The extreme heat that gripped Andalucia this August has left 169 people dead, according to official monitoring data.
The figure represents a 114% increase compared with the same month last year, when 79 deaths were recorded.
The statistics come from the Daily Mortality Monitoring System (MoMo), run by the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII), which tracks deaths linked to high temperatures.
The August toll in Andalucia was also significantly higher than in July, when 83 people died due to excess heat.
Regional impact
Since the start of June, Andalucia has registered 302 heat-related deaths, more than double the figure from summer 2024, when 146 fatalities were reported across the three hottest months – a rise of 107%.
According to the August statistics, 105 of the deaths were women, while 64 were men, and the majority (62) were over 65 years old, with 24 aged over 85.
National figures paint a darker picture
Across Spain as a whole, the heat proved even deadlier. Some 2,177 deaths were attributed to high temperatures in August, a 71.3% increase on the same month last year.
This was more than double the July figure of 1,060 deaths. In total, 3,644 people in Spain have died from heat since early June – 84.3% more than the summer of 2024.
The deadliest weeks were between August 11 and 25, when nearly 1,800 deaths were recorded over a two-week span.
Who was most at risk?
The elderly were by far the most vulnerable, as 2,099 of those who died were over 65, and Of these, 1,428 were older than 85.
Meanwhile, women accounted for 1,300 deaths, and men for 877.
Where was worst hit?
Heat-related deaths by region in August:
- Madrid: 415
- Catalonia: 361
- Castilla y Leon: 264
- Valencia: 204
- Galicia: 198
- Andalucia: 169
- Castilla-La Mancha: 163
- Extremadura: 115
- Aragon: 74
- Basque Country: 74
- Navarra: 47
- Canary Islands: 22
- Asturias: 20
- La Rioja: 19
- Murcia: 16
- Cantabria: 13
- Balearics: 4
- Ceuta: 1
