Madrid - The Climate and Weather

The city of Madrid was built on a series of small mounts where the River Manzanares flows through. The average annual temperature in the shade here is 13 C or 55 F. The city itself rarely sees snow but the minimum temperatures do reach below freezing.

In Madrid in the summer you can see temperatures of 40 C or 104 F but with the low humidity levels the heat is more bearable. Spain’s climate is determined by its position on the world on the edge of Eurasia and 13.4 kilometers from Africa at its narrowest point, ocean to the east and sea to the east, as well as continental land mass and mountain terrain.

The Atlantic climate of the northern coast has average temperatures of 9 C in the winter and 18 C in the summer. This area is known as the wettest part of the peninsula with annual precipitation measured between 800-1500mm, with depressions from the Atlantic in the winter and autumn seasons.

The continental Mediterranean Climate of central plateau has low temperatures in the winter at -15C not unlikely. Summer months are averaging 24 C with an annual rainfall of fewer than 400mm. There are heavy snowfalls here in the winder.

You can visit the Canary Island of Madrid for a subtropical climate. The average winter temperatures are above 14 C. The summers here are an average of 22 C. These islands offer hours of sunshine on the coast.

The sun in the northernmost reaches of Spain touches a height of 69.5 on the horizon on the summer solstice. In Tarifa, located in southern Spain, it can reach 77.5. The winter solstice has temperatures that reach 22.5 and 30.5.

Spain is a country that has average temperatures sea level of between 14 - 20 C. The altitude causes daily temperature ranges of up to 30 C in many parts of the country.