Pamplona weather by month & the best time to visit

🇪🇸 Spain · regional city · oceanic / maritime climate

The best time to visit Pamplona is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 85/100), with August and September close behind. Pamplona averages about 2,545 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 47 mm of rain in July.

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Sun hours / year

2,545

Sunniest month

July

Peak score

85/100

Rain / year

969 mm

Snow / year

≈12 cm

Midday UV at peak

8 (very high)

Population

275k

Elevation

452 m

When is the best time to visit Pamplona?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Pamplona is July, then August and September. The dullest month is January (6/100, 107 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Pamplona?

Pamplona gets a lot of sun: around 2,545 hours a year. 79 Sunshine Score points separate July (85) from January (6), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #31 of 40 destinations in Spain for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,914 hours. The year's 969 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

• San Sebastián Spain · 66 km · best in Jul · 2,077 h sun/yr
• Biarritz France · 78 km · best in Jul · 2,077 h sun/yr
• Vitoria-Gasteiz Spain · 89 km · best in Jul · 2,314 h sun/yr
• Bilbao Spain · 119 km · best in Jul · 1,988 h sun/yr
• Pau/Pyrénées (Uzein) France · 121 km · best in Jul · 2,105 h sun/yr
• Zaragoza Spain · 132 km · best in Sep · 2,847 h sun/yr