Climate averages 1991–2020
Santiago de Compostela weather
in July.
A warm, fairly 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.
July is a warm month in Santiago de Compostela: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 00 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pontevedra (51 km away). In July its highs average 25.1°C, 2.1°C warmer than Santiago de Compostela, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Santiago de Compostela ranks 85th of 93 for the warmest July highs and 76th of 93 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 93 cities is 29.2°C; Santiago de Compostela is 6.1°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 44 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
Santiago de Compostela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.8°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 141 | 13.9 | 9.49 h |
| February | 11.7°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 101 | 11.7 | 10.511 h |
| March | 14.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 106 | 12.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.3°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 115 | 14.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 17.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 92 | 13.0 | 14.615 h |
| June | 20.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 54 | 8.7 | 15.315 h |
| July, selected | 23.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 30 | 5.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 23.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 44 | 7.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 69 | 9.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 140 | 13.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 13.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 151 | 15.3 | 9.810 h |
| December | 11.5°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 142 | 13.8 | 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
July in nearby cities
- Pontevedra in JulySpain · 51 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.1°C · 34 mm rain
- A Coruña in JulySpain · 56 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Vigo in JulySpain · 73 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Lugo in JulySpain · 82 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 13.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Ourense in JulySpain · 82 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Braga in JulyPortugal · 148 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Porto in JulyPortugal · 193 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Avilés in JulySpain · 225 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 65 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 Santiago de Compostela) is explained once on the Santiago de Compostela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.