Climate averages 1991–2020
Pamplona weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: 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 Pamplona: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 56 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Donostia / San Sebastián (61 km away). In August its highs average 23.3°C, 2.6°C cooler than Pamplona, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Pamplona ranks 75th of 93 for the warmest August highs and 75th of 93 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 93 cities is 29.3°C; Pamplona is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 50 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
Pamplona climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 68 | 11.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | 9.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 60 | 10.3 | 10.511 h |
| March | 12.8°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 66 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 80 | 13.0 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 69 | 11.2 | 14.615 h |
| June | 22.7°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 49 | 7.8 | 15.315 h |
| July | 25.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 26 | 5.4 | 15.015 h |
| August, selected | 25.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 42 | 6.4 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 50 | 7.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.7°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 75 | 10.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 82 | 12.0 | 9.810 h |
| December | 8.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 66 | 10.6 | 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
- Donostia / San Sebastián in AugustSpain · 61 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 89 mm rain
- Logroño in AugustSpain · 77 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Gasteiz / Vitoria in AugustSpain · 84 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Bilbao in AugustSpain · 115 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Pau in AugustFrance · 118 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 104 mm rain
- Barakaldo in AugustSpain · 122 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Zaragoza in AugustSpain · 144 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Burgos in AugustSpain · 177 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 13.7°C · 20 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 Pamplona) is explained once on the Pamplona year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.