Climate averages 1991–2020
Burgos weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Burgos: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 54 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palencia (77 km away). In August its highs average 28.6°C, 2.5°C warmer than Burgos, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Burgos ranks 74th of 93 for the warmest August highs and joint 59th of 93 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 93 cities is 29.3°C; Burgos is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Burgos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 54 | 9.9 | 9.59 h |
| February | 8.2°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 44 | 9.0 | 10.511 h |
| March | 11.6°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 50 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 66 | 12.2 | 13.313 h |
| May | 17.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 64 | 11.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 22.2°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 42 | 7.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 25.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 23 | 4.6 | 14.915 h |
| August, selected | 26.2°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 20 | 4.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.0°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 39 | 6.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 62 | 9.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.4°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 63 | 11.1 | 9.810 h |
| December | 7.5°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 56 | 9.2 | 9.19 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Palencia in AugustSpain · 77 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Gasteiz / Vitoria in AugustSpain · 101 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Logroño in AugustSpain · 104 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Valladolid in AugustSpain · 114 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Bilbao in AugustSpain · 120 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Barakaldo in AugustSpain · 121 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Santander in AugustSpain · 125 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 60 mm rain
- León, Spain in AugustSpain · 156 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 20 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Burgos) is explained once on the Burgos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.