Bragança climate — normals and trends
Bragança (Portugal) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 900 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 (20.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Bragança averages 42 frost days, 18 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 104 rainy days per year.
Bragança has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 57 to 27 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.0 °C (on 14 July 2022) and the coldest -14.9 °C (on 22 February 1948).
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
BragançaBraganza District
- coords
- 41.81°, -6.76°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.8°C
Average daily high
16.8°C
Average daily low
7.1°C
Annual rainfall
900mm
Sunshine / day
9.8h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
14.7km/h
Seasonal range
16.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
42 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
18 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
104 d/yr
Annual snowfall
16.6 cm
Average feels-like high
14.9 °C
Average feels-like low
4.8 °C
Average peak gust
35.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
40.0 °C
14 July 2022
Coldest day
-14.9 °C
22 February 1948
Wettest day
105 mm
20 January 1941
Windiest day
45.9 km/h
30 December 1981
Strongest gust
122.0 km/h
24 January 2009
Hottest feels-like
40.2 °C
14 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-19.6 °C
22 February 1948
Snowiest day
15.6 cm
23 December 2009
Sunniest day
15.0 h
14 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 213 mm | +108 mm |
| Feb | 11.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 53 mm | -41 mm |
| Mar | 12.0 °C | -0.7 °C | 142 mm | +50 mm |
| Apr | 16.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 115 mm | +32 mm |
| May | 19.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 71 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 27.5 °C | +4.2 °C | 33 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 29.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 6 mm | -11 mm |
| Aug | 30.3 °C | +3.4 °C | 1 mm | -16 mm |
| Sep | 23.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 29 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 20.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 91 mm | -12 mm |
| Nov | 11.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 174 mm | +68 mm |
| Dec | 8.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 120 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bragança?
Bragança has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 900 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bragança?
The hottest day measured in Bragança between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 2022, reaching 40.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bragança?
The coldest day measured in Bragança between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1948, at -14.9 °C.
Does it snow in Bragança?
Yes. Bragança gets on average 16.6 cm of snow per year and has around 42 frost days.
Has the climate of Bragança warmed?
Yes: Bragança warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bragança?
The wettest day measured in Bragança between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1941, with 105 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bragança?
The windiest day measured in Bragança between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1981, with winds reaching 45.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bragança?
The warmest month in Bragança is July (20.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Bragança?
Bragança receives on average 900 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 104 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bragança?
Bragança gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bragança?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bragança between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 2009, with 15.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bragança?
Yes: Bragança has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bragança?
In Bragança, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.2 °C on 14 July 2022, and the lowest was -19.6 °C on 22 February 1948.
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