Best time to visit Vigo

Vigo is a city of two halves. July scores 91 and January scores 44 — a 47-point swing, which is the difference between a holiday and an endurance test. The month you pick matters more here than almost anywhere. The good window runs June to September — 4 months within ten points of the best.

August is the warmest month at 26.9 °C and January the coolest at 13 °C — a 13.9 °C spread across the year.

There is a real wet season here. January, October, November and December carry the rain — up to 16 wet days in a month — while June to September drop as low as 5. That 11-day gap is the biggest single difference between a good month and a bad one in Vigo, and it moves further than the temperature does.

The sea peaks at just 18.5 °C, which is wetsuit territory even at its warmest — a coast to look at rather than swim in. Daylight runs from 9.1 hours in winter to 15.2 in summer, enough to notice on a sightseeing itinerary.

The three strongest months are July, August, June. The one to think twice about is January. Each month below has its own page with rainfall reliability, extremes, daylight, sea temperature and crowd levels.

Vigo month by month