Climate and average weather in Cuenca
In Cuenca, the summers are hot, dry, and clear and the winters are cool, snowy, and partly cloudy.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Cuenca typically varies from 0°C to 31°C, and is rarely below -4°C or above 35°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Cuenca for warm-weather activities are from early May to mid July and late August to mid October.
- Hottest
- Jul
- 31°
- Coldest
- Jan
- 0°
- Wettest
- Oct
- 67 mm
- Driest
- Jul
- 10 mm
- Rain / yr
- 555 mm
- 87 wet days
- Daylight
- 9.1–14.9 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 941 m
- 40.1°N
- Clearest
- Jul
- 21% cloud
Cuenca is city in the municipality of Cuenca, Spain.
- Air quality
- Good
- PM10 24.6 µg/m³ · 2019
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Cuenca weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early May to mid July.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Cuenca, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 2.9 months, from June 14 to September 10, with daily high temperatures above 26°C. The hottest month of the year in Cuenca is July, with an average high of 31°C and low of 17°C.
The cool season lasts 3.8 months, from November 11 to March 7, with daily high temperatures below 13°C. The coldest month of the year in Cuenca is January, with an average low of 0°C and high of 9°C.
Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 14°C) in July.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 9 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 27 | 31 | 30 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 9 |
| Avg low (°C) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9 | 0 |
| Feb | 11 | 1 |
| Mar | 14 | 3 |
| Apr | 16 | 5 |
| May | 21 | 9 |
| Jun | 27 | 14 |
| Jul | 31 | 17 |
| Aug | 30 | 17 |
| Sep | 25 | 13 |
| Oct | 19 | 8 |
| Nov | 13 | 4 |
| Dec | 9 | 1 |
How hot and cold Cuenca really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -3°C (around January 16), with roughly 115 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 9 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 27 | 31 | 30 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 9 |
| Air high (°C) | 9 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 27 | 31 | 30 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 9 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | -3 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 1 | -2 |
| Air low (°C) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9 | 9 | -3 | 0 |
| Feb | 11 | 11 | -3 | 1 |
| Mar | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| Apr | 16 | 16 | 3 | 5 |
| May | 21 | 21 | 8 | 9 |
| Jun | 27 | 27 | 14 | 14 |
| Jul | 31 | 31 | 17 | 17 |
| Aug | 30 | 30 | 17 | 17 |
| Sep | 25 | 25 | 13 | 13 |
| Oct | 19 | 19 | 7 | 8 |
| Nov | 13 | 13 | 1 | 4 |
| Dec | 9 | 9 | -2 | 1 |
Average hourly temperature in Cuenca
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 31°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 0°C.
Cuenca weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Snow days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9° / 0° | 49 | 8.2 | 2 | 9.5 | 1.9 |
| Feb | 11° / 1° | 44 | 7.9 | 2.3 | 10.4 | 2.7 |
| Mar | 14° / 3° | 56 | 8.7 | 1.2 | 11.7 | 4.3 |
| Apr | 16° / 5° | 66 | 9.8 | 0.5 | 13 | 5.2 |
| May | 21° / 9° | 57 | 9 | 0 | 14.2 | 6.7 |
| Jun | 27° / 14° | 32 | 5.8 | 0 | 14.8 | 7.4 |
| Jul | 31° / 17° | 10 | 2.1 | 0 | 14.6 | 5.9 |
| Aug | 30° / 17° | 18 | 3.7 | 0 | 13.6 | 6.0 |
| Sep | 25° / 13° | 36 | 6 | 0 | 12.3 | 7.6 |
| Oct | 19° / 8° | 67 | 8.8 | 0 | 10.9 | 6.2 |
| Nov | 13° / 4° | 62 | 8.5 | 0.5 | 9.8 | 3.6 |
| Dec | 9° / 1° | 58 | 8.5 | 1.3 | 9.2 | 2.1 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Cuenca gets about 555 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 8.0 months, from around Oct 5 to Jun 5, peaking in April at about 33% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 19.
October is the wettest month by volume, with 67 mm over about 9 wet days; July is the driest, with 10 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 27 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 29 | 29 | 27 |
| Rain days | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27 | 8 |
| Feb | 28 | 8 |
| Mar | 28 | 9 |
| Apr | 32 | 10 |
| May | 29 | 9 |
| Jun | 19 | 6 |
| Jul | 8 | 2 |
| Aug | 12 | 4 |
| Sep | 19 | 6 |
| Oct | 29 | 9 |
| Nov | 29 | 9 |
| Dec | 27 | 9 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Cuenca collects about 555 mm of rain across 87 wet days — roughly 46 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. October is the wettest month with 67 mm, while July is the driest at just 10 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 35% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 49 | 44 | 56 | 66 | 57 | 32 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 67 | 62 | 58 |
| Rain days | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Snow days | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | Snow days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 49 | 8 | 2 |
| Feb | 44 | 8 | 2 |
| Mar | 56 | 9 | 1 |
| Apr | 66 | 10 | 1 |
| May | 57 | 9 | 0 |
| Jun | 32 | 6 | 0 |
| Jul | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| Aug | 18 | 4 | 0 |
| Sep | 36 | 6 | 0 |
| Oct | 67 | 9 | 0 |
| Nov | 62 | 9 | 1 |
| Dec | 58 | 9 | 1 |
Snow in Cuenca
Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.
Cuenca averages about 8 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 16 to Apr 18 — about 5.1 months.
February is snowiest, with roughly 2 days of snow and an estimated 8 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 28 cm of snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snow days | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Snowfall (cm) | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Snow days | Snowfall (cm) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2 | 6 |
| Feb | 2 | 8 |
| Mar | 1 | 3 |
| Apr | 1 | 3 |
| May | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 0 | 0 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 0 | 0 |
| Oct | 0 | 0 |
| Nov | 1 | 2 |
| Dec | 1 | 6 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Cuenca, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around May 25 and lasts for 4.5 months, ending around October 7. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 92% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around October 8 and lasts for 7.5 months, ending around May 24. The cloudiest month is April, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 53% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 49 | 52 | 52 | 47 | 54 | 74 | 92 | 88 | 70 | 54 | 48 | 48 |
| Cloudier (%) | 51 | 48 | 48 | 53 | 46 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 46 | 52 | 52 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 49 | 51 |
| Feb | 52 | 48 |
| Mar | 52 | 48 |
| Apr | 47 | 53 |
| May | 54 | 46 |
| Jun | 74 | 26 |
| Jul | 92 | 8 |
| Aug | 88 | 12 |
| Sep | 70 | 30 |
| Oct | 54 | 46 |
| Nov | 48 | 52 |
| Dec | 48 | 52 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 21, brings about 14 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around December 21, only 9 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 48 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.5 | 10.4 | 11.7 | 13.0 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.3 | 10.9 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 8:34 | 8:10 | 7:28 | 6:37 | 5:59 | 5:44 | 5:57 | 6:25 | 6:55 | 7:26 | 8:01 | 8:30 |
| Sunset (PM) | 6:01 | 6:36 | 7:08 | 7:40 | 8:11 | 8:34 | 8:32 | 8:01 | 7:11 | 6:21 | 5:46 | 5:40 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.5 | 8:34 | 6:01 |
| Feb | 10.4 | 8:10 | 6:36 |
| Mar | 11.7 | 7:28 | 7:08 |
| Apr | 13.0 | 6:37 | 7:40 |
| May | 14.2 | 5:59 | 8:11 |
| Jun | 14.8 | 5:44 | 8:34 |
| Jul | 14.6 | 5:57 | 8:32 |
| Aug | 13.6 | 6:25 | 8:01 |
| Sep | 12.3 | 6:55 | 7:11 |
| Oct | 10.9 | 7:26 | 6:21 |
| Nov | 9.8 | 8:01 | 5:46 |
| Dec | 9.2 | 8:30 | 5:40 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Cuenca averages about 14 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 8 and 25 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 3.8 months, from around Jun 7 to Sep 30. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 24 sunny days (brilliant).
The greyest month is April, down near 9 sunny days — about 63% fewer than the July peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
| Sky | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Bright | Brilliant | Bright | Bright | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11 | Mixed |
| Feb | 11 | Mixed |
| Mar | 12 | Mixed |
| Apr | 9 | Mixed |
| May | 11 | Mixed |
| Jun | 16 | Bright |
| Jul | 24 | Brilliant |
| Aug | 23 | Bright |
| Sep | 15 | Bright |
| Oct | 11 | Mixed |
| Nov | 10 | Mixed |
| Dec | 11 | Mixed |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
In Cuenca, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in August, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 1% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 95 | 91 | 82 | 87 | 97 | 100 | 100 |
| Comfortable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Humid (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 95 | 5 | 0 |
| Jul | 91 | 9 | 0 |
| Aug | 82 | 17 | 1 |
| Sep | 87 | 12 | 0 |
| Oct | 97 | 3 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 | 0 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Wind in Cuenca is steady company: average speeds sit near 11 km/h — calm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| Feels | calm | light breeze | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11 | calm |
| Feb | 12 | light breeze |
| Mar | 12 | calm |
| Apr | 12 | calm |
| May | 11 | calm |
| Jun | 10 | calm |
| Jul | 10 | calm |
| Aug | 10 | calm |
| Sep | 10 | calm |
| Oct | 10 | calm |
| Nov | 11 | calm |
| Dec | 11 | calm |
Best time to visit Cuenca
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Cuenca throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around early July, Cuenca is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Cuenca for general outdoor tourist activities run from early May to mid July and again from late August to mid October, with a peak score in the second week of September.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 1.9 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 7.6 | 6.2 | 3.6 | 2.1 |
| Rating | poor | poor | fair | fair | good | good | good | good | ideal | good | fair | poor |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.9 | poor |
| Feb | 2.7 | poor |
| Mar | 4.3 | fair |
| Apr | 5.2 | fair |
| May | 6.7 | good |
| Jun | 7.3 | good |
| Jul | 5.9 | good |
| Aug | 6.0 | good |
| Sep | 7.6 | ideal |
| Oct | 6.2 | good |
| Nov | 3.6 | fair |
| Dec | 2.1 | poor |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Cuenca for hot-weather activities is from mid June to mid September, with a peak score in the first week of July.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Cuenca, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 31°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 9°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.
In July, Cuenca sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.
UV index (midday) in Cuenca by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Cuenca peaks around July 14 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (low).
The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Level | Moderate | Moderate | High | Very high | High | Very high | Extreme | Very high | High | Moderate | Moderate | Low |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2 | Moderate |
| Feb | 3 | Moderate |
| Mar | 6 | High |
| Apr | 7 | Very high |
| May | 7 | High |
| Jun | 9 | Very high |
| Jul | 11 | Extreme |
| Aug | 8 | Very high |
| Sep | 7 | High |
| Oct | 4 | Moderate |
| Nov | 3 | Moderate |
| Dec | 2 | Low |
Average hourly UV index in Cuenca
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 9 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 7 | 7 | 8.5 | 9 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5.5 | 6 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 0 | 0 |
| Mar | 5.5 | 0 |
| Apr | 7 | 3 |
| May | 7 | 3 |
| Jun | 8.5 | 5.5 |
| Jul | 9 | 6 |
| Aug | 7.5 | 4.5 |
| Sep | 6.5 | 2.5 |
| Oct | 4 | 0 |
| Nov | 0 | 0 |
| Dec | 0 | 0 |
Growing season
Cuenca is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about March 25 to November 10 (231 days); outside that window a hard frost is an occasional risk.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 54 | 62 | 84 | 97 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 85 | 63 |
| Frost nights | 31 | 28 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 31 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 54 | 31 |
| Feb | 62 | 28 |
| Mar | 84 | 25 |
| Apr | 97 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 99 | 0 |
| Nov | 85 | 20 |
| Dec | 63 | 31 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Cuenca banks about 1,697 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 152 | 301 | 428 | 417 | 263 | 110 | 2 | 0 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 0 |
| Feb | 0 |
| Mar | 0 |
| Apr | 25 |
| May | 152 |
| Jun | 301 |
| Jul | 428 |
| Aug | 417 |
| Sep | 263 |
| Oct | 110 |
| Nov | 2 |
| Dec | 0 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Cuenca receives about 4.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.9 and 7.8 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Mar 21 to Sep 22. The brightest month is July, averaging about 7.7 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is December, down near 1.9 kWh/m² — roughly 75% less than the July peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 2.2 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| Level | Moderate | Moderate | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Bright | Moderate | Moderate | Dim |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.2 | Moderate |
| Feb | 3.2 | Moderate |
| Mar | 4.5 | Bright |
| Apr | 5.7 | Bright |
| May | 6.7 | Intense |
| Jun | 7.5 | Intense |
| Jul | 7.7 | Intense |
| Aug | 6.8 | Intense |
| Sep | 5.2 | Bright |
| Oct | 3.5 | Moderate |
| Nov | 2.3 | Moderate |
| Dec | 1.9 | Dim |
Where is Cuenca?
Cuenca sits at 40.1°N, 2.1°W, 941 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Tarancón, 75 km away.
Topography around Cuenca
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Cuenca.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Cuenca has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 331 m around an average of 988 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 560 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,370 m.
The land around Cuenca is covered by cropland (26%), trees (23%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and cropland (35%) within 80 km.
Spain travel facts
- Travel advisory
- Level 2
- Exercise Increased Caution
- Power plugs
- Type C / F
- 230 V · 50 Hz
- Prices
- ≈ 65% of US
- price level, 2025
- GDP per capita
- $38,627
- 2025
- Happiness
- 6.5 / 10
- World Happiness, 2025
- Safe drinking water
- 99%
- of population, 2024
- Homicide rate
- 0.7
- per 100k, 2023
- Road deaths
- 3.9
- per 100k/yr, 2019
- Income group
- High
- World Bank
- English
- Moderate
- EF EPI 540
- Religion
Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.
Data sources
Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Cuenca (40.0667°, -2.1333°, elevation 941 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).