Best time to visit
Madrid

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Madrid -
The best and worst
times to visit

Insights you need to know

Best times

May and June

This is the very best time. Temperatures are pleasant. And the summer tourist crowds have yet to arrive en masse (at least not until the last week or two of June).

September to October

Like the previous period, you'll enjoy mild temperatures and a moderate tourist count. Note: The first week of September is iffy in terms of tourist crowds and high temperatures. And it might be cold at the end of October.

Least desirable times

July and August

The heat can be oppressive, even at night. And a flood of tourists create long waiting lines at the Prado Museum and other famous attractions.

December to February

Days are typically very cold and nights, frigid. And your daylight sightseeing hours are very short.

 

Christmas and Easter

Unless you have a compelling reason for doing so, avoid coming during the Christmas and Easter holidays. They attract a surge of local and international tourists.


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