Climate averages 1991–2020
Granada weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Granada: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 35 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vélez-Málaga (63 km away). In August its highs average 29.3°C, 3.9°C cooler than Granada, with 3.1 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Granada ranks 10th of 93 for the warmest August highs and joint 53rd of 93 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 93 cities is 29.3°C; Granada is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.6°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 35 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
Granada climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 50 | 7.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 13.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 48 | 7.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.6°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 57 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 56 | 9.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 50 | 8.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 26 | 5.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 33.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 7.7 | 2.7 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 33.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 14 | 4.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 35 | 5.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 50 | 7.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.7°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 58 | 7.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 12.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 58 | 7.6 | 9.710 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
- Vélez-Málaga in AugustSpain · 63 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Jaén in AugustSpain · 67 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 13 mm rain
- El Ejido in AugustSpain · 84 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Málaga in AugustSpain · 89 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Roquetas de Mar in AugustSpain · 100 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Almería in AugustSpain · 109 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Mijas in AugustSpain · 113 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Córdoba, Spain in AugustSpain · 129 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 5.8 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 Granada) is explained once on the Granada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.