Vitoria-Gasteiz climate — normals and trends
Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 777 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is August (18.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Vitoria-Gasteiz averages 40 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Vitoria-Gasteiz has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 58 to 22 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.2 °C (on 24 August 2023) and the coldest -17.0 °C (on 28 January 1947).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Vitoria-GasteizBasque Country
- coords
- 42.85°, -2.67°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.0°C
Average daily high
15.7°C
Average daily low
6.9°C
Annual rainfall
777mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
14.9km/h
Seasonal range
14.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
40 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
41.1 cm
Average feels-like high
14.1 °C
Average feels-like low
5.0 °C
Average peak gust
35.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
40.2 °C
24 August 2023
Coldest day
-17.0 °C
28 January 1947
Wettest day
63 mm
26 July 1983
Windiest day
47.6 km/h
4 October 1984
Strongest gust
109.4 km/h
11 December 2017
Hottest feels-like
40.3 °C
9 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-21.7 °C
28 January 1947
Snowiest day
23.4 cm
17 February 1972
Sunniest day
14.8 h
27 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.7 °C | +3.0 °C | 85 mm | +9 mm |
| Feb | 12.9 °C | +3.7 °C | 46 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 11.4 °C | -0.7 °C | 104 mm | +33 mm |
| Apr | 17.1 °C | +3.2 °C | 104 mm | +21 mm |
| May | 18.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 92 mm | +15 mm |
| Jun | 26.7 °C | +5.7 °C | 41 mm | -17 mm |
| Jul | 25.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 41 mm | +6 mm |
| Aug | 28.7 °C | +4.4 °C | 25 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 23.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 43 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 20.4 °C | +3.1 °C | 27 mm | -39 mm |
| Nov | 13.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 101 mm | +20 mm |
| Dec | 10.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 56 mm | -21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vitoria-Gasteiz?
Vitoria-Gasteiz has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 777 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vitoria-Gasteiz?
The hottest day measured in Vitoria-Gasteiz between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 2023, reaching 40.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vitoria-Gasteiz?
The coldest day measured in Vitoria-Gasteiz between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1947, at -17.0 °C.
Does it snow in Vitoria-Gasteiz?
Yes. Vitoria-Gasteiz gets on average 41.1 cm of snow per year and has around 40 frost days.
Has the climate of Vitoria-Gasteiz warmed?
Yes: Vitoria-Gasteiz warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vitoria-Gasteiz?
The wettest day measured in Vitoria-Gasteiz between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1983, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vitoria-Gasteiz?
The windiest day measured in Vitoria-Gasteiz between 1940 and 2025 was 4 October 1984, with winds reaching 47.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vitoria-Gasteiz?
The warmest month in Vitoria-Gasteiz is August (18.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Vitoria-Gasteiz?
Vitoria-Gasteiz receives on average 777 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vitoria-Gasteiz?
Vitoria-Gasteiz gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Vitoria-Gasteiz?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vitoria-Gasteiz between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 1972, with 23.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vitoria-Gasteiz?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vitoria-Gasteiz?
In Vitoria-Gasteiz, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 9 August 2023, and the lowest was -21.7 °C on 28 January 1947.
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