The visitor season
Busy season, nationally.
September records 72% of August's overnight stays. 1 of 19 regions is in peak season against its own year. This measures overnight demand, not queues or day-trippers.
A good place. At the right time.
Spain
in September.
Is September a good time?
All 19 scored regions rate very good or better for weather.
National overnight stays are 72% of the August peak.
- Regional afternoon highs
- 74–88°F
- Very good weather
- 19 / 19 regions
Similar weather scores do not mean similar visitor seasons or hotel prices across regions.
Find your September baseBased on 19 statistical regions. Typical conditions, not a forecast for individual towns.
One month. 19 possibilities.
Choose your September base.
The useful differences, side by side. Open a region for its full month guide.
What matters most?
Weather 50% · Crowds 30% · Cost 20%
Trip focus
Overall scores use the Balanced mix. Choose a different priority to order the regions by that mix.
BeachCeutaRead the September guide ↗
Overall8.7/10#4 month here · Balanced
Weather10.0/10Excellent79°F afternoons · 2 rain days
Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearBelow country typicalregional accommodation level
BeachCanary IslandsTenerife · Gran Canaria · Lanzarote · Fuerteventura · La PalmaRead the September guide ↗
Overall8.3/10#2 month here · Balanced
Weather10.0/10Excellent80°F afternoons
Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearAbove country typicalregional accommodation level
BeachAndalusiaSeville · Málaga · Granada · Córdoba · Costa del SolRead the September guide ↗
Overall8.0/10#4 month here · Balanced
Weather10.0/10Excellent86°F afternoons · 3 rain days
Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearAbove country typicalregional accommodation level
CountrysideCastile and LeónSalamanca · Segovia · LeónRead the September guide ↗
Overall8.5/10#1 month here · Balanced
Weather9.8/10Excellent78°F afternoons · 5 rain days
Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearBelow country typicalregional accommodation level
BeachMallorca & the BalearicsMallorca · Ibiza · Menorca · FormenteraRead the September guide ↗
Overall7.3/10#6 month here · Balanced
Weather9.7/10Excellent83°F afternoons · 5 rain days
Visitor seasonPeak seasonvs its own yearAbove country typicalregional accommodation level
BeachMurciaCartagena · Mar MenorRead the September guide ↗
Overall8.6/10#4 month here · Balanced
Weather9.6/10Excellent86°F afternoons · 3 rain days
Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearBelow country typicalregional accommodation level
CityMadridRead the September guide ↗
Overall7.9/10#2 month here · Balanced
Weather9.6/10Excellent83°F afternoons · 3 rain days
Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearAbove country typicalregional accommodation level
BeachMelillaRead the September guide ↗
Overall8.3/10#5 month here · Balanced
Weather9.3/10Excellent88°F afternoons · 3 rain days
Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearBelow country typicalregional accommodation level
CountrysideCastilla-La ManchaToledo · CuencaRead the September guide ↗
Overall8.1/10#3 month here · Balanced
Weather9.3/10Excellent83°F afternoons · 4 rain days
Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearBelow country typicalregional accommodation level
BeachValencia & the Costa BlancaValencia · Alicante · BenidormRead the September guide ↗
Overall8.0/10#4 month here · Balanced
Weather9.3/10Excellent85°F afternoons · 6 rain days
Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearAbove country typicalregional accommodation level
MountainsLa RiojaLogroñoRead the September guide ↗
Overall8.2/10#2 month here · Balanced
Weather9.2/10Excellent79°F afternoons · 4 rain days
Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearBelow country typicalregional accommodation level
CityAragonZaragoza · Spanish Pyrenees (part)Read the September guide ↗
Overall8.6/10#4 month here · Balanced
Weather9.1/10Excellent83°F afternoons · 3 rain days
Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearBelow country typicalregional accommodation level
CountrysideNavarrePamplonaRead the September guide ↗
Overall8.2/10#2 month here · Balanced
Weather9.1/10Excellent78°F afternoons · 5 rain days
Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearBelow country typicalregional accommodation level
CityBasque CountrySan Sebastián · BilbaoRead the September guide ↗
Overall7.5/10#2 month here · Balanced
Weather8.9/10Very good76°F afternoons · 8 rain days
Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearAbove country typicalregional accommodation level
CountrysideExtremaduraCáceres · MéridaRead the September guide ↗
Overall8.0/10#6 month here · Balanced
Weather8.8/10Very good86°F afternoons · 3 rain days
Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearBelow country typicalregional accommodation level
CityBarcelona & CataloniaBarcelona · Costa Brava · GironaRead the September guide ↗
Overall7.5/10#10 month here · Balanced
Weather8.6/10Very good80°F afternoons · 7 rain days
Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearAbove country typicalregional accommodation level
BeachGaliciaSantiago de Compostela · A CoruñaRead the September guide ↗
Overall7.7/10#2 month here · Balanced
Weather8.1/10Very good75°F afternoons · 6 rain days
Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearBelow country typicalregional accommodation level
BeachCantabriaSantanderRead the September guide ↗
Overall7.7/10#2 month here · Balanced
Weather7.8/10Very good75°F afternoons · 8 rain days
Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear country typicalregional accommodation level
BeachAsturiasPicos de Europa · OviedoRead the September guide ↗
Overall7.6/10#1 month here · Balanced
Weather7.5/10Very good74°F afternoons · 8 rain days
Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearBelow country typicalregional accommodation level
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Cost words compare a published regional accommodation level with Spain's typical level, or describe a region's price season against its own year. The Cost score still uses Spain's price level on the Europe scale; where regional money levels are unavailable, a cheaper season does not establish which region has the cheapest rooms.
What goes into the scores?
Overall combines weather, crowds and cost. It is not a weather rating. By default, the list ranks weather first and shows Balanced Overall scores (50% weather, 30% crowds, 20% cost). Other priorities order it by your Overall mix. Missing cost is excluded and the available parts are reweighted.
Visitor season compares each region with its own year. A higher crowd score does not establish which place has fewer people in absolute terms. Regions cover whole statistical areas; open a guide for its geographic scope. Read the scoring method.
Weather across the country
September weather & packing.
Regional averages vary; check a forecast closer to your trip.
- Typical afternoons
- 74–88°F
- Typical nights
- 53–67°F
- Rain days
- 2–8 days
Ranges span available regional monthly averages, not daily extremes. A dash means a measurement is unavailable or withheld; individual guides explain the gaps.
What to bring.
Melilla: afternoons around 88°F (31°C): summer clothes. Asturias: afternoons around 74°F (23°C): T-shirt weather; nights around 56°F (13°C): a sweater and a light jacket.
Weather, region by region Afternoons, nights, rain & weather
| Region | Afternoon | Night | Rain days | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceuta | 79°F | 66°F | 2 | excellent |
| Canary Islands | 80°F | 66°F | — | excellent |
| Andalusia | 86°F | 64°F | 3 | excellent |
| Castile and León | 78°F | 53°F | 5 | excellent |
| Mallorca & the Balearics | 83°F | — | 5 | excellent |
| Murcia | 86°F | 66°F | 3 | excellent |
| Madrid | 83°F | 58°F | 3 | excellent |
| Melilla | 88°F | — | 3 | excellent |
| Castilla-La Mancha | 83°F | 60°F | 4 | excellent |
| Valencia & the Costa Blanca | 85°F | 67°F | 6 | excellent |
| La Rioja | 79°F | 55°F | 4 | excellent |
| Aragon | 83°F | 60°F | 3 | excellent |
| Navarre | 78°F | 55°F | 5 | excellent |
| Basque Country | 76°F | 57°F | 8 | very good |
| Extremadura | 86°F | 61°F | 3 | very good |
| Barcelona & Catalonia | 80°F | 63°F | 7 | very good |
| Galicia | 75°F | 56°F | 6 | very good |
| Cantabria | 75°F | 59°F | 8 | very good |
| Asturias | 74°F | 56°F | 8 | very good |
Before you go
Check the trip details.
Hotel prices
Well above usual.
+14% on Spain's historical national hotel-price index, versus its usual month in 2024–2025. This describes a price season, not a live room quote.
Published regional hotel revenue per occupied room-night ranges from €67 in Extremadura to €155 in Madrid. Extremadura uses the 2024–2025 monthly average. Historical averages, not booking quotes.
Thinking about the coast?
Check the water, too.
Among beach-focused regions, the warmest measured seas this month are Mallorca & the Balearics (78°F), Valencia & the Costa Blanca (78°F), Murcia (78°F). Sea temperature is one part of a beach trip; open a region for weather and seasonal closures.
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How we know Sources, scope & limitations
Each row is a statistical region (NUTS 2); open it for the full month, the sources and what moving your dates would change. National lines are built from the regions: season is Spain's total tourist nights this month against its busiest month (Eurostat, primarily 2024–2025; earlier published years where needed); weather counts regions whose displayed Weather score is at least 7.0/10 (very good or better) rather than averaging across the country; visitors ranks overnight visitors per resident against all Europe's regions (for a region) or the other countries (for Spain) that month.
A regional accommodation level is shown only where publishable money data exists; elsewhere the cost words describe a regional season against its own year, and the score starts from the national price level. Separately, Spain's 2024 restaurants-and-hotels level is below EU average (84 where the EU average is 100). Full method.