Vitoria-Gasteiz climate — normals and trends

Q: 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.

Q: 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.

Q: 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.

Q: 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.

Q: Has the climate of Vitoria-Gasteiz warmed?

Yes: Vitoria-Gasteiz warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: 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.

Q: 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.

Q: 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).

Q: 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.

Q: 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.

Vitoria-Gasteiz has a temperate oceanic climate, averaging 11.0 °C annually with 777 mm of rain per year.

Climate normals · ERA5

Vitoria-GasteizBasque Country

coords: 42.85°, -2.67°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfbTemperate oceanicWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

The normals for this period

The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.

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?

What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.

+2.4 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

Climate month by month

How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.

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

The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.

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

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	39.1 °C11 August 2025	-4.5 °C19 January 2025	12.8 °C	765 mm	36	20
2024	37.4 °C11 August 2024	-4.7 °C20 January 2024	12.5 °C	890 mm	19	15
2023	40.2 °C24 August 2023	-4.4 °C11 February 2023	13.1 °C	867 mm	27	36
2022	38.5 °C18 July 2022	-5.6 °C15 January 2022	13.0 °C	631 mm	37	34
2021	34.0 °C22 July 2021	-5.2 °C8 January 2021	11.6 °C	884 mm	13	27
2020	35.8 °C7 August 2020	-3.2 °C2 January 2020	12.4 °C	761 mm	18	19
2019	35.4 °C29 June 2019	-5.4 °C4 February 2019	12.0 °C	852 mm	17	26
2018	33.8 °C6 August 2018	-6.6 °C27 February 2018	11.8 °C	998 mm	5	21
2017	34.5 °C21 August 2017	-6.3 °C3 December 2017	12.2 °C	659 mm	18	35
2016	35.5 °C19 July 2016	-5.6 °C17 February 2016	11.8 °C	792 mm	21	20
2015	33.6 °C3 July 2015	-6.6 °C6 February 2015	12.0 °C	752 mm	19	27
2014	34.5 °C17 July 2014	-5.3 °C30 December 2014	12.5 °C	720 mm	8	12
2013	34.3 °C1 August 2013	-4.3 °C28 November 2013	11.3 °C	1,077 mm	7	28
2012	36.3 °C10 August 2012	-5.6 °C11 February 2012	11.5 °C	731 mm	14	35
2011	34.1 °C20 August 2011	-4.8 °C24 January 2011	12.3 °C	553 mm	11	17
2010	34.6 °C26 August 2010	-7.7 °C10 January 2010	10.9 °C	720 mm	8	47
2009	33.8 °C21 July 2009	-13.3 °C20 December 2009	11.6 °C	727 mm	10	36
2008	32.0 °C23 July 2008	-4.7 °C1 January 2008	11.3 °C	930 mm	6	21
2007	34.3 °C4 August 2007	-5.6 °C17 November 2007	11.3 °C	707 mm	10	26
2006	33.0 °C5 September 2006	-5.5 °C29 January 2006	12.4 °C	639 mm	12	43
2005	33.1 °C14 July 2005	-8.7 °C1 March 2005	11.1 °C	718 mm	9	56
2004	32.0 °C15 August 2004	-6.1 °C1 March 2004	11.4 °C	724 mm	5	35
2003	35.7 °C4 August 2003	-6.6 °C14 January 2003	12.5 °C	727 mm	23	28
2002	31.6 °C19 July 2002	-1.5 °C8 January 2002	11.7 °C	745 mm	3	12
2001	34.3 °C25 June 2001	-9.4 °C25 December 2001	11.6 °C	570 mm	13	31
2000	32.6 °C10 August 2000	-5.7 °C26 January 2000	11.8 °C	698 mm	12	30
1999	33.5 °C24 August 1999	-5.5 °C13 February 1999	11.5 °C	795 mm	7	37
1998	35.1 °C9 August 1998	-5.2 °C26 January 1998	11.6 °C	640 mm	13	31
1997	30.6 °C3 August 1997	-4.6 °C7 January 1997	12.6 °C	725 mm	3	21
1996	33.4 °C22 July 1996	-7.8 °C24 February 1996	11.1 °C	952 mm	2	30
1995	34.9 °C19 July 1995	-4.2 °C15 December 1995	12.2 °C	643 mm	7	23
1994	34.0 °C3 August 1994	-10.0 °C19 January 1994	11.9 °C	670 mm	14	22
1993	33.4 °C20 August 1993	-7.9 °C25 February 1993	10.7 °C	768 mm	10	40
1992	32.9 °C26 July 1992	-4.2 °C6 January 1992	10.9 °C	885 mm	12	43
1991	33.7 °C28 August 1991	-6.9 °C15 February 1991	10.8 °C	735 mm	13	43
1990	33.5 °C21 July 1990	-6.2 °C21 December 1990	11.8 °C	696 mm	13	36
1989	35.0 °C20 July 1989	-6.9 °C3 January 1989	12.1 °C	549 mm	6	35
1988	34.1 °C7 September 1988	-11.2 °C3 March 1988	11.2 °C	743 mm	5	35
1987	35.0 °C13 August 1987	-8.7 °C15 January 1987	11.4 °C	738 mm	17	41
1986	34.9 °C16 August 1986	-8.0 °C11 February 1986	10.7 °C	750 mm	7	38
1985	33.5 °C25 July 1985	-14.4 °C9 January 1985	10.8 °C	658 mm	6	49
1984	32.6 °C23 July 1984	-5.5 °C2 March 1984	10.3 °C	919 mm	13	39
1983	32.3 °C30 July 1983	-14.1 °C15 February 1983	11.2 °C	805 mm	7	43
1982	35.6 °C8 July 1982	-2.5 °C2 February 1982	11.3 °C	765 mm	7	15
1981	34.6 °C29 July 1981	-7.1 °C20 December 1981	11.0 °C	752 mm	5	52
1980	31.1 °C22 July 1980	-9.5 °C30 December 1980	10.2 °C	955 mm	5	44
1979	30.5 °C9 July 1979	-7.6 °C23 December 1979	10.4 °C	923 mm	1	40
1978	31.3 °C16 July 1978	-9.0 °C14 February 1978	10.6 °C	909 mm	5	30
1977	29.3 °C15 August 1977	-4.0 °C10 January 1977	10.5 °C	1,003 mm	0	27
1976	32.1 °C15 July 1976	-4.9 °C17 February 1976	10.3 °C	850 mm	3	43
1975	33.1 °C13 July 1975	-11.2 °C23 December 1975	10.3 °C	880 mm	10	50
1974	33.7 °C15 August 1974	-7.3 °C5 March 1974	10.2 °C	920 mm	9	33
1973	33.3 °C10 August 1973	-8.5 °C4 February 1973	10.2 °C	810 mm	8	65
1972	28.9 °C6 August 1972	-9.7 °C4 January 1972	9.7 °C	1,045 mm	0	33
1971	32.0 °C16 August 1971	-15.8 °C3 January 1971	10.4 °C	1,005 mm	4	48
1970	31.2 °C7 September 1970	-7.1 °C31 December 1970	10.6 °C	814 mm	3	44
1969	32.5 °C7 August 1969	-7.5 °C9 February 1969	10.4 °C	951 mm	6	45
1968	34.4 °C30 June 1968	-7.6 °C11 January 1968	10.9 °C	822 mm	6	26
1967	31.8 °C19 July 1967	-9.1 °C16 January 1967	10.4 °C	868 mm	4	42
1966	32.8 °C12 August 1966	-5.0 °C17 January 1966	10.4 °C	1,059 mm	7	26
1965	33.9 °C5 August 1965	-8.1 °C3 March 1965	9.8 °C	840 mm	7	55
1964	33.2 °C16 July 1964	-8.0 °C21 December 1964	10.3 °C	655 mm	15	70
1963	29.4 °C23 July 1963	-10.7 °C5 February 1963	9.4 °C	739 mm	0	72
1962	33.7 °C13 August 1962	-9.3 °C25 December 1962	10.2 °C	782 mm	13	59
1961	30.0 °C28 August 1961	-4.9 °C21 December 1961	11.3 °C	803 mm	2	23
1960	30.5 °C22 August 1960	-7.9 °C16 January 1960	10.4 °C	936 mm	1	38
1959	29.2 °C4 July 1959	-3.7 °C12 January 1959	10.9 °C	842 mm	0	17
1958	30.9 °C31 July 1958	-4.5 °C23 January 1958	10.6 °C	917 mm	3	35
1957	31.4 °C3 July 1957	-16.0 °C18 January 1957	10.1 °C	626 mm	3	47
1956	30.3 °C26 July 1956	-15.3 °C16 February 1956	9.1 °C	741 mm	1	65
1955	30.7 °C16 August 1955	-8.8 °C12 March 1955	10.7 °C	652 mm	2	53
1954	29.4 °C12 August 1954	-12.4 °C1 February 1954	9.5 °C	799 mm	0	59
1953	31.8 °C12 August 1953	-9.7 °C16 January 1953	9.8 °C	678 mm	4	69
1952	32.1 °C12 August 1952	-10.8 °C23 January 1952	10.3 °C	784 mm	5	65
1951	32.9 °C28 July 1951	-6.8 °C27 January 1951	10.1 °C	814 mm	3	45
1950	35.1 °C29 June 1950	-9.4 °C26 January 1950	10.9 °C	668 mm	5	49
1949	31.8 °C8 August 1949	-7.3 °C13 December 1949	10.5 °C	675 mm	8	59
1948	31.8 °C27 July 1948	-7.4 °C22 February 1948	10.7 °C	594 mm	5	30
1947	33.7 °C1 August 1947	-17.0 °C28 January 1947	11.2 °C	760 mm	17	51
1946	34.7 °C3 August 1946	-9.8 °C23 December 1946	10.1 °C	695 mm	9	66
1945	35.5 °C21 July 1945	-10.5 °C13 January 1945	11.0 °C	552 mm	19	61
1944	35.1 °C1 August 1944	-12.6 °C23 February 1944	9.8 °C	691 mm	13	78
1943	34.7 °C17 August 1943	-5.2 °C22 November 1943	10.8 °C	603 mm	18	54
1942	33.6 °C25 July 1942	-15.1 °C13 January 1942	10.2 °C	694 mm	12	68
1941	37.0 °C25 July 1941	-16.2 °C12 January 1941	9.7 °C	758 mm	15	65
1940	31.5 °C9 August 1940	-14.5 °C19 January 1940	9.8 °C	712 mm	2	61

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

18.3 °C

+2.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

36 d/yr

+27

Frost days (< 0 °C)

20 d/yr

-20

Annual rainfall

765 mm

-12 mm

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

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.1 °C

11 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-4.5 °C

19 Jan 2025

Wettest day

23.7 mm

30 Jan 2025

Windiest day

34.8 km/h

8 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

77.8 km/h

20 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.6 °C

12 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-8.0 °C

19 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

2.9 cm

21 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

14.8 h

20 Jun 2025

What was the weather like that day?

The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.

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Climate at a glance

What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.

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.

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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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