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Best Time for Ribeira Sacra & Lugo
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Sweet spot: February, April, May. Computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.
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- Catamarans run the Sil canyon between heroic vineyard terraces, and the harvest — winched up slopes too steep to walk — is worth timing for late September.
- Mist fills the canyon most mornings and boat schedules shrink — Ourense's steaming thermal pools along the river come into their own.
| Month | Low | High | Rain | Daylight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.6°C | 9.3°C | 126 mm | 9.2 h | |
| February | 2.0°C | 10.2°C | 88 mm | 10.3 h | |
| March | 3.5°C | 13.0°C | 105 mm | 11.7 h | |
| April | 5.2°C | 15.6°C | 85 mm | 13.2 h | |
| May | 7.6°C | 18.9°C | 65 mm | 14.4 h | |
| June | 10.7°C | 23.5°C | 45 mm | 15.1 h | |
| July | 12.3°C | 27.0°C | 28 mm | 14.9 h | |
| August | 12.4°C | 27.3°C | 34 mm | 13.7 h | |
| September | 10.8°C | 24.6°C | 40 mm | 12.3 h | |
| October | 8.3°C | 18.7°C | 131 mm | 10.8 h | |
| November | 5.0°C | 12.3°C | 132 mm | 9.5 h | |
| December | 2.8°C | 9.9°C | 127 mm | 8.9 h |