ClimavisoSpain in August: where the bad weather is, and where it isn't
Averages for 2019–2025, from official warnings. Updated 26 October 2026.
August is the busiest month of the year, by a whisker over July. Heat above all, afternoon storms inland, and some of the worst days in the archive: on 14 August 2021, 24 zones were on red at once.
1,504
zone-days with a warning
in an average August
49
zones with a warning
on a typical day, of 182
5.1
days with a red somewhere
in Spain, on average
1st
busiest month
of the 12
What August brings
Zone-days with each warning type, 2019–2025 average. A day with rain and storms counts in both.
Where the warnings fall in August
| Zone | Towns | Warning days | Of which orange or red | Mostly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campiña cordobesa Córdoba | Córdoba, Palma del Río, Fernán Núñez | 19 | 9.7 | heat and storms |
| La Mancha albaceteña Albacete | Albacete, Villarrobledo, La Roda | 18 | 3.6 | heat and storms |
| Serranía de Cuenca Cuenca | Cuenca | 18 | 3.9 | heat and storms |
| Pirineo de Lleida Lleida | Tremp, el Pont de Suert, Sort | 18 | 5.0 | heat and storms |
| Valle del Guadalquivir de Jaén Jaén | Jaén, Úbeda, Martos | 17 | 8.7 | heat and storms |
| Depresión central de Lleida Lleida | Lleida, Tàrrega, Balaguer | 17 | 6.0 | heat and storms |
| Ribera del Ebro de Zaragoza Zaragoza | Zaragoza, Utebo, Caspe | 16 | 6.9 | heat and storms |
| Sur, Vegas y Oeste Madrid | Parla, Valdemoro, Aranjuez | 16 | 5.0 | heat and storms |
| Pirineo oscense Huesca | Sabiñánigo, Graus, Boltaña | 16 | 5.7 | storms and heat |
| Morena y Condado Jaén | Linares, Andújar, Bailén | 16 | 7.1 | heat and storms |
2019–2025 average of warning days in August for each zone.
The calmest places in August
| Zone | Towns | Warning days | Of which orange or red | Mostly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costa granadina Granada | Motril, Almuñécar, Salobreña | 0.6 | 0.0 | wind and heat |
| A Mariña Lugo | Burela, Mondoñedo, Ribadeo | 0.7 | 0.1 | wind and storms |
| Oeste de A Coruña A Coruña | Camariñas, Cee, Corcubión | 0.9 | 0.0 | rain and wind |
| Noroeste de A Coruña A Coruña | A Coruña, Ares, Arteixo | 0.9 | 0.1 | rain and storms |
| Litoral occidental asturiano Asturias | Avilés, Corvera de Asturias, Valdés | 0.9 | 0.1 | rain and storms |
| Levante almeriense Almería | Vera, Garrucha | 1.3 | 0.3 | heat and rain |
| Interior de Pontevedra Pontevedra | A Estrada, Cuntis, Lalín | 1.4 | 0.0 | heat and storms |
| Litoral oriental asturiano Asturias | Gijón / Xixón, Villaviciosa, Llanes | 1.6 | 0.1 | rain and storms |
| Interior de A Coruña A Coruña | Santa Comba, Arzúa, As Pontes de García Rodríguez | 1.7 | 0.1 | heat and storms |
| Nevada y Alpujarras Granada | Padul, Órgiva | 1.7 | 0.1 | heat and rain |
The zones with the fewest warning days in August. Ceuta and Melilla, each a single city, are left off the list.
The cities in August
| City | Warning days in August | Orange or red | Mostly |
|---|---|---|---|
| Córdoba | 19 | 9.7 | heat and storms |
| Albacete | 18 | 3.6 | heat and storms |
| Cuenca | 18 | 3.9 | heat and storms |
| Jaén | 17 | 8.7 | heat and storms |
| Lleida | 17 | 6.0 | heat and storms |
| Zaragoza | 16 | 6.9 | heat and storms |
| Madrid | 16 | 4.7 | heat and storms |
| Granada | 14 | 5.4 | heat and storms |
| Toledo | 14 | 6.9 | heat and storms |
| Sevilla | 14 | 7.0 | heat and rain |
| Huesca | 14 | 3.6 | heat and storms |
| Badajoz | 13 | 6.4 | heat and storms |
| Teruel | 13 | 2.3 | storms and heat |
| Girona | 12 | 2.6 | heat and storms |
| Guadalajara | 12 | 2.4 | heat and storms |
| Logroño | 11 | 4.4 | heat and storms |
| Ciudad Real | 11 | 4.7 | heat and storms |
| Murcia | 10 | 4.0 | heat and storms |
| Palma | 10 | 3.0 | heat and storms |
| Pamplona | 10 | 3.0 | heat and storms |
| Ibiza | 9.7 | 2.9 | heat and rain |
| Soria | 9.4 | 1.0 | storms and heat |
| Cáceres | 8.9 | 3.4 | heat and storms |
| Valladolid | 8.6 | 2.6 | heat and storms |
| Ourense | 8.4 | 2.4 | heat and storms |
| Segovia | 8.1 | 0.9 | heat and storms |
| Zamora | 8.0 | 2.7 | heat and storms |
| Salamanca | 7.6 | 2.0 | heat and storms |
| Ávila | 7.6 | 0.4 | heat and storms |
| Barcelona | 7.4 | 1.4 | rain and storms |
| Huelva | 7.4 | 2.6 | heat and rain |
| València | 7.3 | 1.9 | heat and storms |
| Alicante | 7.3 | 1.7 | heat and storms |
| Burgos | 7.0 | 0.7 | heat and storms |
| Palencia | 6.9 | 0.9 | heat and storms |
| Tarragona | 6.7 | 1.4 | rain and storms |
| Almería | 6.3 | 0.4 | heat and storms |
| Dénia | 6.1 | 1.9 | heat and storms |
| Vitoria-Gasteiz | 6.0 | 1.7 | heat and storms |
| Málaga | 5.9 | 2.3 | heat and rain |
| Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 5.7 | 1.6 | heat and dust |
| Castellón de la Plana | 5.6 | 1.1 | storms and rain |
| Bilbao | 5.4 | 1.7 | heat and rain |
| San Sebastián | 5.1 | 1.1 | rain and storms |
| León | 4.9 | 0.4 | heat and storms |
| Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | 4.0 | 1.6 | heat and dust |
| Santander | 3.3 | 0.7 | rain and storms |
| Cádiz | 2.7 | 0.3 | heat and wind |
| Vigo | 2.3 | 0.3 | heat and rain |
| Lugo | 2.0 | 0.3 | heat and storms |
| Oviedo | 1.7 | 0.3 | rain and storms |
| Gijón | 1.6 | 0.1 | rain and storms |
| Avilés | 0.9 | 0.1 | rain and storms |
| A Coruña | 0.9 | 0.1 | rain and storms |
Each name links to its guide, at the August section.
By region
| Region | Warning days per zone | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Comunidad de Madrid | 15 | heat and storms |
| Aragón | 14 | heat and storms |
| Castilla - La Mancha | 13 | heat and storms |
| Extremadura | 11 | heat and storms |
| Cataluña | 10 | storms and heat |
| La Rioja | 9.7 | heat and storms |
| Illes Balears | 9.7 | heat and storms |
| Comunidad Foral de Navarra | 9.4 | heat and storms |
| Comunitat Valenciana | 8.2 | heat and storms |
| Andalucía | 7.8 | heat and storms |
| Región de Murcia | 7.7 | heat and storms |
| Castilla y León | 7.4 | heat and storms |
| Canarias | 6.7 | heat and wind |
| País Vasco | 5.4 | heat and storms |
| Cantabria | 4.1 | storms and rain |
| Galicia | 3.0 | heat and storms |
| Principado de Asturias | 2.0 | rain and storms |
| Ciudad de Melilla | 1.0 | heat |
| Ciudad de Ceuta | 0.7 | heat |
August days to remember
The days in August with the most zones on red since June 2018:
- 14 August 2021: 24 zones on red, for heat.
- 17 August 2025: 22 zones on red, for heat.
- 15 August 2021: 19 zones on red, for heat.
- 11 August 2023: 13 zones on red, for heat.
- 9 August 2023: 12 zones on red, for heat.
August 2026
August 2026 added up to 1,778 zone-days with a warning: more than the 2019–2025 average (1,504).
Festivals in August
Camino de Santiago
- The Camino de Santiago in August
- Long-distance trails in August
- Road trips in August
- Cycling routes in August
The twelve months
Zone-days with a warning in each month, 2019–2025 average. The highlighted month is August.
How to read these numbers
A zone-day is one warning zone with a warning on one day: Spain has 182 zones, so ten zones warned on the same day make ten. Each zone has its own thresholds, so a warning doesn't mean the same everywhere. And a warning is a forecast, not damage or a measurement: we count when and where warnings were issued, not how much rain fell or how hot it got.