Snow forecast · Spain · Andalusia
Sierra Nevada snow forecast
How much fresh snow will fall on Sierra Nevada this week, and how low will it reach? The forecast below is for the top of the lifts at 3300 m and the bottom at 2100 m, refreshed every time you open the page.
Fresh snow
No real snowfall in the forecast for the next 7 days.
Forecast of 2026-10-16 14:27 UTC. Updating live…
The next 7 days, day by day
| Day | Fresh snow, summit | Fresh snow, base | Freezing level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 16 Oct | 0 cm | 0 cm | 3550–4100 m |
| Sat 17 Oct | 0 cm | 0 cm | 3300–3650 m |
| Sun 18 Oct | 0 cm | 0 cm | 3100–3350 m |
| Mon 19 Oct | 0 cm | 0 cm | 3000–3300 m |
| Tue 20 Oct | 0 cm | 0 cm | 2600–3350 m |
| Wed 21 Oct | 0 cm | 0 cm | 3200–3900 m |
| Thu 22 Oct | 0 cm | 0 cm | 3600–3950 m |
Days in local time (Europe/Madrid). Freezing level: lowest and highest height of the 0 °C line that day.
Freezing level below 2100 m: snow right down to the base. Between 2100 and 3300 m: snow up high, wetter lower down. Above 3300 m: rain or melting on the whole mountain.
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Snow depth map around Sierra Nevada
The map shows forecast snow depth on the ground every 3 hours (NOAA GFS); tap anywhere for the depth and the freezing level.
Sierra Nevada at a glance
Sierra Nevada is a ski area in Andalusia, Spain. Its lifts climb from 2100 m to 3300 m, 1200 m of vertical, so the same storm can bring powder at the top and rain or slush at the bottom: compare the freezing level with those two heights.
Questions
- Will it snow in Sierra Nevada this week?
- The table above gives the fresh snow forecast for each of the next 7 days at the summit (3300 m) and at the base (2100 m) of Sierra Nevada. It is recomputed from the latest weather model run every time the page is opened.
- How much fresh snow is forecast for Sierra Nevada in the next 24 hours?
- See the "Next 24 h" box at the top of the page: centimetres of new snow at the summit, with the base underneath. The 72-hour and 7-day totals sit next to it.
- What does the freezing level mean for skiing in Sierra Nevada?
- It is the height where the air is at 0 °C. Below it precipitation falls as snow; above it, as rain. With a freezing level under 2100 m it snows on the whole of Sierra Nevada; between 2100 and 3300 m only the upper slopes get snow.
- How deep is the snow in Sierra Nevada right now?
- The "Snow depth now" box shows the modelled natural snow depth at the summit and at the base. It is a model estimate, not a measurement, and it leaves out groomed and artificial snow: check the resort's own report for the pistes that are open.
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How this forecast is made
Fresh snow (hourly snowfall), freezing level and snow depth come from the Open-Meteo forecast API, which blends national and global weather models (among them ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON and NOAA GFS) and corrects them to the altitude asked for: here the summit and the base of Sierra Nevada. Totals start from the current hour; the daily table runs in local time. Model snow depth is natural snow only. The live map shows NOAA GFS snow depth and freezing level around Sierra Nevada.