Valencia Marathon weather
What will race morning in Valencia cost you?
Valencia Marathon race mornings since 2021 at Valencia airport: typically 10°C (49°F) at 08:15. Race days ran 5 to 12°C.
- Date
- Sun, 6 Dec 2026
- Your start
- Wave 1 · 08:15
- Distance
- 42.2 km
| Year | Air | Dew pt | High by 12:15 | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 7 Dec | 12°C | 9°C | 20°C | n/a |
| 2024 1 Dec | 10°C | 9°C | 16°C | n/a |
| 2023 3 Dec | 5°C | 1°C | 14°C | n/a |
| 2022 4 Dec | 9°C | 6°C | 14°C | n/a |
| 2021 5 Dec | 12°C | 1°C | 15°C | n/a |
Valencia airport station on each race date.
Valencia’s December marathon is a 42.195 km city road race. Use the organiser’s current route and start-wave guide for this edition. Organiser route
Each past race day priced from 08:15 to 12:15. Main factor: heat.Live forecast opens 22 November.
01 · The conditions
Race-day weather
Race-day forecasts appear 14 days before the race. Until then, here is what race morning has looked like.
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02 · Same effort, different day
What the weather may cost your goal
4:00:00 goal. On a typical race morning here, expect about 4:02 to 4:05. Main factor: heat.
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RunWeather’s pace model at your goal effort, over every hour you are on course (08:15 to 12:15 local), weighted by the time you spend in each, using the five-year race-morning average. A planning preview, not a predicted finish. Hills, turns, shelter, fuelling and heat adaptation are not modelled here; rain is left out because a probability is not a measured rain rate. Explore the heat pace calculator.
View even-pace checkpoints
| Distance | Elapsed time |
|---|---|
| 5.0 km | 0:28:26 |
| 10.0 km | 0:56:53 |
| 15.0 km | 1:25:19 |
| 20.0 km | 1:53:45 |
| 25.0 km | 2:22:12 |
| 30.0 km | 2:50:38 |
| 35.0 km | 3:19:05 |
| 40.0 km | 3:47:31 |
| 42.2 km · Finish | 4:00:00 |
In the app
Your race plan, on race morning
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Goal pace against race-day pace
What your goal is worth on this morning’s weather, per km and at the finish.
How to spend it
Start, middle and finish, against your average.
What slows you
Heat, wind and hills, each in minutes.
Goal vs race day
What slows you
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Reference
Everything else about race morning
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Valencia Marathon weather by yearSince 2021 · 5 to 12°C at the start
Weather on each race date at Valencia airport, 08:15, this year's first-wave start. 5 races, 5°C to 12°C at the start.
Coolest start5°CTypical start10°CWarmest start12°CValencia Marathon race-morning weather by year at Valencia airport Year Air 08:15 Dew pt High to 12:15 Rain 2025Dec 7 12°C 9°C 20°C n/a 2024Dec 1 10°C 9°C 16°C n/a 2023Dec 3 5°C 1°C 14°C n/a 2022Dec 4 9°C 6°C 14°C n/a 2021Dec 5 12°C 1°C 15°C n/a Hourly reports from the Valencia airport weather station (LEVC), about 11 km from the course point, via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive. 08:15 is this year's first-wave start; earlier start times are not all verified, so every year is read at the same clock. High and rain cover 08:15 to 12:15. Race dates: World Athletics, AIMS or the organiser. Not a forecast. Data generated 2026-11-12.
The course42.2 km · 6 to 30 m
Valencia’s December marathon is a 42.195 km city road race. Use the organiser’s current route and start-wave guide for this edition.
THE COURSE42.2 km1×Zoom to drag the route. Keyboard: + / −, arrows, Home to reset.
2025 course. Check the organiser’s map for this year.
ELEVATION6–30 m0.0 km- Elevation
- 14 m
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The 2025 course from RunWeather’s race catalogue; check the organiser’s current route. Elevation along that course, not confirmed for this year. Official race site ↗01December weather can still change during a long race; compare the start and expected finish-hour forecast.
02Compare the conditions at your start and expected finish before settling on kit and effort.
03Confirm late changes to the route, start wave and logistics with the organiser.
Race-window historyLast 5 years, race date ±5 days
A range for planning Valencia Marathon: weather near Valencia on race morning, the last 5 years (2021 to 2025, race date ±5 days). Not a forecast.
Typical start-hour air12°C10th–90th percentile 9°C–15°CDew point / humidity7°C73% relative humidityStart-hour wind14 km/hDirection varies by dayHours with rain15%Historical frequency at this hourAIR THROUGH THE RUN12°C → 16°C by +4hThe five-year picture
08:00- Air temperature
- 12°C
- Humidity
- 73%
- Wind
- 14 km/h
- Hours with rain
- 15%
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Five-year average Middle 80% of sampled hoursThe sampled air warms by about 5°C across four hours. Check your expected finish-hour forecast, not just the start.
WIND CONTEXTWhere the breeze came from
WIND FROMW38 of 55 samples · 69%
Mean 16 km/hThe petals show how often the wind came from each direction at the sampled start hour. They do not predict the direction on race day.
A city-point wind rose cannot tell you which parts of the course will be sheltered or exposed. Use the live forecast and the organiser’s route map together.
Method: 55 ERA5 hourly samples at 08:00 local time, across 11 calendar days per year in 2021–2025. The sample uses the hour containing the advertised first start; waves may start later. Grid weather is modelled reanalysis, not an on-course station reading. Open-Meteo Historical Weather API . Data generated 2026-10-29.
Valencia Marathon FAQs7 questions
When is the 2026 Valencia Marathon?
Valencia Marathon is listed for 6 December 2026. Confirm the latest details on the official event website before travelling.
Is the weather shown a forecast for the Valencia Marathon?
Only from about 14 days before the race, when the page shows the live race-day forecast. Before that, you see the weather near the city on the mornings around race day in the last 5 years: what is typical, not what will happen. Monthly averages, when shown, cover every hour of the race month.
What is race morning usually like at the Valencia Marathon?
At 08:15, race mornings since 2021 at Valencia airport were typically 10°C (49°F), from 5 to 12°C. Around race day the weather-model estimate near Valencia averaged 73% humidity and 14 km/h wind. These are past readings, not a forecast.
Which recent year had the warmest race morning at the Valencia Marathon?
2025. At 08:15 that race morning Valencia airport read about 12°C (53°F), against 10°C (49°F) in a typical year.
Which recent year had the windiest race morning at the Valencia Marathon?
2021, with about 20 km/h of wind around the 08:15 start. Over the last 5 years the wind here came mostly from the west.
How should I pace the Valencia Marathon on a warm day?
4:00:00 goal. On a typical race morning here, expect about 4:00 to 4:03. Main factor: wind. If race day comes in warmer, start a little easier than goal pace, run by feel to halfway and drink early. Plan my race gives your splits for the day.
Can past years predict the weather on race day at the Valencia Marathon?
No. They show what race morning is usually like, not what this year will bring. Check the live forecast in the last 14 days, look at the hours through your expected finish, and follow the organiser for start and course updates.
Sources and race informationOrganiser, weather data, guide reviewed 2026-10-12
Past race-morning weather: Open-Meteo Historical Weather API, weather near the city from 2021 to 2025, updated 2026-10-29. Not official race-day readings.
Guide reviewed . RunWeather is an independent guide, not the race organiser. Dates, waves and routes can change; the organiser’s latest instructions take priority. Course map: The 2025 course from RunWeather’s race catalogue; check the organiser’s current route.
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