{
  "name": "Madrid",
  "type": "city",
  "url": "https://snowingplaces.com/cities/madrid/",
  "summary": "Spain's capital on the central plateau, where snow is occasional in the city and regular in the Sierra de Guadarrama above it.",
  "location": {
    "country": "Spain",
    "region": "Community of Madrid",
    "latitude": 40.42,
    "longitude": -3.7
  },
  "elevationMetres": {
    "city": 667
  },
  "factsVerified": false,
  "forecast": {
    "status": "out of season"
  },
  "snowRecord": {
    "metric": "average days per month with at least 1 cm of snowfall",
    "period": "2016–2025",
    "source": "ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo",
    "elevation": "city centre",
    "daysPerMonth": {
      "january": 0.5,
      "february": 0.1,
      "march": 0.6,
      "april": 0,
      "may": 0,
      "june": 0,
      "july": 0,
      "august": 0,
      "september": 0,
      "october": 0,
      "november": 0,
      "december": 0
    },
    "shareOfAnnualSnowfallPercent": {
      "january": 80,
      "february": 0,
      "march": 20,
      "april": 0,
      "may": 0,
      "june": 0,
      "july": 0,
      "august": 0,
      "september": 0,
      "october": 0,
      "november": 0,
      "december": 0
    },
    "averageDailyTemperatureC": {
      "january": {
        "low": 1.5,
        "high": 10.5
      },
      "february": {
        "low": 2.9,
        "high": 13.7
      },
      "march": {
        "low": 4.8,
        "high": 15.6
      },
      "april": {
        "low": 7.5,
        "high": 18.9
      },
      "may": {
        "low": 11.5,
        "high": 24.1
      },
      "june": {
        "low": 16.7,
        "high": 29.9
      },
      "july": {
        "low": 20.1,
        "high": 34.3
      },
      "august": {
        "low": 20,
        "high": 33.7
      },
      "september": {
        "low": 15.1,
        "high": 27.1
      },
      "october": {
        "low": 11.1,
        "high": 21.8
      },
      "november": {
        "low": 5.8,
        "high": 14.2
      },
      "december": {
        "low": 3.1,
        "high": 11.2
      }
    },
    "wintersAsPercentOfAverage": {
      "2016/17": 0,
      "2017/18": 152,
      "2018/19": 0,
      "2019/20": 121,
      "2020/21": 500,
      "2021/22": 15,
      "2022/23": 0,
      "2023/24": 15,
      "2024/25": 76,
      "2025/26": 121
    },
    "holidays": {
      "christmas": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 0
      },
      "newYear": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 0
      },
      "midFebruary": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 0
      },
      "easter": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 0
      },
      "midJuly": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 0
      }
    },
    "note": "Absolute snowfall and depth are not published: ERA5 underestimates them in mountain terrain."
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Madrid on Wikidata",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2807"
    },
    {
      "label": "Elevation from the Open-Meteo terrain model at the city centre coordinates",
      "url": "https://open-meteo.com/en/docs/elevation-api"
    }
  ],
  "methodology": "https://snowingplaces.com/methodology/",
  "attribution": "snowingplaces.com. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com."
}