Weather at Andorra's ski resorts

For a ski day, the weather that counts isn’t Andorra la Vella’s but the weather up top, and it varies a lot from one sector to the next. This page doesn’t give you a forecast, which would be stale before you finished reading. It shows you where to check each resort’s weather, what each figure means and how I’d use it to decide where to ski.

Grandvalira, sector by sector

Grandvalira’s weather page is worth getting to know. Right at the top it shows whether the borders with Spain and France are open. Below that, for each of its seven sectors, it gives the top altitude, the day’s low and high, wind, how much snow fell last and when, avalanche danger, visibility, what the snow is like, the snow line and the number of open runs and lifts. There’s a downloadable version in English, Spanish, Catalan and French, plus a joint forecast for Soldeu and El Tarter and another for Grau Roig and Pas de la Casa.

Look at the altitudes. They range from 1,960 metres at Peretol to 2,606 at Pas de la Casa, via 2,470 at Soldeu and 2,550 at Grau Roig. That spread explains how a windy day can be fine in Canillo and grim at the top of Pas de la Casa. What this page doesn’t give you is run-by-run detail, which is in the Andorra snow report.

meteo.ad, the official source for everything

The government’s National Weather Service, meteo.ad, issues graded warnings, forecasts for each part of the day over the coming days, meteograms and live readings from its station network. Several stations sit in or beside the ski areas. At Grandvalira, Soldeu at 2,467 metres and Grau Roig at 2,152, both winter only, plus Tossa Espiolets at 2,446 and Envalira at 2,510. At Pal Arinsal, Pal at 1,876, Arinsal at 1,923 and Les Fonts d’Arinsal at 2,681, the highest in the network. At Ordino Arcalís, Arcalís at 2,059 and Arcalís-SAIH at 2,220.

The Soldeu search deserves a word of explanation. The station meteo.ad calls Soldeu is at 2,467 metres, level with the top of the sector, so its readings describe the slopes rather than the village. If it’s the village you’re after, see my Soldeu guide.

Arcalís and Pal Arinsal

Ordino Arcalís spans 1,940 to 2,625 metres on north-facing slopes. The resort credits that aspect with protecting the snow from the sun, and the ring of peaks with keeping the wind from stripping it, and the tourist board calls it a natural fridge. That’s why, for the last days of the season, it’s the first resort I’d look at. Its day pass also comes with a weather guarantee. If the day disappoints after your first lift, you can swap it for another date at its ticket office. More in my guide to Ordino Arcalís.

Pal Arinsal, between 1,550 and 2,560 metres, points you in its FAQs to its live page and webcams, and makes one thing very clear. Lift passes and services aren’t refunded for bad weather under any circumstances, and if the resort closes you go to the ticket office to find out the procedure. That’s a good reason to check what your own travel insurance says about piste closures before you fly.

Avalanche risk

For anyone heading off-piste or ski touring, the document that matters is meteo.ad’s avalanche bulletin. It covers the north, centre and south of the country separately and reports how much snow lies off-piste at three altitudes, 1,500, 2,000 and 2,500 m. It’s paused until winter, with the first update due on 1 Dec 2026 at 4pm. Grandvalira also shows the risk sector by sector. More on it in freeride in Andorra.

Let the weather choose the resort

On a week’s holiday the weather won’t change your dates, but it can change where you ski each day. A Grandvalira ticket covering two or more days in a row is also valid at Ordino Arcalís and Pal Arinsal, and the Andorra Pass covers all three, so on a day of strong wind at the top of Pas de la Casa you can drive to the other side of the country instead of sitting it out. That flexibility is, to me, one of Andorra’s quiet advantages.

How I’d use it all

The evening before, meteo.ad and Grandvalira’s page to choose a resort. In the morning, before leaving, the Andorra webcams, which don’t lie. And if you’re driving to or from Pas de la Casa, the state of the pass and the borders, which I cover in Pas de la Casa weather. In thick cloud up top, I’d ski the tree-lined sectors or take a day off in the valley.