León weather by month & the best time to visit
🇪🇸 Spain · alpine / mountain city · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit León is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 92/100), with August and September close behind. León averages about 2,764 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 19 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,764
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 92/100
- Rain / year
- 546 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈22 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 236k
- Elevation
- 914 m
When is the best time to visit León?
For sunshine, the best time to visit León is July, then August and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 57 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is León?
León gets a lot of sun: around 2,764 hours a year. 92 Sunshine Score points separate July (92) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #28 of 40 destinations in Spain for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,914 hours. The year's 546 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -1° / 30°F | 57 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -1° / 30°F | 46 mm | 2 |
| March | 29 | 12° / 54°F | 1° / 34°F | 50 mm | 4 |
| April | 50 | 15° / 59°F | 3° / 37°F | 54 mm | 5 |
| May | 79 | 19° / 66°F | 6° / 43°F | 47 mm | 7 |
| June | 89 | 25° / 77°F | 10° / 50°F | 32 mm | 8 |
| July | 92 | 28° / 82°F | 12° / 54°F | 19 mm | 8 |
| August | 92 | 28° / 82°F | 12° / 54°F | 19 mm | 8 |
| September | 90 | 24° / 75°F | 9° / 48°F | 30 mm | 6 |
| October | 62 | 17° / 63°F | 6° / 43°F | 69 mm | 3 |
| November | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 2° / 36°F | 65 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -1° / 30°F | 58 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Asturias Spain · 113 km · best in Jul · 2,044 h sun/yr
- Santander Spain · 176 km · best in Jul · 1,954 h sun/yr
- Santiago de Compostela Spain · 228 km · best in Jul · 2,387 h sun/yr
- A Coruña Spain · 235 km · best in Jul · 2,186 h sun/yr
- Bilbao Spain · 237 km · best in Jul · 1,988 h sun/yr
- Vitoria-Gasteiz Spain · 241 km · best in Jul · 2,314 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Valladolid Spain · 118 km · 2,877 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Bragança Portugal · 119 km · 2,843 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Salamanca Spain · 183 km · 2,997 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Vila Real Portugal · 225 km · 2,697 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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