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The Principality of Andorra has a type of mountain climate that also has Mediterranean influences. The territory of the country is in fact located between the 840 meters of the río Runer and the 2,946 meters of the top of the Coma Pedrosa mountain. This means that the territory of Andorra has mild and sometimes rainy summers and cold winters with abundant snow. The seasonal temperature variations and also variations between day and night are considerable.
In the capital, Andorra la Vella, which is about 1,000 meters high, the average minimum temperatures, due to the height, vary between 1 ° C and 2 ° C in winter and 14 ° C in summer, while temperatures maximum averages in winter are around 10 ° C and in summer temperatures reach values of 26 ° C.
The rains vary according to the disposition towards the prevailing winds, in some areas of the country there are even 1,500 mm of rain per year while in the capital there are average values of 800 mm of rain per year, the wettest months are those from May to December, during the winter the rainfall is almost exclusively in the form of snow.
WHEN TO GO TO ANDORRA
When to go to Andorra: The best time to travel to Andorra are undoubtedly the months between May and September. But if you are a lover of snow and winter sports, the best and preferable season is undoubtedly winter.
THE CLIMATE OF ANDORRA: CLIMATIC TABLES
| ANDORRA LA VELLA (1,075 meters) | ||||
| Month | Average low (°C) | Average high (°C) | Precip. (mm) | Precip. days |
| January | -2,5 | 6,9 | 53,1 | |
| February | -1,8 | 8,9 | 37,9 | |
| March | -0,2 | 11,7 | 40,5 | |
| April | 1,7 | 13,3 | 71,2 | |
| May | 5,3 | 17,6 | 89,8 | |
| June | 8,8 | 21,9 | 84,2 | |
| July | 11,4 | 26,2 | 60,7 | |
| August | 11,4 | 25,4 | 85,6 | |
| September | 8,5 | 21,4 | 80,9 | |
| October | 4,7 | 16,0 | 72,4 | |
| November | 0,6 | 10,7 | 68,2 | |
| December | -1,4 | 7,5 | 67,9 | |
| YEAR | 3,9 | 15,6 | 812,3 |
