Climate averages 1991–2020
Palencia weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd 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 hot month in Palencia: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 52 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Valladolid (43 km away). In August its highs average 29.5°C, 0.9°C warmer than Palencia, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Palencia ranks joint 58th 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; Palencia is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 29 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
Palencia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 42 | 8.2 | 9.59 h |
| February | 9.9°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 32 | 6.9 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.5°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 38 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 50 | 10.3 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.9°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 51 | 9.5 | 14.515 h |
| June | 25.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 30 | 6.2 | 15.215 h |
| July | 28.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 17 | 3.7 | 14.915 h |
| August, selected | 28.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 14 | 3.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 29 | 5.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 56 | 8.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.7°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 52 | 9.1 | 9.910 h |
| December | 8.6°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 46 | 7.8 | 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
- Valladolid in AugustSpain · 43 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Burgos in AugustSpain · 77 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 13.7°C · 20 mm rain
- León, Spain in AugustSpain · 108 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Salamanca, Spain in AugustSpain · 150 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Santander in AugustSpain · 172 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Las Rozas de Madrid in AugustSpain · 177 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Logroño in AugustSpain · 178 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 26 mm rain
- San Sebastián de los Reyes in AugustSpain · 178 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 8.1 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 Palencia) is explained once on the Palencia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.