Average Sunshine a Year in Spain

The lists below give yearly averages for the hours of sunshine and number of sunny days at dozens of cities throughout Spain.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: East, Northeast, Northwest, Central, Balearic Islands and South of Spain.

The annual totals are averages of weather data collected from 1971 to 2000.

Eastern Spain

This section covers Spain's east coast on the Mediterranean Sea and includes the regions of Catalonia (Cataluña) and Valencian Community (Comunidad Valenciana). The highest weather station in the list is on the peak of Turo De L'Home in Parc Natural del Montseny at 1706 metres (5597 feet) elevation.

Total annual sunshine

Hours	Place	Clear Days
2864	Alicante	97
2524	Barcelona	73
2689	Castellón	75
2290	Girona	94
2685	Lleida	91
2509	Reus	66
2098	Turo De L'Home	56
2660	Valencia	91

Balearic Islands

Average amount of sunshine yearly

Hours	Place	Clear Days
2732	Ibiza (Eivissa)	98
2694	Menorca	66
2763	Palma, Mallorca	71

Northeast Spain

Cities on this list are located near Spain's border with France, in the regions of Aragon, Basque Country (País Vasco), La Rioja and Navarre (Comunidad Foral de Navarra).

Annual average sun

Hours	Place	Clear Days
1584	Bilbao	35
2242	Logroño	57
2201	Pamplona	58
1724	San Sebastián	39
2614	Saragossa (Zaragoza)	80
1830	Vitoria-Gasteiz	28

Northwest Spain

Cities in Asturias, Cantabria and Galicia, Spain's regions along the Atlantic Ocean, are included in this section.

Number of sunny hours and days a year on average

Hours	Place	Clear Days
1966	Coruña	48
1721	Gijón	34
1821	Lugo	26
2043	Ourense	58
1711	Oviedo	33
2223	Pontevedra	93
1638	Santander	38
1998	Santiago de Compostela	54
2212	Vigo	92

Central Spain

Weather information in this table is for the regions of Castile and Leon (Castilla y León), Castile-La Mancha, Community of Madrid (Comunidad de Madrid) and Extremadura. One weather station, Puerto de Navacerrada, is at 1894 metres (6214 feet) elevation at a ski resort near Madrid.

Average total sunshine yearly

Hours	Place	Clear Days
2730	Albacete	98
2644	Ávila	83
2830	Badajoz	106
2183	Burgos	52
2624	León	83
2769	Madrid	97
2238	Puerto de Navacerrada	83
2586	Salamanca	80
2480	Segovia	78
2847	Toledo	95
2570	Torrejón de Ardoz	84
2534	Valladolid	76

Southern Spain

This list covers the Andalusia (Andalucía) and Murcia regions, which stretch along Spain's southern coasts on the Atlantic and Mediterranean, including Costa del Sol.

Annual average sunshine

Hours	Place	Clear Days
2965	Almería	106
2965	Cordova (Córdoba)	106
2935	Granada	125
2998	Huelva	156
2966	Jerez de la Frontera	137
2815	Málaga	107
2797	Murcia	94
2898	Seville (Sevilla)	129
2538	Tarifa	87