Climate averages 1991–2020
Palma weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Palma: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 43 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sant Boi de Llobregat (204 km away). In August its highs average 26.8°C, 3.6°C cooler than Palma, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Palma ranks joint 44th of 93 for the warmest August highs and 57th of 93 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 93 cities is 29.3°C; Palma is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 42 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
Palma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 34 | 6.3 | 9.710 h |
| February | 14.1°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 31 | 6.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 16.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 26 | 5.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 35 | 6.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.5°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 29 | 4.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 16 | 2.7 | 14.915 h |
| July | 30.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 4.9 | 1.2 | 14.715 h |
| August, selected | 30.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 17 | 2.4 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 42 | 6.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 51 | 7.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 51 | 7.9 | 10.010 h |
| December | 15.0°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 39 | 6.3 | 9.49 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
- Sant Boi de Llobregat in AugustSpain · 204 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Barcelona in AugustSpain · 207 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Tarragona in AugustSpain · 209 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Badalona in AugustSpain · 212 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Reus in AugustSpain · 220 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Mataró in AugustSpain · 220 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Rubí in AugustSpain · 220 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Sabadell in AugustSpain · 224 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 50 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 Palma) is explained once on the Palma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.