Barcelona gets more rain than London, Paris and Berlin in first three quarters of 2025

Barcelona is having a rather rainy year – not only has the city registered more wet days than average so far, but it is also receiving more rainfall than other major European cities that are usually considered wetter, according to official data obtained by Catalan News.

The Catalan meteorological service (Meteocat) recorded 450 mm of rain between January 1 and September 30 at its weather station in the Raval neighborhood.

This is a higher figure than that registered in the southern Montsouris area of Paris, where 436 mm were measured by Meteo-France.

In Berlin’s Tempelhof area, precipitation during the same period reached 357 mm, according to the Deutscher Wetterdienst.

Meanwhile, England is experiencing an especially dry year, with some regions officially declared to be in drought and restrictions on water use considered in recent months. A weather station in the City of London recorded only 284 mm of rain in the first three quarters of the year, according to the Met Office.

All three capitals are below Barcelona, even though their annual average rainfall is similar. Between 1991 and 2020, Barcelona’s average annual precipitation was 620 mm, the same as London’s (620.7), very close to Paris-Montsouris (634), and slightly above Berlin-Tempelhof (572).

More rainy days than usual in Barcelona

While total precipitation is higher, the number of rainy days remains lower in Barcelona than in the other three cities. The Raval station recorded 68 wet days in the first 273 days of the year, while the Fabra Observatory, located in the Collserola mountain range, counted 73.

This is almost the same number as in Paris, with 74, yet Météo-France only considers a day “rainy” when precipitation exceeds 1 mm (Barcelona counts any day with at least 0.1 mm). Berlin recorded 107 wet days, and London 102. Both cities normally experience more than 160 rainy days per year — roughly double the amount in the Catalan capital.

However, the 73 days of Barcelona are unusual, since the average between January and September are 60, and the expected amount after the 12 months is 82 –considering that October has already seen a couple of days with dark clouds, the annual average is expected to be surpassed soon.