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Barometric pressure in Zaragoza

1012hPa
Steady

Beneath its daily wave, pressure has barely moved. A fall is beginning, and runs until tomorrow evening.

Sea level reading, as of 18:00 local time.

The past week and the days ahead

The shaded part shows the days already gone. The thicker line is the forecast. The thin grey line is the average over a whole day, so you can see where pressure is heading under the daily up and down.

now37° / 22°38° / 21°42° / 23°34° / 21°29° / 19°32° / 17°33° / 22°34° / 23°33° / 22°35° / 22°32° / 21°30° / 18°32° / 18°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 291005101010151020
The forecast runs 7 days ahead.

The week ahead

Each day at a glance: how far pressure moves, and the low and high it reaches.

TodayAug 23 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Light drizzle33° / 22°

low 1012 · high 1017 hPa

MonAug 24 −3 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Partly cloudy34° / 23°

low 1008 · high 1014 hPa

TueAug 25 +1 hPa

Climbs in the morning, then settles back.

Overcast33° / 22°

low 1010 · high 1014 hPa

WedAug 26 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Overcast35° / 22°

low 1006 · high 1012 hPa

ThuAug 27 +4 hPa

Rises steadily through the day.

Overcast32° / 21°

low 1008 · high 1014 hPa

FriAug 28 +3 hPa

Rises steadily through the day.

Clear sky30° / 18°

low 1015 · high 1018 hPa

SatAug 29 −3 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Clear sky32° / 18°

low 1015 · high 1020 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Clear sky25°1015
01:00Clear sky24°1015
02:00Clear sky24°1016
03:00Clear sky23°1016
04:00Clear sky23°1016
05:00Clear sky23°1016
06:00Clear sky22°1016
07:00Clear sky22°1016
08:00Clear sky22°1017
09:00Clear sky24°1017
10:00Clear sky26°1017
11:00Clear sky28°1016
12:00Clear sky30°1016
13:00Clear sky32°1015
14:00Mainly clear33°1014
15:00Mainly clear33°1014
16:00Mainly clear33°1013
17:00Mainly clear33°1012
18:00Light drizzle33°0.11012
19:00Light drizzle32°0.11012
20:00Light drizzle31°0.11012
21:00Clear sky30°1012
22:00Clear sky29°1013
23:00Clear sky27°1013

Of the seven days, Thursday moves most: up 4 hPa.

What happens next

Pressure bottoms out near 1008 hPa tomorrow evening, and rises after that.

The daily rhythm

Zaragoza has a strong daily rhythm: pressure swings about 4 hPa between a regular low and high, at almost the same hours each day. Most of what the graph shows is that daily wave, which is why the change since yesterday says more here than the change over a few hours.

Your own barometer

Zaragoza sits 195 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 22 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 990 hPa as of 18:00.

The hours already past are the model's record of each hour as it passed, anchored to real observations, though not a reading from an instrument in Zaragoza.

Cities nearby

Open one to see its pressure, or search for your own city at the top of the page.

Wondering if this weather is normal? See what the weather in Zaragoza has done since 1940, on our sister site weatherjourney.com.

Common questions

What is a normal barometric pressure?

Near 1013 hPa at sea level; the exact standard figure, 1013.25 hPa, is the same as 760 mmHg, 29.92 inHg or 101.3 kPa. Anything between roughly 1000 and 1025 hPa is ordinary. Which way it is going matters far more than the number itself.

Why does my own barometer show a different number?

Usually altitude, and sometimes the instrument itself. Weather services correct readings to what they would be at sea level, so that cities can be compared. The figure for Zaragoza, which stands 195 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 22 hPa below the sea-level reading. If your barometer is already set to sea level and still reads slightly differently, that is the setting on the instrument rather than the weather.

Is a millibar the same as a hectopascal?

Yes. One millibar and one hectopascal are exactly the same amount of pressure, so 1013 mbar and 1013 hPa mean the same thing. The name changed; the number did not.

Does falling pressure mean rain?

Not by itself. Away from the tropics, falling pressure usually means a low is approaching, and lows carry the fronts that bring cloud and rain, so the two often arrive together. But a shallow fall can pass with nothing more than cloud, and rain falls under steady pressure too. The graph tells you a system is on the way, not how wet it will be. The week ahead, just above, shows the rain forecast beside the pressure.