Best Time to Visit Madrid

The best time to visit Madrid is May to September, when the average temperature is 16–25°C and rainfall is low for Madrid, at 9–42 mm a month.

Madrid weather by month

The wettest month in Madrid is October with 66 mm of rain, and the warmest is July at an average 25°C. The coolest is January at 4°C.

MonthAverage temperatureRainfallVerdict
January4°C / 39°F
38 mm
Cold
February5°C / 40°F
39 mm
Cool
March8°C / 46°F
48 mm
Cool
April11°C / 52°F
52 mm
Cool
May16°C / 60°F
42 mm
Best
June22°C / 71°F
22 mm
Best
July25°C / 78°F
9 mm
Best
August25°C / 77°F
14 mm
Best
September20°C / 68°F
24 mm
Best
October14°C / 57°F
66 mm
Cool
November8°C / 46°F
54 mm
Cool
December4°C / 40°F
40 mm
Cold

How we pick the best months

  • Best: an average temperature of 1528°C and low rainfall for Madrid: under 150 mm, and no more than 60 mm, a quarter above Madrid's median month (never set below 60 mm).
  • If no month qualifies, we show the three driest months that average 10–30°C instead.
  • Wet: 150 mm of rain or more. Rainy: more than 60 mm. Hot: 29°C or more on average. Cool: under 15°C. Cold: under 5°C.

Averages cover day and night, so afternoons are warmer than the figure shown. Weather is only one reason to pick a month: school holidays, festivals and prices matter too.

Where these numbers come from

Monthly averages for January 2001 – December 2020 from the NASA POWER project, for the area around Adolfo Suárez (MAD) at 40.49, -3.57. The model covers a grid about 50 km across, so a coastal or hilly spot can run a degree or two different. Retrieved 12 September 2026.

The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center (LaRC) Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resource (POWER) Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.