Alburquerque climate — normals and trends
Alburquerque (Spain) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 523 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 (25.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Alburquerque averages 4 frost days, 73 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 74 rainy days per year.
Alburquerque has warmed by +1.3 °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 7 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.3 °C (on 1 August 2003) and the coldest -7.0 °C (on 4 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
AlburquerqueExtremadura
- coords
- 39.22°, -7.00°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.3°C
Average daily high
21.5°C
Average daily low
11.4°C
Annual rainfall
523mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
14.8km/h
Seasonal range
17.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
4 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
73 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
74 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.8 cm
Average feels-like high
20.1 °C
Average feels-like low
9.6 °C
Average peak gust
32.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
27 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · 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
43.3 °C
1 August 2003
Coldest day
-7.0 °C
4 January 1971
Wettest day
64 mm
5 November 1951
Windiest day
47.5 km/h
15 February 1941
Strongest gust
108.7 km/h
30 December 1981
Hottest feels-like
44.0 °C
14 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-11.6 °C
13 February 1983
Snowiest day
12.3 cm
3 January 1971
Sunniest day
14.8 h
16 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 124 mm | +64 mm |
| Feb | 15.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 33 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 15.9 °C | -1.0 °C | 165 mm | +106 mm |
| Apr | 20.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 90 mm | +40 mm |
| May | 25.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 31 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 33.1 °C | +4.7 °C | 21 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 34.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 1 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 35.7 °C | +3.4 °C | 3 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 29.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 16 mm | -12 mm |
| Oct | 25.8 °C | +3.8 °C | 43 mm | -20 mm |
| Nov | 16.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 102 mm | +34 mm |
| Dec | 13.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 107 mm | +38 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Alburquerque?
Alburquerque has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 523 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Alburquerque?
The hottest day measured in Alburquerque between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2003, reaching 43.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Alburquerque?
The coldest day measured in Alburquerque between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1971, at -7.0 °C.
Does it snow in Alburquerque?
Almost never: Alburquerque sees virtually no snow, with about 4 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Alburquerque warmed?
Yes: Alburquerque warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Alburquerque?
The wettest day measured in Alburquerque between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1951, with 64 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Alburquerque?
The windiest day measured in Alburquerque between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1941, with winds reaching 47.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Alburquerque?
The warmest month in Alburquerque is July (25.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Alburquerque?
Alburquerque receives on average 523 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 74 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Alburquerque?
Alburquerque gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Alburquerque?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Alburquerque between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1971, with 12.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Alburquerque?
Yes: Alburquerque has on average 27 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Alburquerque?
In Alburquerque, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.0 °C on 14 July 2022, and the lowest was -11.6 °C on 13 February 1983.
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