Heat map shows most of Spain in intense heat: how much will temperatures rise where you live?

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06/06/2026 - 13:39 GMT+2

Saturday will start with a weak weather front that will bring light, scattered showers to Galicia and the Cantabrian coast. In the afternoon, developing cloud will build over the mountain areas and the Pyrenees may see locally heavy thunderstorms. Elsewhere in the country, skies will be mostly clear.

Temperatures are now climbing sharply. Thermometers will exceed 30 ºC in many provincial capitals, and the Ebro, Tagus, Guadiana and Guadalquivir valleys will approach or surpass 32 ºC. In the latter, highs may rise above 34 ºC. Forecasts for June point to above-average temperatures across practically the whole of mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands, with a broadly widespread warm anomaly.

Sunday will be the warmest day of the weekend. Clear skies will dominate almost everywhere and 34 ºC will be reached across wide areas of central and southern Spain. Madrid will hover around that figure, and Seville and Córdoba will reach 36 ºC in the middle of the day. Along the Cantabrian coast temperatures will also rise sharply compared with Saturday.

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Hotter inland, uncertainty in the north

Between Monday and Wednesday the pattern will change little. Settled weather will continue to dominate, with very little rain over most of the country. The Cantabrian area will retain intervals of cloud and some light showers, and in the northern and eastern mountain ranges isolated afternoon thunderstorms may develop.

Madrid will spend much of the week between 33 and 34 ºC, with night-time lows not falling below 17 ºC. In the Guadiana and Guadalquivir valleys, temperatures could reach or exceed 38 ºC. In the Guadalquivir, values could even come close to 40 ºC in the hottest spots, with Seville and Córdoba among the most affected provincial capitals.

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On the Mediterranean coast the heat will be more moderate thanks to the influence of the sea. Barcelona will see highs of between 25 and 27 ºC, with mild nights and minimum temperatures close to 20 ºC. In the north and east there is still some uncertainty about the exact figures, but the heat will remain the main story inland. Seasonal forecasts for the summer of 2026 point to above-normal temperatures, especially in the interior of the peninsula, the east, the northeast and the Mediterranean area.

Towards the second half of the week, models suggest another rise in temperatures, although we will still have to wait for further updates to confirm it.

Canary Islands: strong trade winds and cloud in the north of the islands

In the Canary Islands, the trade wind regime will remain the dominant feature over the weekend and into the first few days of the week. Gusts above 80 kilometres per hour are expected in the most exposed areas, with rough seas around the archipelago.

Cloud will gather on the northern slopes of the more mountainous islands, where drizzle is possible, while the south will enjoy more hours of sunshine. Temperatures will be mild and stable, with highs of between 23 and 25 ºC on the coast and slightly cooler values in mid-altitude areas.

This spell of weather comes in the context of the deadliest May on record in Spain due to heat, with 101 deaths attributed to high temperatures, a figure 3.6 times the average for that month over the past decade. Sea temperatures along the Spanish coast also ended May at record highs, with unusually warm waters stretching from Galicia and the Cantabrian Sea to the Mediterranean.