Urban Climate Index
Pinedo, barrio of València, in August 2026
Written by Eduardo Garcia · Co-founder / CEO / CTOPublished 16 September 2026
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This map is the north of València, the city of streets and roofs. The colours show how hot the ground was in August, on the same scale as l’Albufera beside it.
This map is the south of the municipality, l’Albufera, rice and lagoon. It shares the scale with the city, so the wetland ground reads cooler.
The Urban Climate Index for València, on the Mediterranean, ranks the 81 barrios by their temperature in August 2026. Pinedo leads this list, at a temperature of 36.6°C, and Vara de Quart closes it. The north is the city of streets and roofs and the south is l’Albufera.
If you live here or you are thinking of doing so, look at which barrios ran cooler or hotter this August, and where you would like to spend more time.
The same index, across 45 municipalities in the metropolitan area, is another reading. The barrio and the municipality are published separately.
Cooler end of the ranking
Pinedo leads this ranking because huerta and village remain in that barrio, at a temperature of 36.6°C. In the built city, the cooler ground sits toward the Turia, the gardens and Ciutat Vella. The five best places are:
Five best places. Urban Climate Index, València, August 2026.
| Rank | Barrio | Surface |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pinedo | 36.6°C |
| 2 | Penya-roja | 41.1°C |
| 3 | Trinitat | 41.2°C |
| 4 | el Botànic | 41.3°C |
| 5 | Exposició | 41.6°C |
Hotter end of the ranking
The inland west and the northern edge close the list. Vara de Quart is last of 81, at a temperature of 45.2°C. Borbotó sits among the five worst places as a northern village. Benimàmet sits in 76th place: the ground is at a temperature of about 45°C, like Vara de Quart, and it takes air, humidity and rain from another meteorological station.
Five worst places. Urban Climate Index, València, August 2026.
| Rank | Barrio | Surface |
|---|---|---|
| 81 | Vara de Quart | 45.2°C |
| 80 | la Raïosa | 44.7°C |
| 79 | el Calvari | 44.7°C |
| 78 | Borbotó | 44.6°C |
| 77 | Beniferri | 44.6°C |
Why the ranking uses urban ground
L’Albufera is a wetland south of València: flooded rice and a lagoon. In August that ground stays cool because it is water and plants. The barrio ranking uses urban ground so roofs and squares sit against roofs and squares. The whole municipality, lagoon included, sits at 38.8°C, from 28.4°C to 53.4°C. Pinedo leads this list, at a temperature of 36.6°C, because huerta and village remain in that barrio.
El Castellar - l'Oliveral sits in 21st place of 81, at a temperature of about 42.5°C: it is a city barrio, and the huerta inside the boundary still cools the mean. El Saler, El Palmar and El Perellonet stay off the ranking: they are wetland villages, on rice and lagoon, not on the ground of the built city.
Benimàmet sits in 76th place on another station
Benimàmet sits in 76th place of 81, at a surface temperature of about 45.0°C. Vara de Quart sits in 81st place, at a temperature of 45.2°C. The ground is equally hot. Benimàmet sits five places higher because it takes air, humidity and rain from another meteorological station: drier air, more rain. It is the only barrio that takes that station.
These figures are the August mean for the whole municipality, lagoon included: 38.8°C. A single satellite day can run cooler or hotter; the index uses the month mean.
The ground sits hotter than the air: 38.8°C surface against 28.6°C. The index is ordered with both readings.
Russafa sits halfway down the list
Russafa sits in 58th place of 81, at a temperature of about 43.7°C on average, about halfway down the list. Anyone looking for cooler ground in the built city looks toward Ciutat Vella, el Botànic and the Turia.
How August was built
This August brings together the usable satellite scenes after the cloud filter. Ground and station air are two different readings; the index uses both.
Other cities and months are on our blog.
Conclusion
In August the satellite sees a hot built city and a cooler l’Albufera, rice and lagoon. The mean of the whole municipality, lagoon included, sits at 38.8°C.
Pinedo sits in first place and Vara de Quart in last place.
Knowing this, where would you like to spend more time next August in València, on the Mediterranean?
Questions
What do I do with this ranking?
It ranks that August’s climate for people who live here or are thinking of doing so. Rent and schools sit outside the score. The question is where you would like to spend more time next August.
What is the Urban Climate Index in this text?
The August 2026 reading for the municipality of València: 81 barrios, land surface temperature and official meteorological stations. This article shows the five best and the five worst; the full ranking downloads here.
Where is the full ranking?
The ranking of 81 downloads on this page: rank, barrio and mean surface.
What is the 38.8°C on the cards?
The August mean for the whole municipality, lagoon included. L’Albufera is water and rice; that mean does not count the heat of the streets. The barrio ranking uses urban ground.
Why does El Castellar sit in 21st place of 81?
It is a city barrio. Huerta inside the boundary still cools the mean, at a temperature of about 42.5°C, in 21st place of 81. El Saler, El Palmar and El Perellonet stay off the ranking: they are wetland villages, on rice and lagoon, not on the ground of the built city.
Why does Benimàmet sit in 76th place of 81?
Ground at a temperature of about 45.0°C, as hot as the west, and it ranks above Vara de Quart because it takes air, humidity and rain from another meteorological station: about 58.2% humidity and 24.5 mm of rain, against 65.8% and 8.9 mm on the central station.
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