What the averages say
The mean annual temperature is 13.0 °C. The warmest month is July, averaging 22.7 °C with highs around 30.9 °C; the coldest is January, averaging 4.4 °C with lows of 0.7 °C. The 30 degrees between the mean high of July and the mean low of January are the real measure of how continental this climate is.
Heat, cold and extremes
On average, 55 days a year reach 30 °C or more and 51 bring frost. Cold weighs more than heat here. The highest reading in the series is 40.2 °C, set in July, and the lowest -10.8 °C, in December.
Rain, sun and wind
433 mm fall each year over 116 days with measurable rain, an amount with a summer clearly drier than the rest of the year: October is the wettest month with 61 mm and August the driest with 12 mm. The sky is clear on 74 days a year. Mean wind speed is around 8 km/h and mean annual relative humidity 64 %.
Month by month
AEMET climate normals 1991-2020. Valladolid observatory, 2.8 km from the centre at 734 m above sea level.| Monthly mean | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Mean temperature | 4.4 | 6.0 | 9.1 | 11.3 | 15.2 | 19.8 | 22.7 | 22.5 | 18.5 | 13.6 | 8.0 | 5.0 |
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| Mean high | 8.1 | 11.2 | 15.1 | 17.5 | 21.9 | 27.4 | 30.9 | 30.4 | 25.5 | 19.1 | 12.3 | 8.7 |
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| Mean low | 0.7 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 8.5 | 12.2 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 11.5 | 8.0 | 3.8 | 1.4 |
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| Rainfall (mm) | 45 | 24 | 32 | 48 | 46 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 29 | 61 | 50 | 45 |
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| Rain days | 10.4 | 8.1 | 9.7 | 12.5 | 11.7 | 8.1 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 7.5 | 12.4 | 13.2 | 12.2 |
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| Days ≥ 30 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 10.6 | 19.7 | 17.6 | 4.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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| Frost days | 14.8 | 12.8 | 5.3 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 4.9 | 11.6 |
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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 Valladolid observatory — the nearest official station with a complete series to Valladolid 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.
