Basque Country

Donostia / San Sebastián, Spain Climate

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Donostia / San Sebastián, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

The warmest month is August, with an average high of 24°C; the coldest is February, with an average low of 7°C. A normal year brings 1060 mm of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Donostia / San Sebastián through the year, in °C, with the record for each date.-10010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

Normals for Sep 25

Normal high
21°C
Normal low
16°C
Reanalysis high
26°Cin 2013
Reanalysis low
10°Cin 2002
Chance of a wet day
41%
Daylight
12 h 02 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowWarmestColdestPrecipitationWet days
January11°C7°C17°C (2001)0°C (2017)109 mm15.5
February11°C7°C20°C (2019)-2°C (2012)88 mm11.3
March13°C9°C21°C (1997)-1°C (2005)81 mm12.4
April15°C10°C25°C (2005)3°C (1996)90 mm15.0
May18°C13°C28°C (2005)7°C (2019)78 mm12.4
June21°C16°C34°C (2003)10°C (2006)69 mm12.0
July23°C18°C35°C (1995)13°C (1997)53 mm9.3
August24°C18°C36°C (2003)14°C (1993)53 mm9.3
September22°C17°C33°C (2016)10°C (2002)78 mm12.0
October19°C14°C28°C (2001)5°C (2003)102 mm12.4
November14°C11°C22°C (2015)3°C (2007)144 mm15.0
December12°C8°C19°C (2000)-2°C (2001)115 mm15.5
Year17°C12°C1060 mm152

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

1060 mm in a normal year, most in November.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Donostia / San Sebastián, in percent.0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Donostia / San Sebastián.

The muggiest month is August, when 16 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 18°C or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January6°C82%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February6°C81%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March7°C80%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April9°C80%98%2%0%0%0%0%
May12°C80%68%28%3%0%0%0%
June14°C80%27%41%31%2%0%0%
July16°C79%6%32%48%14%0%0%
August16°C77%4%30%50%16%0%0%
September14°C76%25%41%30%4%0%0%
October12°C78%57%36%7%0%0%0%
November9°C81%94%6%0%0%0%0%
December7°C82%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 13°C, comfortable to 16°C, humid to 18°C, muggy to 21°C, oppressive to 24°C, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is September, with the sky 61 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is January, at 73 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is December, averaging 18.4 km/h at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 16, with 15 h 24 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 18, with 8 h 58 min.

Hours of daylight at Donostia / San Sebastián through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Day length

Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

Month pages

The weather in Donostia / San Sebastián in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

Where no station record is within reach, the extremes shown are the highest and lowest the reanalysis produced for the date in 1991-2020, not measured records.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.