Vigo weather by month & the best time to visit
🇪🇸 Spain · seaside town · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Vigo is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 88/100), with August and June close behind. Vigo averages about 2,384 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 24 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,384
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 88/100
- Rain / year
- 1,164 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 18°C / 64°F
- Population
- 379k
- Elevation
- 256 m
When is the best time to visit Vigo?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Vigo is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (22/100, 153 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Vigo?
Vigo gets a moderate 2,384 hours of sunshine a year. 66 Sunshine Score points separate July (88) from January (22), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #34 of 40 destinations in Spain for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,914 hours. The year's 1,164 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 | 22 | 12° / 54°F | 6° / 43°F | 153 mm | 1 | 13° / 55°F |
| February | 25 | 12° / 54°F | 5° / 41°F | 103 mm | 2 | 14° / 57°F |
| March | 35 | 14° / 57°F | 7° / 45°F | 127 mm | 3 | 14° / 57°F |
| April | 50 | 16° / 61°F | 8° / 46°F | 99 mm | 5 | 15° / 59°F |
| May | 73 | 19° / 66°F | 10° / 50°F | 71 mm | 6 | 16° / 61°F |
| June | 85 | 22° / 72°F | 13° / 55°F | 44 mm | 7 | 17° / 63°F |
| July | 88 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 24 mm | 8 | 18° / 64°F |
| August | 87 | 25° / 77°F | 15° / 59°F | 33 mm | 7 | 17° / 63°F |
| September | 84 | 24° / 75°F | 13° / 55°F | 49 mm | 5 | 15° / 59°F |
| October | 60 | 19° / 66°F | 11° / 52°F | 157 mm | 3 | 17° / 63°F |
| November | 33 | 14° / 57°F | 8° / 46°F | 154 mm | 2 | 16° / 61°F |
| December | 22 | 12° / 54°F | 6° / 43°F | 150 mm | 1 | 15° / 59°F |
Sea temperature in Vigo by month
The sea off Vigo is warmest in July at around 18°C / 64°F, and coolest in January at 13°C / 55°F. It never reaches comfortable swimming temperatures (21°C+). Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Santiago de Compostela Spain · 76 km · best in Jul · 2,387 h sun/yr
- Porto Portugal · 109 km · best in Jul · 2,694 h sun/yr
- A Coruña Spain · 121 km · best in Jul · 2,186 h sun/yr
- Asturias Spain · 258 km · best in Jul · 2,044 h sun/yr
- Lisbon Portugal · 386 km · best in Jul · 2,985 h sun/yr
- Santander Spain · 414 km · best in Jul · 1,954 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Vila Real Portugal · 130 km · 2,697 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Bragança Portugal · 164 km · 2,843 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Viseu Portugal · 178 km · 2,860 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Vigo compares month by month: Vigo vs Porto · Vigo vs A Coruña · Vigo vs Santiago de Compostela · all comparisons
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