Abanilla climate — normals and trends
Abanilla (Spain) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.8 °C and it receives 303 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 (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Abanilla averages 8 frost days, 72 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 55 rainy days per year.
Abanilla has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 15 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.0 °C (on 27 August 2010) and the coldest -8.2 °C (on 3 January 1971).
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
AbanillaMurcia
- coords
- 38.21°, -1.04°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.8°C
Average daily high
22.6°C
Average daily low
11.6°C
Annual rainfall
303mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
15.6km/h
Seasonal range
17.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
8 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
72 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
55 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.3 cm
Average feels-like high
21.5 °C
Average feels-like low
10.4 °C
Average peak gust
36.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
35 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · 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
43.0 °C
27 August 2010
Coldest day
-8.2 °C
3 January 1971
Wettest day
101 mm
5 September 1989
Windiest day
48.0 km/h
1 December 1959
Strongest gust
101.9 km/h
14 January 1987
Hottest feels-like
44.4 °C
12 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-12.6 °C
3 January 1971
Snowiest day
10.2 cm
11 January 1960
Sunniest day
14.0 h
10 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 17.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 5 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | 18.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 7 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 17.6 °C | -1.0 °C | 77 mm | +48 mm |
| Apr | 22.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 16 mm | -22 mm |
| May | 26.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 48 mm | +18 mm |
| Jun | 33.8 °C | +4.7 °C | 4 mm | -13 mm |
| Jul | 34.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 17 mm | +12 mm |
| Aug | 35.1 °C | +3.2 °C | 6 mm | -5 mm |
| Sep | 30.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 35 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 24.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 48 mm | +8 mm |
| Nov | 20.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 5 mm | -27 mm |
| Dec | 15.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 68 mm | +43 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Abanilla?
Abanilla has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.8 °C and it receives 303 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Abanilla?
The hottest day measured in Abanilla between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 2010, reaching 43.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Abanilla?
The coldest day measured in Abanilla between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1971, at -8.2 °C.
Does it snow in Abanilla?
Yes. Abanilla gets on average 1.3 cm of snow per year and has around 8 frost days.
Has the climate of Abanilla warmed?
Yes: Abanilla warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Abanilla?
The wettest day measured in Abanilla between 1940 and 2025 was 5 September 1989, with 101 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Abanilla?
The windiest day measured in Abanilla between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 1959, with winds reaching 48.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Abanilla?
The warmest month in Abanilla is July (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Abanilla?
Abanilla receives on average 303 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 55 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Abanilla?
Abanilla 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 Abanilla?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Abanilla between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1960, with 10.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Abanilla?
Yes: Abanilla has on average 35 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Abanilla?
In Abanilla, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.4 °C on 12 July 2023, and the lowest was -12.6 °C on 3 January 1971.
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