This live rain radar for Valencia shows showers and storms over the city, the Albufera and the wider Valencian coast, with a new radar frame about every 10 minutes. It matters most in autumn, when cut-off lows known as DANAs can drop extreme rain on the region within a few hours.
Autumn is the wettest season: September to November bring about 40% of Valencia’s yearly rain, and July is the driest month. The table below shows the long-term monthly averages.
Which radar covers Valencia?
Spain’s weather radars are run by the national weather agency, AEMET, which also issues colour-coded weather warnings for the Valencia area. The map above comes from RainViewer, which merges radar networks worldwide, and its coverage layer includes Valencia.
Stronger colours mean heavier rain. When a DANA is forecast, watch for storm cells that stall or keep re-forming over the same towns; our guide to flash flood warning signs on radar explains what to look for.
How bad do floods in Valencia get?
On 29 October 2024, a DANA flooded the towns south-west of the city as the Poyo ravine burst its banks. 224 people died in Valencia province, 62 of them in Paiporta (2024 Spanish floods).
Central Valencia was largely spared because the Turia no longer runs through it. After the 1957 flood killed at least 81 people, the river was diverted into a 12 km channel south of the city, finished in 1973; on 30 October 2024 that channel ran at full capacity.
For the latest storm, read our report on the October 2026 DANA floods in Valencia and Alicante.
Rain in Valencia by month
Valencia gets about 459 mm (18.1 in) of rain in an average year. The wettest month is September, with 70 mm (2.8 in), and the driest is July, with 7 mm (0.3 in).
| Month | Average rain | Average temperature |
|---|---|---|
| January | 39 mm (1.5 in) | 12.1 °C (54 °F) |
| February | 30 mm (1.2 in) | 12.7 °C (55 °F) |
| March | 40 mm (1.6 in) | 14.7 °C (58 °F) |
| April | 33 mm (1.3 in) | 16.6 °C (62 °F) |
| May | 36 mm (1.4 in) | 19.6 °C (67 °F) |
| June | 26 mm (1.0 in) | 23.3 °C (74 °F) |
| July | 7 mm (0.3 in) | 25.9 °C (79 °F) |
| August | 15 mm (0.6 in) | 26.5 °C (80 °F) |
| September | 70 mm (2.8 in) | 23.7 °C (75 °F) |
| October | 63 mm (2.5 in) | 20.1 °C (68 °F) |
| November | 52 mm (2.0 in) | 15.6 °C (60 °F) |
| December | 48 mm (1.9 in) | 12.8 °C (55 °F) |
Long-term monthly averages from the Spanish weather agency (AEMET), 1991–2020. Source: Wikipedia climate table.
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