Climate averages 1991–2020
Girona weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Girona: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 52 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mataró (58 km away). In August its highs average 27.1°C, 2.2°C cooler than Girona, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Girona ranks joint 52nd of 93 for the warmest August highs and 88th of 93 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 93 cities is 29.3°C; Girona is level with that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 103 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
Girona climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.1°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 60 | 7.5 | 9.59 h |
| February | 13.2°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 55 | 8.1 | 10.611 h |
| March | 16.1°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 73 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.4°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 91 | 11.5 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.2°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 91 | 11.6 | 14.515 h |
| June | 26.5°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 74 | 10.1 | 15.215 h |
| July | 29.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 68 | 9.6 | 14.915 h |
| August, selected | 29.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 69 | 10.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 103 | 12.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 114 | 10.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 15.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 76 | 9.0 | 9.910 h |
| December | 12.7°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 60 | 6.9 | 9.29 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
- Mataró in AugustSpain · 58 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Badalona in AugustSpain · 76 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Sabadell in AugustSpain · 77 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Perpignan in AugustFrance · 80 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Terrassa in AugustSpain · 81 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Rubí in AugustSpain · 85 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Barcelona in AugustSpain · 86 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Manresa in AugustSpain · 88 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 73 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 Girona) is explained once on the Girona year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.