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Vielha, Catalonia, Spain has an average annual maximum temperature of 12°C (54°F), ranging from 4°C (39°F) in January to 21°C (70°F) in August. Below you'll find a full monthly breakdown and a comparison with cities worldwide.
In Vielha, temperatures differ significantly between summer and winter months. Nighttime lows reflect this range, dropping from 10°C (50°F) in August to -5°C (23°F) in January.
The chart below illustrates the average maximum day and minimum night temperatures in Vielha by month:
Daily lows are most common between 4 AM and 6 AM. By 3 PM temperatures reach their daily high, driven by peak solar heating.
The chart below shows the average temperature throughout the year:
The map below shows the annual temperature across Spain. You can also select individual months if you want to compare a specific time of year.
Vielha's average annual maximum temperature is 12°C (54°F). To put that in context, here's how it compares to a few well-known destinations:
Rome, Italy averages 20°C (68°F) annually, with reliably warm summers and comfortable winters.
On the cooler end, Oslo, Norway averages just 10°C (50°F) annually, with pleasant summers but long, cold winters.
Shanghai, China averages 21°C (70°F) a year, with warm summers, mild winters, and a noticeable spring and autumn.
Tokyo, Japan averages 21°C (70°F) a year, with hot summers, cool winters, and a well-defined cherry blossom spring.
Climate temperature data is typically calculated as a 30-year average. This smooths out year-to-year variability and gives a more reliable picture of what a place is actually like, rather than what happened in any single unusual year.
The readings come from a range of sources, land-based weather stations, ocean buoys, ships, and satellites. That data is collected by weather services around the world, then pooled, quality-checked, and averaged to produce the climate records you see here.
For cities and regions with significant elevation, altitude is one of the biggest factors shaping local temperatures. As a rule of thumb, temperatures fall by around 6°C for every 1,000 metres gained, so a city at 2,000 metres will typically be around 12°C cooler than a city at sea level in the same region. Higher ground also tends to see more dramatic day-to-night temperature swings, since thinner air loses heat faster after sunset.
For more on Vielha's weather, including monthly rainfall, sunshine hours, and humidity, visit our Vielha climate page.
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