ClimavisoBad weather in Salamanca
Updated 26 October 2026. Averages for 2019–2025; 2026 up to 26 October 2026.
Salamanca is pure Meseta: heat in summer, fog and cold in winter, and no red warning in the last eight years.
59
warning days a year
Spain: 54
6.4
orange or red warning days
a year
0
red days
2019–2025
#73
of 182 zones
1 = most warnings
The Salamanca plateau spreads its warnings across summer heat, storms, wind, fog and cold. January is its busiest month, for fog and hard frosts.
What's missing is extremes: in the last eight years, no red warning. Plenty of yellow, some orange and a steadiness other cities would envy.
Salamanca has 146,110 inhabitants and sits in the Meseta de Salamanca warning zone (Salamanca). Warnings are issued for the whole zone: it shares them with 7 other towns, such as Santa Marta de Tormes, Ciudad Rodrigo and Villamayor.
Salamanca's warning zone and its neighbours
AEMET doesn't warn by city but by zone: Salamanca gets the warnings for the Meseta de Salamanca 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.
- Meseta de Salamanca (Salamanca's zone): 59 days a year
- Meseta cacereña: 40 days a year
- Montaña de Ourense: 42 days a year
- Sur de Ourense: 46 days a year
- Montes de Toledo: 47 days a year
- Meseta de Ávila: 52 days a year
- Sur de Salamanca: 53 days a year
- Sierra de San Vicente: 53 days a year
- Villuercas y Montánchez: 53 days a year
- Tajo y Alagón: 53 days a year
- Sistema Central de Salamanca: 54 days a year
- Valle del Tajo: 58 days a year
- Meseta de Palencia: 59 days a year
- Meseta de Segovia: 60 days a year
- Sur de Ávila: 63 days a year
- Meseta de Zamora: 63 days a year
- Meseta de Burgos: 64 days a year
- Meseta de Valladolid: 65 days a year
- Norte de Cáceres: 65 days a year
- Sur, Vegas y Oeste: 70 days a year
- Sistema Central de Ávila: 73 days a year
- Sistema Central de Segovia: 74 days a year
- Sierra de Madrid: 78 days a year
Salamanca's bad-weather fingerprint
Each axis compares the warning days a year in Salamanca'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 (7.9×) and cold (2.1×).
Fewer than average: snow 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 Salamanca, 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 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |||
| Storms | 0.1 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
| Wind | 2.4 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | |
| Heat | 2.6 | 8.1 | 6.4 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Cold | 6.1 | 1.6 | 0.4 | |||||||||
| Snow | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Fog | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 4.6 |
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
The busiest month12 warning days on average (0.7 orange or red). Mostly: cold and fog.
February
3.0 warning days on average. Mostly: cold and wind.
March
3.1 warning days on average (0.6 orange or red). Mostly: wind and cold.
April
The quietest month1.7 warning days on average. Mostly: storms and rain.
May
2.4 warning days on average. Mostly: storms and rain.
June
6.0 warning days on average (0.7 orange or red). Mostly: storms and heat.
July
9.0 warning days on average (1.6 orange or red). Mostly: heat and storms.
August
7.6 warning days on average (2.0 orange or red). Mostly: heat and storms.
September
1.9 warning days on average (0.1 orange or red). Mostly: rain and storms.
October
3.0 warning days on average (0.1 orange or red). Mostly: wind and rain.
November
2.7 warning days on average (0.1 orange or red). Mostly: wind and fog.
December
6.1 warning days on average (0.4 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 Salamanca are April and September: 1.7 and 1.9 warning days on average. The busiest is January, with 12.
April and September are the quietest months.
Summers: the heat
Salamanca has 17 heat-warning days a year (3.1 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 25 June to 12 August. The earliest one came on 9 June; the latest, on 18 September.
Winters: cold, snow and wind
Winter (December to February) brings 21 warning days on average: wind (4.7), cold (7.7), snow (0.7) and fog (9.0).
The yellow cold warning starts at lows of −6 °C; red, at −14 °C. Snow, at 2 cm in 24 hours.
Here the cold warning needs lows of −6 °C: ordinary frosts don't count, only hard ones.
Rain and storms
Salamanca has 9.0 rain-warning days and 12 storm-warning days a year. The months with the most rain warnings are June, September and May.
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: 12 days a year; yellow starts at gusts of 70 km/h.
Fog: 9.4 days a year, always yellow (fog has no higher level).
Year by year
| Year | Warning days | Orange | Red | Mostly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 60 | 3 | 0 | heat and storms |
| 2025 | 71 | 6 | 0 | heat and storms |
| 2024 | 60 | 6 | 0 | fog and heat |
| 2023 | 71 | 5 | 0 | storms and fog |
| 2022 | 52 | 11 | 0 | heat and cold |
| 2021 | 53 | 7 | 0 | cold and wind |
| 2020 | 60 | 3 | 0 | heat and storms |
| 2019 | 43 | 7 | 0 | wind and rain |
2026, up to 26 October 2026. For the same stretch of the year, the 2019–2025 average is 49 days.
The year with the most warnings was 2023, with 71 days.
The worst days
Salamanca 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 15 days, from 3 August 2025 to 17 August 2025.
When a warning is issued in Salamanca
| Yellow | Orange | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heat (high) | 36 °C | 39 °C | 42 °C |
| Cold (low) | −6 °C | −10 °C | −14 °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 Meseta de Salamanca 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.
Salamanca 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 Salamanca or are thinking of moving
- With 6.4 orange or red days a year, serious warnings come a few times a year, nearly always in the same seasons.
- In winter, fog and frost: plan for them on early drives.
- Summer brings heat and storms, nearly always yellow.
- No red warning since 2018.
In short
A city of frequent, moderate warnings, among the steadiest on this list.
Frequently asked questions
When does it rain most in Salamanca?
Going by the warnings, the months with the most rain-warning days are June and September. On average there are 9.0 rain-warning days a year.
What's the best month to visit Salamanca?
If you want to dodge bad-weather warnings, April and September: they have the fewest warning days on average.
Have there been red warnings in Salamanca?
No. Since June 2018 there hasn't been a single red warning in Salamanca's zone.
Does it get very hot in Salamanca?
There are 17 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 Salamanca
- Vía de la Plata weather, stage by stage
- Salamanca's warnings day by day since 2018
- The Meseta de Salamanca zone
- Today's and tomorrow's warnings in Salamanca
- How the year is going across Spain
- How warnings work
- Valladolid vs Salamanca
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
- 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