera: 27 days a year
- Ronda: 29 days a year
- Costa granadina: 29 days a year
- Sierra sur de Sevilla: 31 days a year
- Nacimiento y Campo de Tabernas: 32 days a year
- Sol y Guadalhorce: 35 days a year
- Subbética cordobesa: 40 days a year
- Capital y Montes de Jaén: 43 days a year
- Sierra y Pedroches: 46 days a year
- Poniente y Almería Capital: 55 days a year
- Morena y Condado: 57 days a year
- Valle del Guadalquivir de Jaén: 59 days a year
- Guadix y Baza: 61 days a year
- Cazorla y Segura: 65 days a year
- Campiña cordobesa: 73 days a year
Granada's bad-weather fingerprint
Each axis compares the warning days a year in Granada'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: heat (2.4×) and cold (1.6×).
Fewer than average: fog, 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 Granada, 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 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | |||
| Storms | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.3 | |||
| Wind | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | |||||
| Heat | 0.6 | 5.4 | 16 | 14 | 0.4 | |||||||
| Cold | 3.9 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.7 | ||||||||
| Snow | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 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
4.6 warning days on average (0.1 orange or red). Mostly: cold and snow.
February
2.1 warning days on average. Mostly: cold and snow.
March
1.7 warning days on average. Mostly: wind and rain.
April
The quietest month0.7 warning days on average. Mostly: storms and rain.
May
1.9 warning days on average (0.1 orange or red). Mostly: storms and rain.
June
7.0 warning days on average (1.7 orange or red). Mostly: heat and storms.
July
The busiest month1 red day since 201917 warning days on average (6.3 orange or red). Mostly: heat and storms.
August
4 red days since 201914 warning days on average (5.4 orange or red). Mostly: heat and storms.
September
3.1 warning days on average. Mostly: storms and rain.
October
1.9 warning days on average (0.1 orange or red). Mostly: rain and storms.
November
1.3 warning days on average (0.3 orange or red). Mostly: rain and wind.
December
1.3 warning days on average. Mostly: cold 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 Granada are April and December: 0.7 and 1.3 warning days on average. The busiest is July, with 17.
April and December are the quietest months.
Summers: the heat
Granada has 37 heat-warning days a year (14 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 23 June to 27 August. The earliest one came on 19 May; the latest, on 18 September.
Red heat days since 2019: 13 August 2021, 14 August 2021, 15 August 2021, 11 July 2023 and 9 August 2023.
Granada's red days have all been for heat, in August 2021 and in July and August 2023.
Winters: cold, snow and wind
Winter (December to February) brings 8.0 warning days on average: wind (1.1), cold (5.6) 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
Granada has 6.3 rain-warning days and 9.0 storm-warning days a year. The months with the most rain warnings are October, June and September.
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: 3.0 days a year; yellow starts at gusts of 70 km/h.
Year by year
| Year | Warning days | Orange | Red | Mostly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 71 | 23 | 0 | heat and rain |
| 2025 | 70 | 19 | 0 | heat and storms |
| 2024 | 51 | 17 | 0 | heat and rain |
| 2023 | 82 | 16 | 2 | heat and cold |
| 2022 | 54 | 19 | 0 | heat and storms |
| 2021 | 41 | 8 | 3 | heat and storms |
| 2020 | 45 | 12 | 0 | heat and storms |
| 2019 | 52 | 3 | 0 | heat and storms |
2026, up to 26 October 2026. For the same stretch of the year, the 2019–2025 average is 54 days.
The year with the most warnings was 2023, with 82 days.
The worst days
Every red day since June 2018:
- 9 August 2023 heat
- 11 July 2023 heat
- 15 August 2021 heat
- 14 August 2021 heat
- 13 August 2021 heat
The longest run of consecutive warning days lasted 17 days, from 10 July 2022 to 26 July 2022.
When a warning is issued in Granada
| 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 Cuenca del Genil 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.
Granada 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 Granada or are thinking of moving
- With 14 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.
- Winter is quiet for warnings.
- If you're after snow, it's an hour away, in another warning zone.
In short
A demanding summer and a quiet rest of the year. Heat rules; the rest barely registers.
Frequently asked questions
When does it rain most in Granada?
Going by the warnings, the months with the most rain-warning days are October and June. On average there are 6.3 rain-warning days a year.
What's the best month to visit Granada?
If you want to dodge bad-weather warnings, April and December: they have the fewest warning days on average.
Have there been red warnings in Granada?
Yes: 5 red days since June 2018, the latest on 9 August 2023 (heat).
Does it get very hot in Granada?
There are 37 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 Granada
- Camino Mozárabe weather, stage by stage
- Granada's warnings day by day since 2018
- The Cuenca del Genil zone
- Today's and tomorrow's warnings in Granada
- How the year is going across Spain
- How warnings work
- Málaga vs Granada
- Sevilla vs Granada
- Córdoba vs Granada
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
- Córdoba
- Oviedo
- Pamplona
- San Sebastián
- Santander
- Salamanca
- Logroño
- Castellón de la Plana
- 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