Albacete climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Albacete?

Albacete has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.3 °C and it receives 384 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Albacete between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2021, reaching 41.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Albacete?

The coldest day measured in Albacete between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1941, at -14.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Albacete?

Yes. Albacete gets on average 9.7 cm of snow per year and has around 31 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Albacete warmed?

Yes: Albacete warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Albacete?

The wettest day measured in Albacete between 1940 and 2025 was 5 September 1989, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Albacete?

The windiest day measured in Albacete between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 1959, with winds reaching 52.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Albacete?

The warmest month in Albacete is July (25.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Albacete?

Albacete receives on average 384 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 68 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Albacete?

Albacete gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Albacete (Spain) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.3 °C and it receives 384 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 (25.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Albacete averages 31 frost days, 62 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 68 rainy days per year.

Albacete has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 43 to 19 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.1 °C (on 14 August 2021) and the coldest -14.3 °C (on 12 January 1941).

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

AlbaceteCastille-La Mancha

coords: 38.99°, -1.86°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BSkCold semi-aridWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

14.3°C

Average daily high

20.0°C

Average daily low

9.0°C

Annual rainfall

384mm

Sunshine / day

10.2h

Mean relative humidity

63%

Average peak wind

17.6km/h

Seasonal range

19.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

31 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

62 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

68 d/yr

Annual snowfall

9.7 cm

Average feels-like high

17.9 °C

Average feels-like low

6.7 °C

Average peak gust

36.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

10 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.8 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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

41.1 °C

14 August 2021

Coldest day

-14.3 °C

12 January 1941

Wettest day

88 mm

5 September 1989

Windiest day

52.4 km/h

1 December 1959

Strongest gust

112.7 km/h

26 February 1989

Hottest feels-like

41.9 °C

14 July 2017

Coldest feels-like

-19.2 °C

3 January 1971

Snowiest day

21.8 cm

13 April 1958

Sunniest day

14.1 h

2 July 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	40.8 °C17 July 2025	-5.2 °C15 January 2025	16.3 °C	414 mm	103	16
2024	40.3 °C31 July 2024	-2.6 °C21 December 2024	16.4 °C	373 mm	87	8
2023	40.7 °C9 August 2023	-4.8 °C28 January 2023	16.1 °C	304 mm	84	42
2022	40.0 °C24 July 2022	-3.8 °C19 January 2022	16.4 °C	433 mm	108	18
2021	41.1 °C14 August 2021	-12.5 °C12 January 2021	15.1 °C	533 mm	70	20
2020	38.8 °C31 July 2020	-4.3 °C13 January 2020	15.4 °C	412 mm	79	19
2019	38.3 °C6 August 2019	-5.5 °C11 January 2019	15.7 °C	418 mm	80	24
2018	40.1 °C3 August 2018	-4.0 °C23 February 2018	15.3 °C	502 mm	81	18
2017	41.0 °C13 July 2017	-6.1 °C18 January 2017	16.2 °C	289 mm	88	27
2016	39.2 °C6 September 2016	-4.9 °C17 February 2016	16.0 °C	397 mm	92	8
2015	40.1 °C8 July 2015	-3.9 °C18 January 2015	16.1 °C	280 mm	81	25
2014	37.9 °C2 September 2014	-4.6 °C30 December 2014	16.2 °C	286 mm	85	12
2013	36.7 °C25 July 2013	-4.8 °C26 November 2013	14.9 °C	349 mm	72	32
2012	39.2 °C10 August 2012	-6.1 °C12 February 2012	15.4 °C	360 mm	99	41
2011	37.2 °C28 June 2011	-6.6 °C22 January 2011	15.6 °C	339 mm	90	22
2010	37.9 °C27 August 2010	-7.8 °C10 January 2010	14.3 °C	474 mm	68	29
2009	37.6 °C22 July 2009	-7.1 °C16 December 2009	15.3 °C	415 mm	84	20
2008	36.9 °C4 August 2008	-3.4 °C1 January 2008	14.4 °C	445 mm	67	23
2007	37.5 °C31 July 2007	-5.2 °C15 December 2007	14.4 °C	432 mm	61	33
2006	37.9 °C30 July 2006	-8.7 °C29 January 2006	15.7 °C	347 mm	83	29
2005	39.2 °C16 July 2005	-8.4 °C28 January 2005	14.8 °C	205 mm	79	57
2004	38.4 °C24 July 2004	-4.9 °C2 March 2004	14.8 °C	416 mm	78	25
2003	38.1 °C19 July 2003	-4.5 °C15 January 2003	15.5 °C	399 mm	86	22
2002	36.3 °C23 June 2002	-2.8 °C20 February 2002	15.4 °C	371 mm	63	6
2001	37.6 °C23 June 2001	-5.8 °C16 December 2001	15.6 °C	321 mm	86	22
2000	36.8 °C2 August 2000	-4.4 °C25 January 2000	15.3 °C	225 mm	77	25
1999	39.0 °C2 July 1999	-5.6 °C1 February 1999	15.3 °C	300 mm	80	36
1998	38.2 °C30 July 1998	-3.5 °C22 November 1998	15.0 °C	331 mm	73	23
1997	36.2 °C2 August 1997	-3.2 °C6 December 1997	15.3 °C	527 mm	45	7
1996	36.7 °C24 July 1996	-4.6 °C27 December 1996	14.6 °C	506 mm	58	13
1995	38.6 °C22 July 1995	-3.3 °C8 January 1995	15.5 °C	203 mm	49	12
1994	39.3 °C3 July 1994	-5.2 °C24 December 1994	15.3 °C	241 mm	78	23
1993	37.0 °C6 August 1993	-3.7 °C25 January 1993	13.6 °C	321 mm	47	31
1992	36.5 °C18 August 1992	-4.3 °C23 January 1992	14.0 °C	301 mm	57	36
1991	37.6 °C13 July 1991	-4.8 °C15 January 1991	14.0 °C	317 mm	66	22
1990	35.0 °C25 July 1990	-4.7 °C16 December 1990	14.6 °C	320 mm	67	26
1989	36.3 °C31 July 1989	-3.7 °C2 January 1989	14.8 °C	551 mm	59	17
1988	35.8 °C27 July 1988	-5.1 °C28 February 1988	14.1 °C	417 mm	49	34
1987	36.4 °C4 August 1987	-4.4 °C22 February 1987	14.7 °C	414 mm	58	27
1986	36.3 °C8 July 1986	-4.1 °C10 February 1986	14.0 °C	407 mm	60	32
1985	36.9 °C4 August 1985	-6.8 °C9 January 1985	14.3 °C	311 mm	69	40
1984	37.7 °C23 July 1984	-5.1 °C11 January 1984	13.4 °C	374 mm	50	38
1983	35.4 °C30 July 1983	-10.8 °C16 February 1983	14.4 °C	258 mm	60	45
1982	38.4 °C6 July 1982	-4.1 °C29 January 1982	14.4 °C	393 mm	55	17
1981	36.5 °C13 June 1981	-5.7 °C3 February 1981	14.3 °C	352 mm	49	40
1980	37.4 °C21 August 1980	-6.9 °C2 December 1980	13.7 °C	457 mm	55	42
1979	38.3 °C28 July 1979	-3.6 °C3 March 1979	13.9 °C	337 mm	44	28
1978	39.3 °C17 July 1978	-5.8 °C12 February 1978	14.1 °C	249 mm	60	21
1977	35.2 °C20 July 1977	-4.1 °C31 March 1977	13.8 °C	484 mm	21	10
1976	37.2 °C5 August 1976	-4.7 °C26 January 1976	13.3 °C	413 mm	42	45
1975	37.8 °C14 July 1975	-4.2 °C8 January 1975	13.4 °C	487 mm	52	26
1974	35.8 °C16 August 1974	-4.1 °C23 January 1974	13.4 °C	458 mm	46	43
1973	36.2 °C4 July 1973	-5.1 °C4 December 1973	13.5 °C	366 mm	55	52
1972	35.4 °C23 July 1972	-4.4 °C24 January 1972	13.0 °C	768 mm	34	20
1971	37.3 °C31 July 1971	-13.9 °C3 January 1971	12.8 °C	693 mm	39	41
1970	34.3 °C7 September 1970	-7.0 °C25 December 1970	13.8 °C	342 mm	52	36
1969	35.4 °C22 July 1969	-5.7 °C2 January 1969	12.9 °C	694 mm	42	35
1968	36.8 °C27 July 1968	-4.9 °C31 December 1968	14.2 °C	397 mm	54	29
1967	37.9 °C21 July 1967	-5.9 °C19 December 1967	13.8 °C	416 mm	61	40
1966	36.8 °C12 July 1966	-3.5 °C24 November 1966	13.7 °C	320 mm	46	35
1965	36.0 °C30 July 1965	-11.7 °C20 February 1965	13.5 °C	387 mm	50	48
1964	35.2 °C2 September 1964	-5.3 °C9 March 1964	14.0 °C	285 mm	65	31
1963	34.1 °C8 July 1963	-5.3 °C29 January 1963	13.2 °C	389 mm	43	32
1962	36.2 °C20 August 1962	-6.3 °C25 December 1962	13.8 °C	401 mm	78	37
1961	35.8 °C11 July 1961	-3.4 °C21 December 1961	14.5 °C	313 mm	36	17
1960	33.7 °C24 August 1960	-7.2 °C15 January 1960	13.6 °C	512 mm	42	23
1959	38.0 °C28 July 1959	-3.8 °C19 February 1959	13.6 °C	457 mm	34	13
1958	35.5 °C29 July 1958	-5.9 °C24 January 1958	13.7 °C	366 mm	31	30
1957	34.0 °C5 August 1957	-4.4 °C16 January 1957	13.0 °C	431 mm	36	46
1956	34.6 °C12 July 1956	-9.4 °C12 February 1956	12.5 °C	339 mm	47	69
1955	34.8 °C15 July 1955	-5.4 °C8 March 1955	14.6 °C	301 mm	55	20
1954	37.0 °C27 July 1954	-9.2 °C5 February 1954	13.6 °C	213 mm	56	38
1953	36.9 °C26 July 1953	-4.8 °C20 February 1953	13.6 °C	281 mm	65	65
1952	35.7 °C25 June 1952	-6.3 °C28 January 1952	13.5 °C	270 mm	48	57
1951	37.1 °C21 July 1951	-3.8 °C1 March 1951	13.0 °C	550 mm	48	30
1950	36.4 °C29 June 1950	-4.9 °C30 December 1950	14.0 °C	276 mm	63	43
1949	35.6 °C1 August 1949	-7.3 °C14 January 1949	13.3 °C	434 mm	50	39
1948	34.7 °C26 August 1948	-3.2 °C22 February 1948	13.8 °C	423 mm	49	9
1947	37.6 °C3 August 1947	-8.7 °C1 February 1947	14.3 °C	415 mm	56	29
1946	37.1 °C4 August 1946	-10.1 °C19 January 1946	13.2 °C	463 mm	59	50
1945	37.0 °C23 July 1945	-13.6 °C16 January 1945	14.5 °C	254 mm	72	39
1944	38.7 °C1 August 1944	-6.1 °C25 February 1944	13.2 °C	237 mm	55	74
1943	35.2 °C12 July 1943	-4.0 °C19 November 1943	13.9 °C	302 mm	86	43
1942	38.8 °C31 July 1942	-12.8 °C11 February 1942	13.7 °C	392 mm	73	46
1941	38.6 °C27 July 1941	-14.3 °C12 January 1941	12.9 °C	455 mm	59	49
1940	38.1 °C26 July 1940	-9.5 °C24 January 1940	12.8 °C	450 mm	48	53

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

22.4 °C

+2.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

103 d/yr

+41

Frost days (< 0 °C)

16 d/yr

-15

Annual rainfall

414 mm

+30 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	13.0 °C	+3.0 °C	15 mm	-16 mm
Feb	15.6 °C	+3.7 °C	11 mm	-16 mm
Mar	13.4 °C	-1.5 °C	110 mm	+72 mm
Apr	19.8 °C	+2.0 °C	26 mm	-21 mm
May	24.1 °C	+1.8 °C	67 mm	+25 mm
Jun	34.4 °C	+6.7 °C	10 mm	-18 mm
Jul	34.6 °C	+2.5 °C	26 mm	+17 mm
Aug	34.8 °C	+3.4 °C	9 mm	-8 mm
Sep	29.2 °C	+2.8 °C	21 mm	-12 mm
Oct	22.9 °C	+2.7 °C	51 mm	+8 mm
Nov	15.3 °C	+1.2 °C	15 mm	-21 mm
Dec	11.2 °C	+0.6 °C	53 mm	+20 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.8 °C

17 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-5.2 °C

15 Jan 2025

Wettest day

16.7 mm

24 Jul 2025

Windiest day

40.6 km/h

27 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

83.5 km/h

27 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.6 °C

16 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-9.8 °C

15 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.1 h

2 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Albacete?

Albacete has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.3 °C and it receives 384 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Albacete?

The hottest day measured in Albacete between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2021, reaching 41.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Albacete?

The coldest day measured in Albacete between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1941, at -14.3 °C.

Does it snow in Albacete?

Yes. Albacete gets on average 9.7 cm of snow per year and has around 31 frost days.

Has the climate of Albacete warmed?

Yes: Albacete warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Albacete?

The wettest day measured in Albacete between 1940 and 2025 was 5 September 1989, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Albacete?

The windiest day measured in Albacete between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 1959, with winds reaching 52.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Albacete?

The warmest month in Albacete is July (25.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Albacete?

Albacete receives on average 384 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 68 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Albacete?

Albacete gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Albacete?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Albacete between 1940 and 2025 was 13 April 1958, with 21.8 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Albacete?

Yes: Albacete has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Albacete?

In Albacete, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.9 °C on 14 July 2017, and the lowest was -19.2 °C on 3 January 1971.

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