Vitoria-Gasteiz weather by month & the best time to visit

🇪🇸 Spain · regional city · oceanic / maritime climate

The best time to visit Vitoria-Gasteiz is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 85/100), with August and September close behind. Vitoria-Gasteiz averages about 2,314 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 42 mm of rain in July.

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Sun hours / year

2,314

Sunniest month

July

Peak score

85/100

Rain / year

933 mm

Snow / year

≈15 cm

Midday UV at peak

8 (very high)

Population

257k

Elevation

506 m

When is the best time to visit Vitoria-Gasteiz?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Vitoria-Gasteiz is July, then August and September. The dullest month is January (6/100, 106 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Vitoria-Gasteiz?

Vitoria-Gasteiz gets a moderate 2,314 hours of sunshine a year. 79 Sunshine Score points separate July (85) from January (6), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #35 of 40 destinations in Spain for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,914 hours. The year's 933 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Bilbao Spain · 49 km · best in Jul · 1,988 h sun/yr
• San Sebastián Spain · 92 km · best in Jul · 2,077 h sun/yr
• Santander Spain · 108 km · best in Jul · 1,954 h sun/yr
• Biarritz France · 117 km · best in Jul · 2,077 h sun/yr
• Zaragoza Spain · 194 km · best in Sep · 2,847 h sun/yr
• Pau/Pyrénées (Uzein) France · 195 km · best in Jul · 2,105 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Pamplona Spain · 89 km · 2,545 h sun/yr · best in Jul

Head-to-head

How Vitoria-Gasteiz compares month by month: Vitoria-Gasteiz vs Madrid · Vitoria-Gasteiz vs Bilbao · Vitoria-Gasteiz vs San Sebastián · Vitoria-Gasteiz vs Santander · all comparisons