Covilha climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Covilha?

Covilha has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.0 °C and it receives 1,026 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Covilha?

The hottest day measured in Covilha between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 2023, reaching 39.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Covilha?

The coldest day measured in Covilha between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1963, at -11.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Covilha?

Yes. Covilha gets on average 7.8 cm of snow per year and has around 20 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Covilha warmed?

Yes: Covilha warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Covilha?

The wettest day measured in Covilha between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 2006, with 107 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Covilha?

The windiest day measured in Covilha between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1981, with winds reaching 44.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Covilha?

The warmest month in Covilha is July (21.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Covilha?

Covilha receives on average 1,026 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 108 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Covilha?

Covilha gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Covilha has a warm-summer mediterranean climate, averaging 13.0 °C annually with 1,026 mm of rain per year.

Climate normals · ERA5

CovilhaCastelo Branco District

coords: 40.28°, -7.51°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsbWarm-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthAugust

The normals for this period

The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.

Mean daily temperature

13.0°C

Average daily high

17.8°C

Average daily low

8.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,026mm

Sunshine / day

9.6h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

12.9km/h

Seasonal range

16.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

20 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

29 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

108 d/yr

Annual snowfall

7.8 cm

Average feels-like high

16.4 °C

Average feels-like low

6.5 °C

Average peak gust

37.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

6 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.20 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

Climate month by month

How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.

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

The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.

Hottest day

39.4 °C

22 August 2023

Coldest day

-11.2 °C

4 February 1963

Wettest day

107 mm

24 November 2006

Windiest day

44.9 km/h

30 December 1981

Strongest gust

150.1 km/h

30 December 1981

Hottest feels-like

40.1 °C

14 July 2022

Coldest feels-like

-15.4 °C

4 February 1963

Snowiest day

24.8 cm

23 February 1956

Sunniest day

14.9 h

14 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.6 °C5 August 2025	-2.5 °C15 January 2025	14.5 °C	1,382 mm	61	8
2024	37.1 °C23 July 2024	-1.2 °C20 January 2024	14.4 °C	1,055 mm	41	8
2023	39.4 °C22 August 2023	-3.6 °C24 February 2023	14.4 °C	1,007 mm	37	21
2022	39.2 °C14 July 2022	-1.0 °C22 January 2022	14.7 °C	1,073 mm	53	3
2021	35.6 °C13 August 2021	-4.0 °C6 January 2021	13.7 °C	907 mm	27	18
2020	36.6 °C6 July 2020	-1.6 °C27 December 2020	14.3 °C	890 mm	51	12
2019	34.4 °C11 July 2019	-2.1 °C3 February 2019	13.7 °C	905 mm	31	8
2018	38.3 °C2 August 2018	-2.5 °C8 February 2018	13.4 °C	1,116 mm	31	14
2017	37.5 °C17 June 2017	-4.1 °C19 January 2017	14.5 °C	594 mm	50	17
2016	37.1 °C6 September 2016	-0.5 °C17 February 2016	13.8 °C	1,131 mm	52	4
2015	36.2 °C29 June 2015	-3.0 °C21 January 2015	14.0 °C	696 mm	44	14
2014	33.5 °C1 September 2014	-2.4 °C30 December 2014	13.5 °C	1,281 mm	18	7
2013	37.6 °C7 July 2013	-2.5 °C23 January 2013	13.3 °C	1,133 mm	45	18
2012	36.0 °C26 June 2012	-3.8 °C12 February 2012	13.0 °C	818 mm	26	16
2011	34.4 °C11 August 2011	-3.2 °C23 January 2011	14.0 °C	916 mm	22	13
2010	36.7 °C28 July 2010	-4.0 °C11 January 2010	13.3 °C	1,254 mm	43	33
2009	34.2 °C30 August 2009	-4.8 °C20 December 2009	13.7 °C	991 mm	33	18
2008	34.2 °C3 August 2008	-3.4 °C16 December 2008	12.7 °C	785 mm	21	15
2007	36.3 °C4 August 2007	-3.0 °C17 December 2007	13.0 °C	680 mm	17	17
2006	36.2 °C4 September 2006	-3.5 °C29 January 2006	14.0 °C	1,165 mm	47	24
2005	37.0 °C6 August 2005	-6.3 °C1 March 2005	13.5 °C	701 mm	46	36
2004	35.7 °C25 July 2004	-3.4 °C2 March 2004	13.3 °C	688 mm	24	14
2003	39.3 °C1 August 2003	-3.3 °C13 January 2003	13.7 °C	1,152 mm	34	13
2002	34.1 °C13 August 2002	-2.0 °C2 March 2002	13.4 °C	1,212 mm	15	2
2001	35.8 °C1 July 2001	-4.0 °C25 December 2001	13.3 °C	1,144 mm	33	14
2000	34.8 °C15 August 2000	-2.4 °C22 January 2000	13.2 °C	1,175 mm	32	15
1999	36.0 °C9 July 1999	-3.5 °C18 January 1999	13.0 °C	933 mm	22	20
1998	36.3 °C10 August 1998	-1.8 °C5 December 1998	13.7 °C	810 mm	34	14
1997	34.7 °C26 July 1997	-4.4 °C4 January 1997	14.1 °C	1,262 mm	21	6
1996	33.6 °C30 June 1996	-2.7 °C22 February 1996	13.1 °C	1,401 mm	28	9
1995	36.9 °C24 July 1995	-1.9 °C15 December 1995	14.4 °C	1,042 mm	33	11
1994	34.2 °C27 August 1994	-4.7 °C4 February 1994	13.3 °C	912 mm	21	16
1993	36.9 °C28 July 1993	-4.6 °C1 March 1993	12.1 °C	1,098 mm	26	12
1992	36.3 °C27 July 1992	-4.6 °C21 February 1992	13.0 °C	703 mm	32	16
1991	38.1 °C16 August 1991	-7.2 °C13 February 1991	13.4 °C	711 mm	47	17
1990	36.9 °C19 July 1990	-2.2 °C22 December 1990	13.7 °C	767 mm	37	15
1989	36.6 °C18 July 1989	-1.7 °C17 April 1989	14.2 °C	1,203 mm	32	2
1988	37.4 °C7 September 1988	-3.1 °C23 November 1988	13.0 °C	1,017 mm	27	13
1987	36.1 °C12 August 1987	-6.3 °C14 January 1987	13.6 °C	1,175 mm	43	18
1986	35.0 °C17 July 1986	-3.9 °C31 January 1986	12.8 °C	768 mm	27	21
1985	36.2 °C23 July 1985	-5.2 °C15 January 1985	13.2 °C	1,160 mm	37	20
1984	35.1 °C28 July 1984	-2.2 °C10 March 1984	12.4 °C	941 mm	18	20
1983	33.3 °C6 August 1983	-6.2 °C16 February 1983	12.7 °C	1,033 mm	13	16
1982	33.9 °C11 August 1982	-1.5 °C3 December 1982	12.8 °C	777 mm	15	10
1981	37.2 °C14 June 1981	-4.9 °C14 January 1981	13.4 °C	879 mm	38	22
1980	35.4 °C21 August 1980	-6.6 °C15 January 1980	12.5 °C	704 mm	22	24
1979	33.9 °C11 August 1979	-4.9 °C16 February 1979	12.3 °C	1,334 mm	15	29
1978	29.6 °C12 September 1978	-4.2 °C11 February 1978	8.3 °C	1,115 mm	0	29
1977	33.5 °C6 September 1977	-4.3 °C1 December 1977	11.9 °C	1,300 mm	10	15
1976	34.3 °C4 August 1976	-3.5 °C26 January 1976	12.5 °C	1,026 mm	13	10
1975	33.9 °C29 July 1975	-6.1 °C20 December 1975	12.2 °C	815 mm	18	22
1974	33.7 °C10 July 1974	-3.5 °C5 March 1974	12.3 °C	1,052 mm	23	8
1973	33.6 °C26 July 1973	-3.2 °C16 February 1973	12.5 °C	956 mm	16	23
1972	32.6 °C13 July 1972	-6.5 °C3 January 1972	11.5 °C	1,440 mm	7	22
1971	31.8 °C30 June 1971	-8.5 °C1 January 1971	11.7 °C	1,050 mm	9	28
1970	35.1 °C5 September 1970	-6.3 °C30 December 1970	12.7 °C	968 mm	23	27
1969	36.1 °C21 July 1969	-2.8 °C1 January 1969	12.2 °C	1,313 mm	27	29
1968	36.7 °C29 June 1968	-2.0 °C29 December 1968	13.0 °C	1,129 mm	25	14
1967	34.1 °C9 July 1967	-8.2 °C11 January 1967	12.6 °C	756 mm	20	31
1966	36.1 °C12 July 1966	-2.9 °C24 December 1966	12.9 °C	1,458 mm	34	20
1965	34.5 °C28 August 1965	-4.8 °C9 December 1965	12.7 °C	1,208 mm	24	35
1964	35.0 °C4 August 1964	-3.3 °C29 December 1964	12.9 °C	966 mm	37	38
1963	34.9 °C10 August 1963	-11.2 °C4 February 1963	12.5 °C	1,657 mm	20	21
1962	35.8 °C29 August 1962	-5.4 °C25 December 1962	12.9 °C	935 mm	37	27
1961	36.0 °C27 August 1961	-2.4 °C23 January 1961	13.9 °C	1,131 mm	30	9
1960	35.0 °C25 July 1960	-5.1 °C11 January 1960	12.6 °C	1,560 mm	19	17
1959	36.2 °C6 July 1959	-3.5 °C4 February 1959	12.8 °C	1,271 mm	17	8
1958	35.7 °C30 July 1958	-3.9 °C9 March 1958	12.5 °C	1,220 mm	20	15
1957	35.1 °C1 August 1957	-4.6 °C17 January 1957	12.8 °C	745 mm	29	22
1956	32.5 °C2 August 1956	-6.3 °C27 February 1956	11.4 °C	1,053 mm	11	49
1955	32.9 °C21 August 1955	-4.4 °C10 March 1955	13.7 °C	1,205 mm	17	15
1954	35.2 °C25 July 1954	-5.4 °C1 February 1954	12.6 °C	780 mm	26	34
1953	34.8 °C7 August 1953	-4.4 °C2 January 1953	13.1 °C	739 mm	41	37
1952	34.4 °C10 July 1952	-4.4 °C28 January 1952	12.4 °C	999 mm	10	36
1951	35.8 °C27 July 1951	-3.8 °C25 January 1951	12.2 °C	1,180 mm	17	24
1950	34.2 °C19 July 1950	-3.4 °C30 December 1950	13.1 °C	854 mm	33	22
1949	36.2 °C4 July 1949	-2.6 °C11 January 1949	13.3 °C	640 mm	35	25
1948	34.3 °C25 July 1948	-4.9 °C22 February 1948	13.4 °C	1,125 mm	26	11
1947	35.2 °C31 July 1947	-7.0 °C30 January 1947	13.6 °C	1,243 mm	38	29
1946	36.5 °C11 July 1946	-5.0 °C17 January 1946	12.5 °C	918 mm	34	31
1945	38.0 °C23 July 1945	-5.8 °C12 January 1945	14.1 °C	805 mm	43	25
1944	37.0 °C31 July 1944	-6.9 °C28 December 1944	12.9 °C	602 mm	34	48
1943	36.0 °C18 August 1943	-2.3 °C16 November 1943	13.5 °C	906 mm	50	24
1942	34.8 °C17 July 1942	-4.1 °C11 January 1942	12.6 °C	1,197 mm	43	43
1941	37.4 °C21 July 1941	-9.8 °C11 January 1941	12.8 °C	1,288 mm	52	27
1940	34.2 °C17 August 1940	-5.5 °C23 January 1940	12.5 °C	1,133 mm	31	34

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

19.6 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

61 d/yr

+32

Frost days (< 0 °C)

8 d/yr

-12

Annual rainfall

1382 mm

+356 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	11.2 °C	+2.0 °C	256 mm	+135 mm
Feb	12.6 °C	+1.9 °C	53 mm	-58 mm
Mar	12.8 °C	-0.8 °C	232 mm	+125 mm
Apr	17.0 °C	+1.3 °C	152 mm	+57 mm
May	21.0 °C	+1.8 °C	83 mm	-2 mm
Jun	28.8 °C	+4.7 °C	30 mm	-14 mm
Jul	30.6 °C	+2.5 °C	4 mm	-12 mm
Aug	31.7 °C	+3.7 °C	5 mm	-11 mm
Sep	24.8 °C	+0.7 °C	37 mm	-21 mm
Oct	21.4 °C	+3.1 °C	132 mm	+13 mm
Nov	13.1 °C	+0.3 °C	253 mm	+128 mm
Dec	10.0 °C	+0.3 °C	146 mm	+17 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.6 °C

5 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-2.5 °C

15 Jan 2025

Wettest day

60.2 mm

27 Jan 2025

Windiest day

33.5 km/h

20 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

106.6 km/h

13 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.2 °C

29 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-6.8 °C

15 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

0.4 cm

21 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

14.9 h

15 Jun 2025

What was the weather like that day?

The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.

Date

Climate at a glance

What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.

Covilha (Portugal) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.0 °C and it receives 1,026 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 (21.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Covilha averages 20 frost days, 29 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 108 rainy days per year.

Covilha has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 30 to 10 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.4 °C (on 22 August 2023) and the coldest -11.2 °C (on 4 February 1963).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Covilha?

Covilha has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.0 °C and it receives 1,026 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Covilha?

The hottest day measured in Covilha between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 2023, reaching 39.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Covilha?

The coldest day measured in Covilha between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1963, at -11.2 °C.

Does it snow in Covilha?

Yes. Covilha gets on average 7.8 cm of snow per year and has around 20 frost days.

Has the climate of Covilha warmed?

Yes: Covilha warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Covilha?

The wettest day measured in Covilha between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 2006, with 107 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Covilha?

The windiest day measured in Covilha between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1981, with winds reaching 44.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Covilha?

The warmest month in Covilha is July (21.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Covilha?

Covilha receives on average 1,026 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 108 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Covilha?

Covilha gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Covilha?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Covilha between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1956, with 24.8 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Covilha?

Yes: Covilha has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Covilha?

In Covilha, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 14 July 2022, and the lowest was -15.4 °C on 4 February 1963.

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