What the averages say
The mean annual temperature is 11.0 °C. The warmest month is August, averaging 19.9 °C with highs around 28.0 °C; the coldest is January, averaging 3.5 °C with lows of -0.3 °C. The 28 degrees between the mean high of August and the mean low of January are the real measure of how continental this climate is.
Heat, cold and extremes
On average, 30 days a year reach 30 °C or more and 77 bring frost. Cold weighs more than heat here. The highest reading in the series is 38.8 °C, set in June, and the lowest -17.1 °C, in December.
Rain, sun and wind
546 mm fall each year over 122 days with measurable rain, an amount with a summer clearly drier than the rest of the year: November is the wettest month with 63 mm and August the driest with 19 mm. The sky is clear on 56 days a year. Mean wind speed is around 16 km/h and mean annual relative humidity 70 %.
Month by month
AEMET climate normals 1991-2020. Burgos Aeropuerto observatory, 6.5 km from the centre at 891 m above sea level.| Monthly mean | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Mean temperature | 3.5 | 4.3 | 7.1 | 9.1 | 12.7 | 16.9 | 19.8 | 19.9 | 16.1 | 11.9 | 6.8 | 4.2 |
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| Mean high | 7.3 | 9.1 | 12.9 | 15.0 | 19.2 | 24.3 | 27.9 | 28.0 | 23.3 | 17.5 | 11.0 | 8.1 |
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| Mean low | -0.3 | -0.6 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 6.1 | 9.5 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 9.0 | 6.1 | 2.6 | 0.3 |
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| Rainfall (mm) | 47 | 35 | 44 | 60 | 57 | 43 | 24 | 19 | 33 | 63 | 63 | 57 |
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| Rain days | 10.8 | 8.0 | 9.8 | 12.0 | 12.4 | 8.1 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 9.1 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 12.8 |
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| Days ≥ 30 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 4.9 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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| Frost days | 17.0 | 17.2 | 11.7 | 5.7 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 7.8 | 15.0 |
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Where this data comes from
These are the 1991-2020 climate normals published by AEMET, the Spanish state meteorological agency, for the Burgos Aeropuerto observatory — the nearest official station with a complete series to Burgos today. A normal is not a forecast: it describes a thirty-year average, and any given day can depart from it widely. For tomorrow, use the forecast at the top of this page.
