Climate averages 1991–2020
León, Spain weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: one of the warmest and the 2nd 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 León, Spain: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 55 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oviedo (87 km away). In August its highs average 22.3°C, 4.7°C cooler than León, Spain, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, León, Spain ranks 70th 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; León, Spain is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 30 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
León, Spain climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 54 | 8.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | 9.2°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 34 | 6.9 | 10.511 h |
| March | 12.5°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 44 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.6°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 51 | 10.2 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.5°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 50 | 9.6 | 14.615 h |
| June | 23.6°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 31 | 5.9 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.0°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 19 | 3.9 | 15.015 h |
| August, selected | 27.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 20 | 3.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 30 | 5.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.8°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 70 | 9.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.9°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 58 | 9.7 | 9.810 h |
| December | 8.1°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 59 | 8.9 | 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
- Oviedo in AugustSpain · 87 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Gijón in AugustSpain · 104 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Palencia in AugustSpain · 108 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Avilés in AugustSpain · 110 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Valladolid in AugustSpain · 126 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Burgos in AugustSpain · 156 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 13.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Lugo in AugustSpain · 168 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Santander in AugustSpain · 173 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 60 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 León) is explained once on the León, Spain year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.