Today
Has it rained enough in Bilbao?
Rain soaked properly in 2 days ago, and the ground is still holding some of it.
Bilbao has had 108.3mm of rain in the last 30 days. A normal October here brings 91.6mm, so the ground is roughly where it should be for the time of year.
Rain reaching the roots · 14 days
17 OctToday
Reached the roots
Rain that did not
3 days of 14
Thirty years
Rain in Bilbao through a normal year
Across a normal year Bilbao gets about 1099.4mm of rain, most of it in November (149.2mm) and least in August (54.8mm).
A normal October in Bilbao has rain on 16 days. Only 11 of them bring enough to reach a root.
That makes Bilbao one of the wetter places this site covers in Spain in October — 3rd of 14, against Vigo at the wet end (238.7mm) and Murcia at the dry end (35.6mm).
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Average rainfall by month, 1995–2024
What it means
What that means for what you grow
- Pots and hanging basketsWorst hit, and first to suffer. Very little soil, fully exposed, and nothing to fall back on — in this weather they can empty in a day.
- Salad and leafy vegShallow-rooted and quick to bolt once they run dry. First priority of anything in the ground.
- Beds and bordersA long soak that reaches the roots is worth more than a daily sprinkle, which only wets the surface and is gone by lunchtime.
- Established shrubs and treesFine as they are. They draw from far deeper than a dry spell reaches.