Climate averages 1991–2020
Santander weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Santander: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 04 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Barakaldo (69 km away). In July its highs average 22.5°C, 1.1°C cooler than Santander, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Santander ranks 82nd of 93 for the warmest July highs and 86th of 93 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 93 cities is 29.2°C; Santander is 5.5°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 60 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Santander climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 115 | 14.7 | 9.49 h |
| February | 13.1°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 104 | 13.0 | 10.510 h |
| March | 15.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 104 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.6°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 103 | 14.8 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 86 | 14.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 21.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 68 | 10.9 | 15.415 h |
| July, selected | 23.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 54 | 10.3 | 15.115 h |
| August | 24.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 60 | 10.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.6°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 78 | 11.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 109 | 13.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 15.4°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 150 | 15.8 | 9.710 h |
| December | 13.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 114 | 13.9 | 9.09 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
July in nearby cities
- Barakaldo in JulySpain · 69 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Bilbao in JulySpain · 75 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Gasteiz / Vitoria in JulySpain · 115 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Burgos in JulySpain · 125 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Donostia / San Sebastián in JulySpain · 149 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 16.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Gijón in JulySpain · 150 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 16.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Logroño in JulySpain · 156 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Oviedo in JulySpain · 165 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 85 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 Santander) is explained once on the Santander year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.