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GràciaFormer village turned bohemian neighbourhood famous for its small squares and festivalsEixampleGrand 19th-century grid district home to the Sagrada Família and Modernista architectureBarcelonetaFormer fishing quarter now the city's beachfront neighbourhoodEl BornMedieval quarter of narrow lanes, boutiques and the Santa Maria del Mar basilicaPoblenouFormer industrial district reinvented as a tech and design hub, close to the beachEl RavalDiverse inner-city neighbourhood home to MACBA and a lively street-food sceneBarri GòticThe Gothic Quarter, Barcelona's medieval old town around the cathedralSant AntoniUp-and-coming district around its restored covered marketSarriàLeafy, village-like uphill neighbourhood with narrow winding streetsSant GervasiAffluent uphill district popular with families, bordering GràciaLes CortsResidential district home to Camp Nou and FC BarcelonaPoble SecHillside district below Montjuïc known for its tapas barsMontjuïcHilltop park district with the 1992 Olympic stadium and museumsHortaHistoric northern district known for its labyrinth garden and village feelGuinardóResidential hillside neighbourhood with sweeping city viewsNou BarrisNorthern working-class district with expansive parksSant AndreuFormer industrial town with a strong sense of local identitySantsTransport hub neighbourhood around Barcelona Sants stationVallcarcaHillside district above Gràcia with dramatic viaductsEl Poblenou Beach (Diagonal Mar)Modern waterfront district built for the 2004 Fòrum, with a large seafront parkLa Barceloneta PlatjaEastern beach strip popular for windsurfing and beach volleyballVila de Gràcia - VallcarcaHeart of Gràcia's festival district with its iconic clock tower squarePedralbesExclusive hillside district home to the royal palace grounds and a Gothic monasteryEl ClotFormer industrial neighbourhood transformed around a central park
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Barcelona Weather Today

Live rain radar, current conditions, an hour-by-hour outlook and a seven-day forecast for Barcelona, with original local weather writing.

Today's briefing

Barcelona is warming up nicely this morning with temperatures already at 32 degrees and a UV index of 8, so you'll want to slather on the sunscreen before heading out. Today will stay dry with no rain expected, reaching a high of 32 degrees under mostly clear skies with a gentle 11 kilometre per hour breeze. Grab some light, breathable clothing and a hat or sunglasses to protect yourself from the strong sun, and don't forget a water bottle to stay hydrated. The weekend is looking absolutely cracking, with Saturday holding steady at 31 degrees and Sunday climbing back up to 33 degrees, both completely rain-free and perfect for heading to the beach or exploring the Gothic Quarter.

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Clear · feels like 26°

Today
29° / 26°
Humidity
88%
Wind
20 km/h E
UV index
0 · Low

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Seven-day forecast

  1. Thu

    Partly cloudy

    29° 26°

    Rain 0%

  2. Fri

    Clear

    28° 25°

    Rain 0%

  3. Sat

    Mainly clear

    29° 25°

    Rain 0%

  4. Sun

    Clear

    28° 26°

    Rain 0%

  5. Mon

    Mainly clear

    28° 26°

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  6. Tue

    Clear

    28° 26°

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  7. Wed

    Clear

    27° 25°

    Rain 0%

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From the weather desk

Barcelona weather, explained

How to read the Barcelona forecast

A good forecast really works as three layers. The current panel tells you what it feels like outside right now, which in Barcelona often means factoring in humidity off the Mediterranean as much as the raw temperature, since a muggy 28°C in August feels quite different from a dry 28°C in May. The hourly strip is for planning the shape of your day around the city's brief but intense summer and autumn storms, which can arrive suddenly off the sea and clear again within the hour. The seven-day outlook is best used for the general trend across the week rather than as a precise daily promise, and it is most trustworthy in the first three or four days. For the latest Barcelona news alongside your forecast, see Daily Barcelona.

A Mediterranean climate shaped by sea and mountains

Barcelona sits in a classic Mediterranean climate zone: hot, largely dry summers and mild, wetter winters, with the Serra de Collserola hills behind the city and the open sea in front of it both playing a role in tempering extremes. Unlike many southern-hemisphere coastal cities, Barcelona's dry season is the summer rather than the winter, with July and August typically the driest months even as they are also the warmest, often nudging into the low thirties Celsius by early afternoon. Autumn, particularly September and October, is when the city sees its heaviest rainfall, driven by warm sea-surface temperatures interacting with the first cool fronts of the season, sometimes producing intense, localised downpours known locally as gota fría events. Winters are genuinely mild by northern European standards, with January averages rarely dropping below 8 or 9°C, though a dry, cold wind called the tramuntana can occasionally sweep down from the Pyrenees and drop temperatures sharply for a day or two.

Best time to visit and notable Barcelona weather events

May, June and late September through October generally offer the best balance of warm days, manageable humidity and thinner crowds than the peak of July and August, when the city's beaches and old town can feel uncomfortably packed as well as hot. Barcelona's most talked-about weather event in recent memory came in September 2021, when a series of intense autumn storms brought flash flooding to parts of the city and the wider Catalan coast, closing metro stations and underscoring how quickly the region's dry riverbeds, known as rieras, can fill during a gota fría episode. Heatwaves, too, have become more frequent and severe since the early 2000s, with several summers pushing well past 35°C and prompting the city to open more public cooling spaces and expand its urban tree canopy specifically for shade.

Seasonal patterns through the Barcelona year

Spring arrives gently, with mild, lengthening days from March and blossom through the Ciutadella park by April, though a stray shower is common enough that most locals keep an umbrella within reach until May. Summer is the city's most consistent season weather-wise: reliably hot, largely dry, and softened most afternoons by the marinada, a cooling sea breeze that rolls in from the Mediterranean and takes the edge off the midday heat along the beachfront neighbourhoods. Autumn is the wettest and most changeable season, capable of swinging from warm, still afternoons to sudden thunderstorms within the same week, particularly through September and October. Winter is short and mild rather than truly cold, with overnight frost a rarity in the city itself, though the nearby mountains can see snow while the coast stays clear, and short spells of the dry tramuntana wind bring crisp, brilliantly clear skies that are some of the best of the year for photography.

Weather data by Open-Meteo. Barcelona Weather News is independent and not affiliated with any government weather agency.