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Pick your month and your pace to get a recommended stay and a shape for the days.

  1. When are you going?

    Peak crowds and prices. Hot. Best enjoyed early or late.

    August fit for Barcelona

    Value in August

    40/100 OK the beach and swimming

    • Weather comfort 78/100

      29°C

    • Low crowds and prices 20/100

      Very high

    • Dry weather 80/100

      53 mm

    Longer is better on every axis

    September is 75% better value

    A day here in August

    • Morning 07:30–10:30

      Outdoors, before the heat and the coaches

      Montjuïc · Parc Guell

    • Midday 11:00–16:30

      Indoors, while the sun is high

      La Sagrada Familia · Barcelona Aquarium · Casa Battlo

    • Evening 17:30–21:30

      Streets and squares in the late light

      Barri Gòtic Medieval Quarter · Las Ramblas

  2. What's your travel pace?

  3. Your recommended stay

    3 days

    Balanced pace

    Why this duration?

    • Covers the 3 headline sights

Best destinations by month

August is usually the hottest month to visit Barcelona, Spain, with almost 84 °F ( 30 °C) high temperature average. July is very close also in terms of heat. Because of these high temperatures, these two months see most Barcelona citizens go out to the coast on vacation. The best months to visit and travel to Barcelona are most likely May through mid-July and September.

In the winter, with January being the coolest month, it rarely snows since temperatures are usually kept well above freezing point ( 53°F or 12 °C). Although October can be pleasant, it is usually the month getting the most rain (2 " or 95mm) and almost doubles any other month in terms of precipitations exept September.

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