Summer

The weekend will begin with fresh temperatures, which will drop to 9 ° C on Saturday in Vitoria-Gasteiz, although the highs will be above 30 ° C at various points in the territory, while on Sunday there could be a Sirimiri in the last few hours.

The City of Urkabustaiz (Álava) has decided to close the municipal swimming pool season earlier than usual due to high water consumption and depletion of aquifers. 

Jumping into the water is a common practice in the ports of the Basque Country, but it is prohibited, and problems of coexistence are occurring. Dangerous behaviour has been detected in some ports and damage to ships.\u00The Basque Government has warned of the seriousness of the situation and recalled that fines of between EUR 2 000 and EUR 12 000 can be imposed.

Due to the exit operation, a large number of vehicles have accumulated since early morning from France to the south of the peninsula.

Filling the average petrol tank costs EUR 8.5 more than a year ago and the diesel tank costs almost EUR 16 more in the middle of the August exit operation.

Despite positive developments during the night, the heat is hampering the extinction efforts, especially in Zamora, where the fires in Madrid, Ávila and Castellón are still active, although they are already perimeter.

The maximum temperatures will be around 40 ° C in the Ribera (yellow warning), which could be around 41 ° C, and 39 ° C in Pamplona and Estella, so the orange alert has been activated Nafarroa centre and in the Pyrenees.

More and more copies are arriving on the coast of Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa, which has led to the activation of the protocol on several beaches over the weekend by the relief services, which have forced the transfer of five people to health centres.

The cut is in effect from 22:00 to 08:00, and the use of showers in municipal swimming pools is now prohibited. 

According to data from the Daily Mortality Monitoring System (MoMo) of the Carlos III Health Institute, 153 people have been able to die in the last four days from heat, and in June there were almost 1,000 deaths attributable to high temperatures.

More and more people are choosing campsites to spend their holidays, not least because of the wide range of services they offer, as evidenced by the level of occupation: the Basque campsites are already full by August and also by July.

Until 30 September 2026, training provided by sports federations, Red Cross, DYA and other similar bodies will be accepted due to the lack of professionals this summer.

This summer, international and domestic travel is expected to increase, so the Basque Government will take special measures to improve traffic management and reduce summer incidents. 

This Monday and Tuesday they arrive with cooler temperatures, on the verge of a thermometer rise from Wednesday: they will exceed 30 degrees inland.

This summer, it will continue to apply the current regulations to allow residents of nearby municipalities to park in the OTA green area, not tourists or second-home residents in the village.

Rescuers are required to be trained more rigorously to work this year. They used to have enough of a training course taught by the Red Cross or the Swimming Federation, but now they are required to have an official qualification, which may cause problems in finding rescuers.