Best time to visit Spain
The best time to visit Spain is May, June and September, when its 33 destinations average 85/100 for climate comfort — December is the weakest month, at 69/100.
Updated September 2026 · averaged over 33 Spain destinations · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
🇪🇸 Spain, month by month
best MaySpain climate comfort by month
Comfort is SeasonMap's 0–100 score, averaged across every Spain destination in the dataset. Each place is judged through the lens that suits it — beaches on beach weather, ski resorts on snow. Averages from ERA5 reanalysis normals, not forecasts.
All 33 destinations in Spain
- Alicante 🇪🇸 Spainbest June88
- Baqueira-Beret 🇪🇸 Spainbest January30
- Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spainbest May93
- Benidorm 🇪🇸 Spainbest June87
- Bilbao 🇪🇸 Spainbest June90
- Cádiz 🇪🇸 Spainbest July86
- Córdoba, Spain 🇪🇸 Spainbest April89
- Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 Spainbest June90
- Girona 🇪🇸 Spainbest May91
- Granada 🇪🇸 Spainbest May92
- Ibiza 🇪🇸 Spainbest July87
- Lanzarote 🇪🇸 Spainbest June90
- Las Palmas 🇪🇸 Spainbest May95
- Madrid 🇪🇸 Spainbest May95
- Málaga 🇪🇸 Spainbest September89
- Marbella 🇪🇸 Spainbest July85
- Menorca 🇪🇸 Spainbest July83
- Mundaka 🇪🇸 Spainbest July76
- Nerja 🇪🇸 Spainbest July88
- Palma 🇪🇸 Spainbest June87
- Picos de Europa 🇪🇸 Spainbest May92
- Ronda 🇪🇸 Spainbest May94
- Salamanca 🇪🇸 Spainbest September93
- San Sebastián 🇪🇸 Spainbest July86
- Santander 🇪🇸 Spainbest July85
- Santiago de Compostela 🇪🇸 Spainbest July84
- Seville 🇪🇸 Spainbest April90
- Sierra Nevada 🇪🇸 Spainbest January23
- Tarifa 🇪🇸 Spainbest July85
- Tenerife 🇪🇸 Spainbest June93
- Toledo 🇪🇸 Spainbest May93
- Tossa de Mar 🇪🇸 Spainbest July82
- Valencia 🇪🇸 Spainbest May94
Spain — FAQ
- When is the best time to visit Spain?
- May, June and September. Across Spain's 33 destinations, May averages 85/100 for climate comfort with mean highs of 23°C and 46 mm of rain.
- What is the worst month to visit Spain?
- December, averaging 69/100 — mean highs of 16.1°C and 71 mm of rain across the country's destinations.
- What is the hottest month in Spain?
- August, with mean daily highs of 29.9°C averaged across 33 destinations.
- What is the wettest month in Spain?
- November, averaging 83 mm of rain.