Climate - Albacete (Spain)

The climate of Albacete is slightly continental, with quite cold winters and hot, sunny summers. The rains are scarce, however, they are a little more frequent in spring and autumn.
The city is located in the south-eastern part of the Spanish plateau (Meseta), in Castile-La Mancha, at an altitude of 700 meters (2,300 feet).
The average temperature of the coldest month (January) is of 5.2 °C (41 °F), that of the warmest month (July) is of 25.1 °C (77 °F). Here are the average temperatures.

Precipitation amounts to 350 millimeters (13.8 inches) per year: it is therefore scarce. It ranges from 10 mm (0.4 in) in the driest months (July, August) to 45 mm (1.8 in) in the wettest (May). Here is the average precipitation.

The winter, from December to February, is quite cold. Average temperatures are not very low, but at night it gets cold, and in periods of good weather, fog can form (especially in December and January).
Also, there may sometimes be very cold periods.
On the coldest nights of the year, the temperature generally drops to -8/-9 °C (16/18 °F), but during the coldest winters it can drop to really low values. In January 1971, it dropped to -24 °C (-11 °F), while in February 1983, it dropped to -20 °C (-4 °F). From 2000 to 2020, it dropped to -17 °C (1.5 °F) in January 2006 and to -13.5 °C (7.5 °F) in December 2009.
Snow in Albacete is quite rare, and in any case it is rarely abundant, because the winter is dry, however, it can sometimes snow.

The summer, from June to August or mid-September, is hot and sunny, with rare thunderstorms.
There may be very hot periods, in which the temperature can reach 38/40 °C (100/104 °F). The extreme maximum is 42.5 °C (108.5 °F), recorded in July 1978. In August 2012, the temperature reached 42 °C (107.5 °F).



On average, there are around 2,785 sunshine hours per year. Here are the average sunshine hours per day.

Best Time

To visit Albacete, you can choose the month of May and the period from mid-September to mid-October. Those who can stand the heat can even choose the summer, but they must be prepared to stroll around the city in very hot weather.

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