Weather in Barcelona

Calculated from weather data of Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (LEBL) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	13.5	14.8	13.4	13.3	12.3	14.0
February	14.6	16.0	13.3	15.3	15.0	16.1
March	16.1	16.3	17.5	14.9	15.0	16.0
April	17.6		18.3	17.6	16.3	17.6
May	21.1		20.8	22.3	20.0	22.8
June	25.6		25.6	26.8	25.6	24.1
July	28.1		28.1	28.6	27.3	28.0
August	28.6		28.6	29.6	27.1	28.8
September	25.7		26.1	26.1	26.0	25.5
October	22.2		23.3	23.1	21.3	21.0
November	17.4		18.0	18.8	16.0	18.1
December	14.7		15.1	14.3	15.1	14.0
Average	19.9	15.7	20.7	21.1	19.8	20.5

48th highest temperature of Spain

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.6	7	5	5	5	6
February	7.4	9	5	8	10	9
March	9.1	10	9	10	9	9
April	11.0		12	10	10	12
May	14.9		15	16	14	16
June	19.5		20	21	20	18
July	22.3		23	23	21	22
August	22.5		23	23	22	23
September	19.1		20	20	20	18
October	15.3		17	17	15	13
November	10.0		11	12	9	11
December	7.2		7	8	7	7
Average	13.0	8.5	13.9	14.4	13.4	13.7

45th lowest temperature of Spain

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	0	6	10	2	3
25 °C or warmer	0	105	105	92	89
20 °C or warmer	1	182	190	159	165
0 °C or colder	0	1	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.2	4	1	2	8	5
February	4.4	2	8	2	5	1
March	6.3	9	1	17	3	10
April	6.0		0	9	5	13
May	4.6		6	2	2	4
June	2.2		0	1	1	4
July	1.3		3	3	0	1
August	2.3		4	2	2	1
September	3.9		2	2	4	5
October	4.4		3	2	5	4
November	4.4		1	3	12	6
December	2.6		0	9	1	2
Average	4.0	5.2	2.6	4.3	3.6	4.6

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	17.5	15	18	15	19	20
February	16.8	18	18	15	17	18
March	18.5	17	20	21	16	20
April	17.8		18	20	16	18
May	16.1		15	15	18	17
June	15.8		15	15	16	15
July	15.3		15	15	17	14
August	15.7		16	16	15	16
September	16.0		16	15	17	15
October	15.4		17	14	15	16
November	16.6		17	16	17	17
December	15.9		16	13	16	18
Average	16.5	16.8	16.5	16.0	16.5	16.7

13th highest wind speed of Spain

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	NW	NW	NW	NW	N
February	W	NW	W	SW	SW
March	SW	SW	NE	SE	NE
April		SW	W	E	E
May		S	S	SW	S
June		S	S	S	S
July		S	S	S	S
August		S	SW	SE	S
September		SE	E	S	SW
October		SW	SE	SW	W
November		W	NW	NW	NW
December		W	NW	NW	NW

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Barcelona weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Barcelona?

The warmest month is August with an average temperature of 29 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Barcelona?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 14 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Barcelona?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in March with a probability of around 6.4 %.

Which month is the driest in Barcelona?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in July. The probability is about 1.4 %.