Today
Has it rained enough in Granada?
Rain soaked properly in 10 days ago, and the ground is still holding some of it.
Granada has had 48.1mm of rain in the last 30 days. A normal October here brings 49.6mm, so the ground is roughly where it should be for the time of year.
Rain reaching the roots · 14 days
17 OctToday
Thirty years
Rain in Granada through a normal year
Across a normal year Granada gets about 544.4mm of rain, most of it in March (72.3mm) and least in July (5.9mm).
A normal October in Granada has rain on 9 days. Only 6 of them bring enough to reach a root.
That makes Granada one of the drier places this site covers in Spain in October — 11th 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.