If the heat is the worry, rule out June, July, August and September first. All four average daily highs above 30°C, with July at 36.0°C and August at 35.5°C. May keeps the warmth without crossing that line, at 27.2°C, and pairs it with 293 hours of sunshine and only 30 mm of rain, the best balance of the twelve months. For a cooler trip, March sits at 21.9°C with 220 hours of sunshine.
The months with a mean daily maximum between 20 and 30°C in Seville are March, April, May, October and November.
Five of twelve, which sounds generous until the rain column is added and two of those five turn out to be a different proposition entirely. October takes 68 mm and November 91, against 54 in April and 36 in March. Festivals run on a separate clock: Semana Santa moves every year and the Feria de Abril follows it, so a trip built around either is fixed by that year’s calendar before the weather.
When is the best time to visit Seville?
May, when the Sevilla Aeropuerto station averages a 27.2°C high, 30 mm of rain and 293 hours of sunshine on AEMET’s normal values. Visitors wary of heat should avoid July and August, with highs of 36.0 and 35.5°C. March is the cooler, drier alternative, at 36 mm and a 21.9°C high.
Which months to avoid if the heat is the worry
June, July, August and September all average daily highs above 30°C: 32.2, 36.0, 35.5 and 31.7. September belongs on that list even though it is often treated as a transition month. Nights give little relief in high summer, with a mean daily minimum of 20.3°C in July and 20.4°C in August.
If those are the only dates available, go early. Seville Cathedral opens at 9:30 from Monday to Saturday in July and August, instead of 10:45, and brings last entry, the Giralda included, forward to 17:00; the rest of the year last entry is 18:00. The Real Alcázar opens at 9:30 all year and closes at 19:00 from April to September and at 17:00 from October to March, according to the Patronato.
AEMET’s reference station for Seville sits at the airport, 34 metres above sea level beside the Guadalquivir. Landing there, the EA bus into the centre costs 6 euros for a single ticket, and the options are set out in getting from Seville airport to the city centre.
Why May is the best time to visit Seville
May takes every measure that matters without letting any of them run away. It carries a mean daily maximum of 27.2°C, 30 mm of rain over 3.7 wet days and 293 hours of sunshine. Only June, July and August are sunnier, and all three run above 32°C. Outside those three, September is the only drier month, at 27 mm, and it does so at 31.7°C.
March is the cooler fallback, at 21.9°C, 36 mm over 4.3 wet days and 220 hours of sunshine. Colder than May, drier than April.
April or October, which shoulder month to pick
October runs a mean daily maximum of 26.0°C against April’s 23.4, so it is the warmer of the two. It also takes 68 mm against April’s 54 and gets 216 sunshine hours against 238. The autumn month is the wetter one.
March and November show the same split one step down. Their mean temperatures are half a degree apart, 15.6 to 15.1, yet March takes 36 mm and November 91, and sunshine falls from 220 hours to 181. Humidity widens the gap: AEMET gives November 70 % mean relative humidity against 59 % in March, so the wetter month is also the damper one on the days it does not rain.
Both shoulder seasons also keep the long museum evenings. The Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla and the Museo de Artes y Costumbres Populares stay open to 21:00 from Tuesday to Saturday outside summer. In summer they part ways: Bellas Artes shortens to 9:00-15:00 only in August, the other from 16 June to 15 September, so a July trip finds one open to 21:00 and the other shut at 15:00. Both charge 1.50 euros, and EU citizens enter free with ID.
How many rainy days to expect in Seville each month
November, December and January take 256 of the 539 mm that fall in a year, 47.5 % of the total in a quarter of the calendar. June, July and August share 17 mm between the three, 3.2 %. The remaining six months divide 266 mm, and October, at 68 mm, is wetter than January at 66.
Counted in days with at least 1 mm, the year has 50.5. December has the most at 7.5, followed by November at 6.4, and July has 0.2, which in practice means a dry month. December takes 99 mm and July 2, a ratio close to 50 to 1 between the wettest and the driest month, which is why a single annual rainfall figure describes no month in particular.
Humidity follows the rain rather than the temperature. December sits at 74 % and July at 44 %, thirty points apart.
Planning around Semana Santa and the Feria de Abril
The festivals run on their own clock. Easter Sunday falls between 22 March and 25 April, and Palm Sunday, which opens Semana Santa, always seven days earlier, so the whole week moves inside a 35-day window. The Feria de Abril follows it, but the city council sets its exact dates each year, so leave room until they are announced. The full mechanism is in why Semana Santa moves every year.
That window sits entirely in March and April, so the weather of a Semana Santa trip depends on the year: an early one sits in March’s averages, a mid-April one in April’s. The Real Alcázar closes on Viernes Santo, the Friday of Semana Santa.
How to choose your Seville dates in four steps
A first-time visitor deciding on the numbers alone can work down four steps, from the weather to the calendar.
- Pick May if the dates are open, on the best combination of heat, rain and sunshine.
- Choose March over November when a shoulder month is the only option, for 55 mm less rain.
- Take October over April only if warmth matters more than dry days and daylight.
- Check that year’s Semana Santa dates before booking anything in spring.
The full summer breakdown sits in the AEMET figures for July and August, what a stay costs in the three-day Seville budget, and the monument ticket prices door by door. At Seville Cathedral the general ticket is 13 euros online and 14 euros at the desk, and buying online secures a slot.
Seville weather month by month
Sorted from the hottest month down, rather than by calendar, on AEMET’s 1981-2010 normals for Sevilla Aeropuerto.
| Month | Mean daily max | Sunshine | Rain | Wet days | Mean daily min |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July | 36.0°C | 354 h | 2 mm | 0.2 days | 20.3°C |
| August | 35.5°C | 328 h | 5 mm | 0.5 days | 20.4°C |
| June | 32.2°C | 317 h | 10 mm | 1.3 days | 18.0°C |
| September | 31.7°C | 244 h | 27 mm | 2.4 days | 18.2°C |
| May | 27.2°C | 293 h | 30 mm | 3.7 days | 14.2°C |
| October | 26.0°C | 216 h | 68 mm | 6.1 days | 14.4°C |
| April | 23.4°C | 238 h | 54 mm | 6.1 days | 11.1°C |
| March | 21.9°C | 220 h | 36 mm | 4.3 days | 9.2°C |
| November | 20.2°C | 181 h | 91 mm | 6.4 days | 10.0°C |
| February | 18.1°C | 189 h | 50 mm | 5.8 days | 7.0°C |
| December | 16.6°C | 154 h | 99 mm | 7.5 days | 7.3°C |
| January | 16.0°C | 183 h | 66 mm | 6.1 days | 5.7°C |
The year closes at 19.2°C mean, 25.4°C mean daily maximum, 13.0°C mean daily minimum and 539 mm of rain, on the series the Agency records for the reference period.
Frequently asked questions about when to visit Seville
What is the best month to visit Seville?
May, on the AEMET normal values. It carries a mean daily maximum of 27.2°C, 30 mm of rain and 293 hours of sunshine, the best combination of the twelve. April and October follow, each with more rain and fewer sunshine hours.
Is spring the same as autumn in Seville?
No, and the difference is rain rather than temperature. March and November are half a degree apart in mean temperature, 15.6 against 15.1, but November takes 91 mm and March 36, two and a half times more. Sunshine drops from 220 hours to 181.
When does it rain in Seville?
Mostly from October to January. December takes 99 mm and November 91, and November, December and January together take 256 of the 539 mm that fall in a year, 47.5 % of the total. Summer is the reverse: June, July and August share 17 mm between them, 3.2 % of the year.
How many months are hot in Seville?
Four exceed a mean daily maximum of 30°C: June at 32.2, July at 36.0, August at 35.5 and September at 31.7. Three sit below 20, which are January, February and December. The other five fall between the two thresholds.
Is October a good month to visit Seville?
Warmer than April but wetter. October runs a mean daily maximum of 26.0°C against April’s 23.4, and takes 68 mm of rain against April’s 54. It also gets 216 hours of sunshine to April’s 238, so the trade is heat for water and light.
How humid is Seville in summer?
Least humid of the year. AEMET gives 44 % mean relative humidity in July and 48 % in June and August, against 74 % in December. July is also the driest month, with 2 mm of rain over 0.2 wet days.
May on the numbers. And between March and November, March, by 55 millimetres.