Castellón de la Plana weather by month & the best time to visit
🇪🇸 Spain · coastal city break · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Castellón de la Plana is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with June and August close behind. Castellón de la Plana averages about 2,816 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 15 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,816
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 616 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 28°C / 82°F
- Population
- 824k
- Elevation
- 344 m
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When is the best time to visit Castellón de la Plana?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Castellón de la Plana is July, then June and August. The dullest month is February (22/100, 45 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Castellón de la Plana?
Castellón de la Plana gets a lot of sun: around 2,816 hours a year. 71 Sunshine Score points separate July (93) from February (22), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #27 of 40 destinations in Spain for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,914 hours. The year's 616 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28 | 12° / 54°F | 10° / 50°F | 56 mm | 2 | 13° / 55°F |
| February | 22 | 11° / 52°F | 9° / 48°F | 45 mm | 3 | 13° / 55°F |
| March | 28 | 12° / 54°F | 10° / 50°F | 57 mm | 4 | 14° / 57°F |
| April | 42 | 14° / 57°F | 12° / 54°F | 58 mm | 6 | 17° / 63°F |
| May | 64 | 17° / 63°F | 15° / 59°F | 53 mm | 7 | 20° / 68°F |
| June | 92 | 21° / 70°F | 19° / 66°F | 22 mm | 8 | 23° / 73°F |
| July | 93 | 23° / 73°F | 22° / 72°F | 15 mm | 9 | 27° / 81°F |
| August | 88 | 24° / 75°F | 23° / 73°F | 39 mm | 8 | 28° / 82°F |
| September | 81 | 22° / 72°F | 21° / 70°F | 77 mm | 6 | 26° / 79°F |
| October | 82 | 20° / 68°F | 18° / 64°F | 72 mm | 4 | 23° / 73°F |
| November | 55 | 16° / 61°F | 14° / 57°F | 71 mm | 2 | 18° / 64°F |
| December | 36 | 13° / 55°F | 11° / 52°F | 51 mm | 1 | 15° / 59°F |
Sea temperature in Castellón de la Plana by month
The sea off Castellón de la Plana is warmest in August at around 28°C / 82°F, and coolest in January at 13°C / 55°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 5 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Valencia Spain · 93 km · best in Jun · 2,894 h sun/yr
- Reus Spain · 139 km · best in Jun · 2,823 h sun/yr
- Ibiza (Eivissa) Spain · 186 km · best in Jul · 2,950 h sun/yr
- Zaragoza Spain · 187 km · best in Sep · 2,847 h sun/yr
- Barcelona Spain · 207 km · best in Jun · 2,700 h sun/yr
- Alicante Spain · 222 km · best in Jun · 2,939 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Lleida Spain · 173 km · 2,971 h sun/yr · best in Jun
Head-to-head
How Castellón de la Plana compares month by month: Castellón de la Plana vs Valencia · Castellón de la Plana vs Zaragoza · Castellón de la Plana vs Reus · Castellón de la Plana vs Ibiza (Eivissa) · all comparisons
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