ClimavisoBad weather in Ourense
Updated 26 October 2026. Averages for 2019–2025; 2026 up to 26 October 2026.
Ourense gets fewer warnings than most zones in Spain, but its summer by the Miño brings heat, and every red was for heat.
39
warning days a year
Spain: 54
6.1
orange or red warning days
a year
4
red days
2019–2025
#149
of 182 zones
1 = most warnings
In the Miño valley of Ourense, heat is the top reason for a warning, ahead of rain and storms. August and July are the busiest months; in August 2025 warnings ran back to back from the 2nd to the 17th.
The reds have all been for heat: 3 August 2018, four days running from 12 to 15 July 2022, and 18 August 2026. The rest of the year is quiet, with rain in autumn and winter.
Ourense sits in the Miño de Ourense warning zone (Ourense). Warnings are issued for the whole zone: it shares them with 1 other towns, such as Ribadavia.
Ourense's warning zone and its neighbours
AEMET doesn't warn by city but by zone: Ourense gets the warnings for the Miño de Ourense 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.
- Miño de Ourense (Ourense's zone): 39 days a year
- Valdeorras: 28 days a year
- Sur de Lugo: 35 days a year
- Noroeste de Ourense: 36 days a year
- Centro de Lugo: 39 days a year
- Interior de A Coruña: 40 days a year
- Montaña de Ourense: 42 days a year
- Montaña de Lugo: 43 days a year
- Sur de Ourense: 46 days a year
- Rias Baixas: 46 days a year
- Suroeste de A Coruña: 47 days a year
- Miño de Pontevedra: 48 days a year
- Interior de Pontevedra: 50 days a year
Ourense's bad-weather fingerprint
Each axis compares the warning days a year in Ourense'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.
Fewer than average: snow, fog and cold.
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 Ourense, 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 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
| Storms | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.6 | |||||
| Wind | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | ||||
| Heat | 0.4 | 1.9 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 1.0 | 0.1 | ||||||
| Cold | 0.7 |
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
2.6 warning days on average (0.1 orange or red). Mostly: wind and rain.
February
The quietest month0.7 warning days on average. Mostly: rain and wind.
March
1.0 warning days on average (0.3 orange or red). Mostly: rain and wind.
April
0.7 warning days on average. Mostly: storms and rain.
May
2.7 warning days on average (0.1 orange or red). Mostly: storms and rain.
June
5.0 warning days on average (0.6 orange or red). Mostly: rain and storms.
July
4 red days since 20197.3 warning days on average (2.3 orange or red). Mostly: heat and storms.
August
The busiest month8.4 warning days on average (2.4 orange or red). Mostly: heat and storms.
September
3.6 warning days on average. Mostly: rain and storms.
October
3.6 warning days on average (0.1 orange or red). Mostly: rain and wind.
November
1.7 warning days on average. Mostly: rain and wind.
December
1.9 warning days on average (0.1 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 Ourense are February and April: 0.7 and 0.7 warning days on average. The busiest is August, with 8.4.
February and April are the quietest months.
Summers: the heat
Ourense has 18 heat-warning days a year (5.1 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 23 June to 6 September. The earliest one came on 21 May; the latest, on 1 October.
Red heat days since 2019: 12 July 2022, 13 July 2022, 14 July 2022, 15 July 2022 and 18 August 2026.
Yellow for heat needs 36 °C and red 42 °C; the zone has reached red in several summers.
Winters: cold, snow and wind
Winter (December to February) brings 5.1 warning days on average: rain (2.4), wind (2.7) and cold (0.7).
The yellow cold warning starts at lows of −4 °C; red, at −12 °C. Snow, at 2 cm in 24 hours.
Rain and storms
Ourense has 16 rain-warning days and 8.9 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: 5.7 days a year; yellow starts at gusts of 70 km/h.
Year by year
| Year | Warning days | Orange | Red | Mostly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 65 | 11 | 1 | heat and rain |
| 2025 | 43 | 16 | 0 | heat and rain |
| 2024 | 35 | 5 | 0 | rain and heat |
| 2023 | 40 | 4 | 0 | rain and storms |
| 2022 | 48 | 8 | 4 | heat and rain |
| 2021 | 30 | 1 | 0 | rain and storms |
| 2020 | 52 | 4 | 0 | heat and rain |
| 2019 | 26 | 1 | 0 | rain and wind |
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 2020, with 52 days.
The worst days
Every red day since June 2018:
- 18 August 2026 heat
- 15 July 2022 heat
- 14 July 2022 heat
- 13 July 2022 heat
- 12 July 2022 heat
- 3 August 2018 heat
The longest run of consecutive warning days lasted 16 days, from 2 August 2025 to 17 August 2025.
When a warning is issued in Ourense
| 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 | 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 Miño de Ourense 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.
Ourense 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 Ourense or are thinking of moving
- With 6.1 orange or red days a year, serious warnings come a few times a year, nearly always in the same seasons.
- Plan around summer: a cool home and morning schedules in July and August.
- In autumn and winter, warnings are mostly for rain.
- Cold and snow barely feature here.
In short
A zone with few warnings and a summer that sometimes reaches red.
Frequently asked questions
When does it rain most in Ourense?
Going by the warnings, the months with the most rain-warning days are October and June. On average there are 16 rain-warning days a year.
What's the best month to visit Ourense?
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 Ourense?
Yes: 6 red days since June 2018, the latest on 18 August 2026 (heat).
Does it get very hot in Ourense?
There are 18 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 Ourense
- Vía de la Plata weather, stage by stage
- Ribeira Sacra weather, stretch by stretch
- Ourense's warnings day by day since 2018
- The Miño de Ourense zone
- Today's and tomorrow's warnings in Ourense
- 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
- Girona
- Guadalajara
- Huelva
- Huesca
- Jaén
- León
- Lleida
- Lugo
- Palencia
- Segovia
- Soria
- Tarragona
- Teruel
- Toledo
- Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Zamora