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Burgos is over 850 meters high in the northern Meseta, the city has a temperate continental oceanic climate. Winters are cold and windy with minimum temperatures that drop even below freezing. Summer is a hot season, but rarely excessively hot due to the altitude of the city. July is the hottest month with an average maximum temperature of 27.6 ° C and an average minimum temperature of 11.5 ° C. The sunny hours are 2,183 per year.
The average minimum temperatures are around zero between November and March. The frost days are 88 per year and mainly occur between November and April, the month of January has an average of 20 days with a minimum average temperature below 0 ° C (frost days). The coldest month is January with an average minimum temperature of -0.8 ° C and an average maximum temperature of 7.0 ° C.
The rains are not excessive, the average annual rainfall is 550 mm. The rainiest months are April and May and the months from October to December. The driest months are July, August, September, February and March.
Burgos has an annual average of 81 rainy days, April, November and December are the months with the most rainy days, there are 9
days on average, while July and August only have 4 days and 3
days each.
Snow is a fairly frequent phenomenon in the winter months, the city has an average of 20 days of snow per year, they are concentrated between November and April.
WHEN TO GO TO BURGOS
The most suitable period for visiting the city of Burgos is between May and September.
THE CLIMATE OF BURGOS: CLIMATE TABLES
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| BURGOS (859 meters) | ||||
| Month | Average low (°C) | Average high (°C) | Precip. (mm) | Precipitation days (snow days) |
| January | -0,8 | 7,0 | 44 | 8 (5) |
| February | -0,8 | 9,0 | 35 | 7 (4) |
| March | 1,1 | 12,9 | 34 | 6 (3) |
| April | 2,7 | 14,4 | 61 | 9 (2) |
| May | 5,9 | 18,4 | 63 | 7 |
| June | 9,2 | 23,7 | 41 | 6 |
| July | 11,5 | 27,6 | 23 | 4 |
| August | 11,5 | 27,5 | 23 | 3 |
| September | 8,9 | 23,3 | 38 | 5 |
| October | 5,9 | 17,2 | 60 | 8 |
| November | 2,1 | 10,9 | 60 | 9 (2) |
| December | 0,2 | 7,7 | 63 | 9 (3) |
| YEAR | 4,8 | 16,6 | 546 | 81 (19) |
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