Andorra la Vella climate — normals and trends
Andorra la Vella (Andorra) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.9 °C and it receives 912 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (14.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Andorra la Vella averages 177 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 149 rainy days per year.
Andorra la Vella has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 192 to 162 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 28.9 °C (on 7 July 1982) and the coldest -25.4 °C (on 25 December 1940).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Andorra la VellaAndorra la Vella
- coords
- 42.51°, 1.52°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.9°C
Average daily high
9.3°C
Average daily low
0.5°C
Annual rainfall
912mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
9.0km/h
Seasonal range
17.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
177 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
149 d/yr
Annual snowfall
261.9 cm
Average feels-like high
7.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.4 °C
Average peak gust
40.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
28.9 °C
7 July 1982
Coldest day
-25.4 °C
25 December 1940
Wettest day
85 mm
7 November 1982
Windiest day
26.3 km/h
27 February 1958
Strongest gust
148.3 km/h
24 January 2009
Hottest feels-like
29.6 °C
7 July 1982
Coldest feels-like
-30.9 °C
25 December 1940
Snowiest day
35.4 cm
29 December 1951
Sunniest day
14.4 h
19 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 40 mm | -26 mm |
| Feb | 4.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 37 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 3.6 °C | -0.4 °C | 147 mm | +79 mm |
| Apr | 9.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 118 mm | +29 mm |
| May | 13.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 106 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 22.0 °C | +5.9 °C | 52 mm | -46 mm |
| Jul | 20.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 109 mm | +37 mm |
| Aug | 22.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 68 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 16.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 61 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 13.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 44 mm | -24 mm |
| Nov | 5.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 85 mm | +12 mm |
| Dec | 2.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 70 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Andorra la Vella?
Andorra la Vella has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.9 °C and it receives 912 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Andorra la Vella?
The hottest day measured in Andorra la Vella between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 1982, reaching 28.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Andorra la Vella?
The coldest day measured in Andorra la Vella between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1940, at -25.4 °C.
Does it snow in Andorra la Vella?
Yes. Andorra la Vella gets on average 261.9 cm of snow per year and has around 177 frost days.
Has the climate of Andorra la Vella warmed?
Yes: Andorra la Vella warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Andorra la Vella?
The wettest day measured in Andorra la Vella between 1940 and 2025 was 7 November 1982, with 85 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Andorra la Vella?
The windiest day measured in Andorra la Vella between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 1958, with winds reaching 26.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Andorra la Vella?
The warmest month in Andorra la Vella is July (14.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Andorra la Vella?
Andorra la Vella receives on average 912 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 149 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Andorra la Vella?
Andorra la Vella gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Andorra la Vella?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Andorra la Vella between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1951, with 35.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Andorra la Vella?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Andorra la Vella.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Andorra la Vella?
In Andorra la Vella, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 29.6 °C on 7 July 1982, and the lowest was -30.9 °C on 25 December 1940.
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