Valencia sits on Spain's eastern Mediterranean coast at approximately 39.47°N, 0.38°W, and its coastal position right on the sea shapes everything about its weather. The city has a warm Mediterranean climate — hot, dry summers and mild, comparatively wet winters — that sits on the edge of a semi-arid zone, which is why it stays notably sunny for much of the year, averaging well over 2,700 hours of sunshine annually.

Because Valencia is in the northern hemisphere, its warmest weather arrives between roughly June and September. In the peak of summer, July and August, daytime temperatures typically climb into the low thirties Celsius while nights stay warm at around 22–23°C. A defining local feature is humidity: sitting beside the Mediterranean, the air is often muggy, so a summer afternoon at 30°C can feel considerably hotter than the same reading inland in Madrid. The sea breeze offers some relief on the coast during the hottest hours.

Winters are mild by European standards. January, the coldest month, generally brings daytime highs around 16°C and night-time lows near 7°C, and the temperature rarely drops much below 10°C during the day. Frost and snow in the city are extremely rare events. This mildness is one reason Valencia is comfortable to visit almost year-round, with spring and autumn especially pleasant for exploring.

Valencia is relatively dry, receiving on the order of 450–470 mm of rain in a typical year. What rain does fall is concentrated in autumn and, to a lesser extent, spring rather than summer — September and October are usually the wettest months, occasionally producing heavy downpours, while July is often almost completely dry. Live rainfall, humidity, and pressure readings for the city are shown in the panels above.

Valencia's autumn carries a particular hazard: the gota fría (cold drop), when a pool of cold air aloft moves over the still-warm Mediterranean and can unleash torrential, sometimes catastrophic downpours in a matter of hours, as in the devastating floods of late October 2024. In most years, though, the coastal setting simply gives the city its enviable balance of sunshine, sea breezes and mild temperatures.

To follow any single measurement in Valencia more closely, use our live instruments: the online barometer for atmospheric pressure, the thermometer for temperature, the hygrometer for humidity, the anemometer for wind speed, the wind vane for wind direction, and the rain gauge for rainfall.