Average Annual Precipitation for Spain
The tables below give yearly averages for rainfall plus snowfall at cities in Spain.
Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets a year and for the normal amount of precipitation. The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least one millimetre (0.04 inches).
The annual amount of precipitation is an average of weather data collected during 1971 to 2000.
You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: East, Northeast, Northwest, Central, Balearic Islands and South of Spain.
Eastern Spain
This section covers Spain's east coast on the Mediterranean Sea and includes the regions of Catalonia (Cataluña) and Valencian Community (Comunidad Valenciana). The highest weather station in the list is on the peak of Turo De L'Home in Parc Natural del Montseny at 1706 metres (5597 feet) elevation.
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | Alicante | 13.2 | 336 |
| 55 | Barcelona | 25.2 | 640 |
| 45 | Castellón | 17.4 | 442 |
| 67 | Girona | 28.5 | 724 |
| 46 | Lleida | 14.5 | 369 |
| 51 | Reus | 19.8 | 504 |
| 86 | Turo De L'Home | 41.9 | 1063 |
| 44 | Valencia | 17.9 | 454 |
Balearic Islands
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | Ibiza (Eivissa) | 17.3 | 439 |
| 66 | Menorca | 23.6 | 599 |
| 52 | Palma, Mallorca | 16.8 | 427 |
Northeast Spain
Cities on this list are located near Spain's border with France, in the regions of Aragon, Basque Country (País Vasco), La Rioja and Navarre (Comunidad Foral de Navarra).
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 128 | Bilbao | 47.0 | 1195 |
| 67 | Logroño | 15.7 | 399 |
| 95 | Pamplona | 28.4 | 721 |
| 140 | San Sebastián | 68.4 | 1738 |
| 50 | Saragossa (Zaragoza) | 12.5 | 318 |
| 103 | Vitoria-Gasteiz | 30.7 | 779 |
Northwest Spain
Cities in Asturias, Cantabria and Galicia, Spain's regions along the Atlantic Ocean, are included in this section.
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 131 | Coruña | 39.7 | 1008 |
| 121 | Gijón | 38.2 | 971 |
| 131 | Lugo | 42.7 | 1084 |
| 97 | Ourense | 32.2 | 817 |
| 122 | Oviedo | 38.3 | 973 |
| 133 | Pontevedra | 66.6 | 1691 |
| 128 | Santander | 49.1 | 1246 |
| 141 | Santiago de Compostela | 74.3 | 1886 |
| 130 | Vigo | 75.2 | 1909 |
Central Spain
Weather information in this table is for the regions of Castile and Leon (Castilla y León), Castile-La Mancha, Community of Madrid (Comunidad de Madrid) and Extremadura. One weather station, Puerto de Navacerrada, is at 1894 metres (6214 feet) elevation at a ski resort near Madrid.
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Albacete | 14.4 | 367 |
| 66 | Ávila | 15.7 | 400 |
| 61 | Badajoz | 18.2 | 463 |
| 85 | Burgos | 21.9 | 555 |
| 78 | León | 21.9 | 556 |
| 63 | Madrid | 17.2 | 436 |
| 118 | Puerto de Navacerrada | 52.2 | 1326 |
| 66 | Salamanca | 15.0 | 382 |
| 76 | Segovia | 18.3 | 464 |
| 56 | Toledo | 14.1 | 357 |
| 58 | Torrejón de Ardoz | 14.9 | 378 |
| 71 | Valladolid | 17.1 | 435 |
Southern Spain
This list covers the Andalusia (Andalucía) and Murcia regions, which stretch along Spain's southern coasts on the Atlantic and Mediterranean, including Costa del Sol.
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Almería | 7.7 | 196 |
| 26 | Cordova (Córdoba) | 7.7 | 196 |
| 52 | Granada | 14.1 | 357 |
| 50 | Huelva | 19.3 | 490 |
| 54 | Jerez de la Frontera | 23.5 | 598 |
| 43 | Málaga | 20.6 | 524 |
| 35 | Murcia | 11.9 | 301 |
| 52 | Seville (Sevilla) | 21.0 | 534 |
| 60 | Tarifa | 23.7 | 603 |
Reference
AEMET (Agencia Estatal De Meteorologia, Gobierno de España). Valores Climatológicos Normales.