ClimavisoBad weather in Vigo
Updated 26 October 2026. Averages for 2019–2025; 2026 up to 26 October 2026.
In Vigo, warning almost means rain: it's by far its top reason for a warning, and the zone hasn't had a single red warning in the last eight years.
46
warning days a year
Spain: 54
5.1
orange or red warning days
a year
0
red days
2019–2025
#122
of 182 zones
1 = most warnings
In the Rías Baixas, heavy rain brings more warnings than everything else put together, mostly from October to January.
The rest of the year is gentle. Heat barely reaches warning level, storms are rare and summer is the calmest season.
Vigo sits in the Rias Baixas warning zone (Pontevedra). Warnings are issued for the whole zone: it shares them with 16 other towns, such as Baiona, Bueu and Caldas de Reis.
Vigo's warning zone and its neighbours
AEMET doesn't warn by city but by zone: Vigo gets the warnings for the Rias Baixas 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.
- Rias Baixas (Vigo's zone): 46 days a year
- Noroeste de Ourense: 36 days a year
- Miño de Ourense: 39 days a year
- Centro de Lugo: 39 days a year
- Interior de A Coruña: 40 days a year
- Oeste de A Coruña: 43 days a year
- Sur de Ourense: 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
Vigo's bad-weather fingerprint
Each axis compares the warning days a year in Vigo'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: rain (1.8×).
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 Vigo, 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 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| Storms | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |||||
| Wind | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.1 | |
| Heat | 0.1 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 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
5.9 warning days on average (1.0 orange or red). Mostly: rain and wind.
February
2.1 warning days on average (0.7 orange or red). Mostly: wind and rain.
March
2.6 warning days on average (0.3 orange or red). Mostly: rain and wind.
April
2.4 warning days on average. Mostly: rain and storms.
May
2.4 warning days on average. Mostly: rain and storms.
June
The quietest month1.1 warning days on average (0.1 orange or red). Mostly: rain and storms.
July
3.6 warning days on average (0.6 orange or red). Mostly: heat and rain.
August
2.3 warning days on average (0.3 orange or red). Mostly: heat and rain.
September
2.9 warning days on average (0.3 orange or red). Mostly: rain and storms.
October
The busiest month7.4 warning days on average (0.7 orange or red). Mostly: rain and wind.
November
6.4 warning days on average (0.4 orange or red). Mostly: rain and wind.
December
6.6 warning days on average (0.7 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 Vigo are June and April: 1.1 and 2.4 warning days on average. The busiest is October, with 7.4.
June and April have the fewest warnings.
Summers: the heat
Vigo has 5.3 heat-warning days a year (0.9 of them orange or red). Yellow starts at a forecast high of 34 °C; orange at 37 °C; red at 40 °C.
The heat-warning season usually runs from 12 July to 10 August. The earliest one came on 17 June; the latest, on 13 September.
Winters: cold, snow and wind
Winter (December to February) brings 15 warning days on average: rain (11), wind (6.9) and cold (0.7).
The yellow cold warning starts at lows of −1 °C; red, at −8 °C. Snow, at 2 cm in 24 hours.
Rain and storms
Vigo has 34 rain-warning days and 3.4 storm-warning days a year. The months with the most rain warnings are October, December and November.
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.
Warnings come when a lot of water is forecast in a few hours: everyday rain doesn't count.
Wind, fog and coast
Wind warnings: 14 days a year; yellow starts at gusts of 80 km/h.
Year by year
| Year | Warning days | Orange | Red | Mostly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 49 | 8 | 0 | rain and storms |
| 2025 | 54 | 4 | 0 | rain and wind |
| 2024 | 41 | 4 | 0 | rain and wind |
| 2023 | 50 | 3 | 0 | rain and wind |
| 2022 | 49 | 8 | 0 | rain and wind |
| 2021 | 42 | 6 | 0 | rain and wind |
| 2020 | 47 | 6 | 0 | rain and wind |
| 2019 | 37 | 5 | 0 | rain and wind |
2026, up to 26 October 2026. For the same stretch of the year, the 2019–2025 average is 31 days.
The year with the most warnings was 2025, with 54 days.
The worst days
Vigo 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 8 days, from 16 October 2022 to 23 October 2022.
When a warning is issued in Vigo
| Yellow | Orange | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heat (high) | 34 °C | 37 °C | 40 °C |
| Cold (low) | −1 °C | −4 °C | −8 °C |
| Wind (gusts) | 80 km/h | 100 km/h | 140 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 Rias Baixas 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.
Vigo 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 Vigo or are thinking of moving
- With 5.1 orange or red days a year, serious warnings come a few times a year, nearly always in the same seasons.
- From autumn to winter, rain warnings are frequent: a raincoat and patience.
- Wind warnings come in the same season, from October to March.
- Summer is quiet: almost no warnings.
In short
A city of rain warnings and few scares: plenty of rain that reaches a warning, and no red.
Frequently asked questions
When does it rain most in Vigo?
Going by the warnings, the months with the most rain-warning days are October and December. On average there are 34 rain-warning days a year.
What's the best month to visit Vigo?
If you want to dodge bad-weather warnings, June and April: they have the fewest warning days on average.
Have there been red warnings in Vigo?
No. Since June 2018 there hasn't been a single red warning in Vigo's zone.
Does it get very hot in Vigo?
There are 5.3 heat-warning days a year on average. The yellow warning here starts at a forecast high of 34 °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 Vigo
- Camino Portugués weather, stage by stage
- Vigo's warnings day by day since 2018
- The Rias Baixas zone
- Today's and tomorrow's warnings in Pontevedra
- How the year is going across Spain
- How warnings work
- Vigo vs A Coruña
Other cities
- Madrid
- Barcelona
- València
- Sevilla
- Zaragoza
- Málaga
- Bilbao
- Alicante
- Gijón
- Avilés
- Murcia
- Palma
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Valladolid
- 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
- Ourense
- Palencia
- Segovia
- Soria
- Tarragona
- Teruel
- Toledo
- Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Zamora