Tavira climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Tavira?

Tavira has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 474 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Tavira between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1991, reaching 43.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Tavira?

The coldest day measured in Tavira between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1954, at -7.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Tavira?

Almost never: Tavira sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Tavira warmed?

Yes: Tavira warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Tavira?

The wettest day measured in Tavira between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1997, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Tavira?

The windiest day measured in Tavira between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1941, with winds reaching 65.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Tavira?

The warmest month in Tavira is July (25.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Tavira?

Tavira receives on average 474 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 64 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Tavira?

Tavira gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Tavira (Portugal) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 474 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 (25.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Tavira averages 1 frost days, 65 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 64 rainy days per year.

Tavira has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 2 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.2 °C (on 14 July 1991) and the coldest -7.1 °C (on 5 February 1954).

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

TaviraFaro District

coords: 37.13°, -7.65°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

17.2°C

Average daily high

22.2°C

Average daily low

12.5°C

Annual rainfall

474mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

66%

Average peak wind

17.8km/h

Seasonal range

15.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

65 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

64 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.1 cm

Average feels-like high

21.2 °C

Average feels-like low

10.8 °C

Average peak gust

37.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

26 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.21 · 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).

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

43.2 °C

14 July 1991

Coldest day

-7.1 °C

5 February 1954

Wettest day

74 mm

5 November 1997

Windiest day

65.9 km/h

15 February 1941

Strongest gust

134.3 km/h

23 December 2009

Hottest feels-like

44.4 °C

24 July 2004

Coldest feels-like

-11.8 °C

5 February 1954

Snowiest day

5.4 cm

2 February 1954

Sunniest day

14.6 h

17 June 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	40.8 °C12 August 2025	2.5 °C16 January 2025	18.1 °C	636 mm	86	0
2024	39.9 °C24 July 2024	2.4 °C8 January 2024	18.3 °C	350 mm	79	0
2023	40.3 °C6 August 2023	1.3 °C27 January 2023	18.7 °C	255 mm	93	0
2022	40.3 °C24 July 2022	3.2 °C20 January 2022	18.2 °C	469 mm	72	0
2021	41.2 °C15 August 2021	-0.6 °C13 January 2021	17.8 °C	347 mm	66	1
2020	38.0 °C7 July 2020	1.2 °C27 December 2020	18.0 °C	437 mm	81	0
2019	36.6 °C19 July 2019	0.8 °C14 January 2019	17.8 °C	218 mm	81	0
2018	40.5 °C5 August 2018	0.9 °C7 February 2018	17.1 °C	482 mm	72	0
2017	39.9 °C12 July 2017	0.1 °C19 January 2017	18.3 °C	258 mm	96	0
2016	39.3 °C5 September 2016	0.6 °C17 February 2016	17.8 °C	394 mm	83	0
2015	38.9 °C15 July 2015	1.8 °C8 January 2015	18.0 °C	337 mm	78	0
2014	36.2 °C13 June 2014	2.8 °C20 December 2014	17.5 °C	414 mm	66	0
2013	38.3 °C10 July 2013	1.4 °C27 February 2013	17.3 °C	384 mm	73	0
2012	38.7 °C21 August 2012	-0.3 °C4 February 2012	17.2 °C	465 mm	89	2
2011	36.6 °C26 July 2011	2.0 °C1 February 2011	17.8 °C	517 mm	79	0
2010	41.0 °C10 August 2010	1.6 °C9 January 2010	17.7 °C	803 mm	82	0
2009	38.8 °C20 June 2009	-2.3 °C9 January 2009	18.0 °C	436 mm	88	1
2008	38.2 °C27 June 2008	2.6 °C11 December 2008	17.0 °C	585 mm	71	0
2007	39.5 °C30 July 2007	0.6 °C26 January 2007	17.0 °C	374 mm	57	0
2006	39.7 °C30 August 2006	0.9 °C31 January 2006	17.7 °C	578 mm	77	0
2005	38.9 °C21 July 2005	-2.4 °C28 January 2005	17.4 °C	300 mm	82	4
2004	42.3 °C25 July 2004	0.5 °C28 December 2004	17.6 °C	383 mm	88	0
2003	41.9 °C1 August 2003	0.5 °C13 January 2003	17.6 °C	570 mm	77	0
2002	37.2 °C12 August 2002	2.7 °C2 March 2002	17.6 °C	540 mm	65	0
2001	37.7 °C7 August 2001	2.7 °C11 November 2001	17.6 °C	520 mm	71	0
2000	38.4 °C15 July 2000	1.1 °C23 January 2000	17.4 °C	582 mm	70	0
1999	37.0 °C8 July 1999	1.8 °C2 February 1999	17.2 °C	418 mm	64	0
1998	37.3 °C13 July 1998	1.1 °C6 December 1998	17.6 °C	360 mm	60	0
1997	35.2 °C13 August 1997	3.8 °C2 January 1997	17.8 °C	660 mm	36	0
1996	38.7 °C20 July 1996	1.1 °C23 February 1996	17.3 °C	820 mm	62	0
1995	40.4 °C22 July 1995	3.1 °C15 January 1995	18.2 °C	330 mm	55	0
1994	39.1 °C4 July 1994	-1.7 °C26 December 1994	17.3 °C	300 mm	68	2
1993	36.4 °C26 July 1993	0.2 °C1 March 1993	16.1 °C	424 mm	44	0
1992	37.9 °C5 August 1992	0.8 °C24 January 1992	17.0 °C	351 mm	56	0
1991	43.2 °C14 July 1991	1.5 °C14 January 1991	17.1 °C	380 mm	69	0
1990	38.7 °C6 August 1990	3.0 °C10 December 1990	17.3 °C	394 mm	61	0
1989	38.8 °C15 July 1989	2.7 °C5 January 1989	17.7 °C	946 mm	70	0
1988	40.1 °C8 September 1988	1.1 °C16 December 1988	17.2 °C	607 mm	67	0
1987	37.3 °C6 September 1987	0.8 °C16 January 1987	17.5 °C	683 mm	67	0
1986	37.4 °C22 August 1986	0.8 °C2 February 1986	16.9 °C	367 mm	66	0
1985	40.6 °C4 August 1985	-1.2 °C16 January 1985	17.2 °C	399 mm	71	2
1984	37.1 °C28 July 1984	0.9 °C11 January 1984	16.5 °C	367 mm	60	0
1983	38.2 °C16 June 1983	-1.1 °C13 February 1983	17.1 °C	515 mm	43	1
1982	39.5 °C19 August 1982	2.4 °C1 December 1982	17.0 °C	320 mm	53	0
1981	39.6 °C13 June 1981	-0.1 °C12 January 1981	17.4 °C	287 mm	64	1
1980	37.6 °C21 July 1980	-1.1 °C3 December 1980	17.0 °C	309 mm	71	1
1979	40.1 °C28 July 1979	0.1 °C22 December 1979	16.7 °C	561 mm	51	0
1978	39.7 °C17 July 1978	-0.2 °C12 February 1978	16.9 °C	472 mm	60	1
1977	34.2 °C26 June 1977	1.7 °C29 December 1977	16.5 °C	508 mm	37	0
1976	38.2 °C7 August 1976	0.7 °C26 January 1976	16.3 °C	515 mm	42	0
1975	37.2 °C15 July 1975	2.8 °C20 December 1975	16.2 °C	491 mm	38	0
1974	37.6 °C11 August 1974	2.9 °C1 January 1974	16.5 °C	337 mm	55	0
1973	37.9 °C25 July 1973	2.3 °C4 December 1973	16.5 °C	399 mm	44	0
1972	34.9 °C18 August 1972	2.2 °C24 January 1972	15.6 °C	819 mm	27	0
1971	35.9 °C30 July 1971	-0.4 °C2 January 1971	16.0 °C	492 mm	36	1
1970	36.4 °C25 July 1970	0.1 °C25 December 1970	16.9 °C	506 mm	58	0
1969	36.1 °C8 August 1969	2.5 °C2 December 1969	16.4 °C	655 mm	53	0
1968	36.7 °C24 July 1968	2.2 °C30 December 1968	17.0 °C	525 mm	62	0
1967	38.7 °C20 July 1967	0.0 °C13 December 1967	16.7 °C	500 mm	55	0
1966	35.9 °C27 June 1966	3.1 °C21 November 1966	17.1 °C	415 mm	57	0
1965	37.6 °C4 August 1965	0.5 °C6 January 1965	17.3 °C	628 mm	73	0
1964	36.9 °C17 July 1964	1.7 °C30 December 1964	17.3 °C	419 mm	62	0
1963	36.6 °C28 July 1963	-0.1 °C23 December 1963	17.2 °C	604 mm	67	1
1962	38.2 °C20 August 1962	0.8 °C25 December 1962	17.3 °C	518 mm	75	0
1961	37.2 °C10 July 1961	2.0 °C15 January 1961	17.9 °C	558 mm	68	0
1960	35.4 °C24 July 1960	-0.5 °C12 January 1960	17.0 °C	567 mm	59	1
1959	38.7 °C18 August 1959	2.5 °C5 February 1959	16.6 °C	517 mm	37	0
1958	38.2 °C30 July 1958	1.6 °C22 January 1958	17.4 °C	461 mm	51	0
1957	36.4 °C13 July 1957	-1.1 °C18 January 1957	16.9 °C	460 mm	64	4
1956	37.6 °C3 August 1956	-2.2 °C12 February 1956	15.9 °C	546 mm	47	5
1955	37.4 °C4 July 1955	1.5 °C11 March 1955	18.1 °C	670 mm	70	0
1954	38.8 °C24 July 1954	-7.1 °C5 February 1954	17.0 °C	376 mm	78	7
1953	37.4 °C21 July 1953	0.1 °C11 January 1953	17.5 °C	670 mm	91	0
1952	39.3 °C12 July 1952	0.7 °C28 January 1952	16.9 °C	458 mm	64	0
1951	36.7 °C14 June 1951	2.2 °C11 January 1951	16.8 °C	418 mm	66	0
1950	37.9 °C20 July 1950	1.2 °C30 December 1950	17.1 °C	443 mm	73	0
1949	37.9 °C1 August 1949	1.4 °C14 December 1949	17.6 °C	403 mm	54	0
1948	36.3 °C29 June 1948	3.2 °C22 February 1948	17.5 °C	528 mm	53	0
1947	36.5 °C3 August 1947	0.0 °C26 January 1947	17.6 °C	473 mm	62	0
1946	40.2 °C13 July 1946	-1.5 °C18 January 1946	16.8 °C	449 mm	75	2
1945	40.1 °C22 July 1945	-2.6 °C15 January 1945	18.0 °C	337 mm	68	3
1944	37.7 °C31 July 1944	0.1 °C30 December 1944	17.3 °C	179 mm	67	0
1943	36.8 °C1 September 1943	0.1 °C1 January 1943	17.2 °C	454 mm	79	0
1942	37.5 °C18 July 1942	-0.9 °C13 January 1942	16.7 °C	617 mm	67	2
1941	43.1 °C20 July 1941	-1.1 °C5 January 1941	17.1 °C	520 mm	79	5
1940	38.0 °C22 August 1940	-1.2 °C23 January 1940	16.8 °C	436 mm	66	5

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.3 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

86 d/yr

+21

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

636 mm

+162 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	15.7 °C	+1.5 °C	97 mm	+43 mm
Feb	16.6 °C	+1.2 °C	52 mm	+1 mm
Mar	16.8 °C	-1.0 °C	151 mm	+91 mm
Apr	20.3 °C	+0.3 °C	64 mm	+16 mm
May	25.4 °C	+1.8 °C	21 mm	-11 mm
Jun	31.4 °C	+3.4 °C	0 mm	-10 mm
Jul	32.1 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Aug	32.5 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Sep	29.1 °C	+1.2 °C	2 mm	-18 mm
Oct	25.9 °C	+3.0 °C	37 mm	-23 mm
Nov	18.4 °C	+0.5 °C	94 mm	+27 mm
Dec	14.7 °C	-0.2 °C	118 mm	+51 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.8 °C

12 Aug 2025

Coldest day

2.5 °C

16 Jan 2025

Wettest day

49.5 mm

13 Nov 2025

Windiest day

44.3 km/h

20 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

91.4 km/h

20 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.3 °C

17 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-1.5 °C

16 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.5 h

20 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Tavira?

Tavira has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 474 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tavira?

The hottest day measured in Tavira between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1991, reaching 43.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Tavira?

The coldest day measured in Tavira between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1954, at -7.1 °C.

Does it snow in Tavira?

Almost never: Tavira sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Tavira warmed?

Yes: Tavira warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Tavira?

The wettest day measured in Tavira between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1997, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Tavira?

The windiest day measured in Tavira between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1941, with winds reaching 65.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Tavira?

The warmest month in Tavira is July (25.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Tavira?

Tavira receives on average 474 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 64 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Tavira?

Tavira gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tavira?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tavira between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1954, with 5.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Tavira?

Yes: Tavira has on average 26 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tavira?

In Tavira, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.4 °C on 24 July 2004, and the lowest was -11.8 °C on 5 February 1954.

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