Alcalá de los Gazules climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Alcalá de los Gazules?

Alcalá de los Gazules has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.4 °C and it receives 692 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Alcalá de los Gazules?

The hottest day measured in Alcalá de los Gazules between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1941, reaching 43.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Alcalá de los Gazules?

The coldest day measured in Alcalá de los Gazules between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1954, at -6.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Alcalá de los Gazules?

Almost never: Alcalá de los Gazules sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Alcalá de los Gazules warmed?

Yes: Alcalá de los Gazules warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Alcalá de los Gazules?

The wettest day measured in Alcalá de los Gazules between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1995, with 86 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Alcalá de los Gazules?

The windiest day measured in Alcalá de los Gazules between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 1959, with winds reaching 46.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Alcalá de los Gazules?

The warmest month in Alcalá de los Gazules is August (25.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Alcalá de los Gazules?

Alcalá de los Gazules receives on average 692 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 73 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Alcalá de los Gazules?

Alcalá de los Gazules gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Alcalá de los Gazules (Spain) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.4 °C and it receives 692 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 August (25.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Alcalá de los Gazules averages 1 frost days, 56 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 73 rainy days per year.

Alcalá de los Gazules has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °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 43.3 °C (on 20 July 1941) and the coldest -6.4 °C (on 6 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

Alcalá de los GazulesAndalusia

coords: 36.46°, -5.72°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

17.4°C

Average daily high

22.2°C

Average daily low

13.0°C

Annual rainfall

692mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

16.8km/h

Seasonal range

14.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

56 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

73 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.2 cm

Average feels-like high

21.6 °C

Average feels-like low

12.0 °C

Average peak gust

39.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

38 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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

43.3 °C

20 July 1941

Coldest day

-6.4 °C

6 February 1954

Wettest day

86 mm

30 December 1995

Windiest day

46.7 km/h

1 December 1959

Strongest gust

112.3 km/h

21 January 1941

Hottest feels-like

44.8 °C

14 July 1991

Coldest feels-like

-10.6 °C

6 February 1954

Snowiest day

11.8 cm

3 February 1954

Sunniest day

14.4 h

27 June 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	39.6 °C17 August 2025	2.4 °C16 January 2025	18.8 °C	869 mm	95	0
2024	38.0 °C18 August 2024	2.2 °C10 December 2024	18.6 °C	671 mm	64	0
2023	40.0 °C11 August 2023	0.7 °C26 January 2023	18.9 °C	346 mm	82	0
2022	40.6 °C25 July 2022	4.2 °C30 November 2022	19.1 °C	606 mm	86	0
2021	39.8 °C16 August 2021	0.8 °C3 January 2021	18.3 °C	485 mm	64	0
2020	37.4 °C7 July 2020	2.4 °C31 December 2020	18.3 °C	521 mm	66	0
2019	35.3 °C30 July 2019	1.2 °C3 February 2019	17.8 °C	343 mm	63	0
2018	36.7 °C7 August 2018	0.3 °C3 February 2018	17.3 °C	857 mm	66	0
2017	39.6 °C4 August 2017	1.0 °C9 February 2017	18.3 °C	409 mm	81	0
2016	39.4 °C5 September 2016	0.4 °C17 February 2016	18.2 °C	680 mm	78	0
2015	38.9 °C22 July 2015	1.5 °C1 January 2015	18.3 °C	406 mm	66	0
2014	36.8 °C27 August 2014	2.2 °C8 December 2014	17.9 °C	689 mm	57	0
2013	36.0 °C10 July 2013	1.0 °C10 February 2013	17.6 °C	667 mm	62	0
2012	40.6 °C11 August 2012	-2.2 °C5 February 2012	17.6 °C	597 mm	83	8
2011	39.7 °C8 August 2011	1.4 °C3 March 2011	18.3 °C	627 mm	76	0
2010	40.9 °C27 August 2010	1.4 °C9 January 2010	18.0 °C	1,339 mm	74	0
2009	39.1 °C30 July 2009	-0.1 °C10 January 2009	18.1 °C	824 mm	77	1
2008	35.9 °C20 August 2008	1.4 °C16 December 2008	17.6 °C	675 mm	71	0
2007	36.0 °C9 July 2007	0.6 °C26 January 2007	17.5 °C	472 mm	48	0
2006	37.5 °C22 July 2006	1.7 °C4 January 2006	18.2 °C	705 mm	76	0
2005	38.9 °C7 August 2005	-4.5 °C28 January 2005	17.6 °C	365 mm	67	4
2004	40.6 °C25 July 2004	-0.2 °C28 December 2004	17.9 °C	568 mm	78	1
2003	39.3 °C1 August 2003	-0.1 °C12 January 2003	18.1 °C	848 mm	71	1
2002	35.8 °C24 July 2002	2.8 °C7 December 2002	17.8 °C	682 mm	53	0
2001	36.9 °C23 June 2001	2.0 °C16 November 2001	18.3 °C	731 mm	63	0
2000	37.2 °C2 August 2000	2.1 °C25 January 2000	17.9 °C	800 mm	69	0
1999	37.2 °C3 July 1999	0.7 °C21 November 1999	17.6 °C	494 mm	51	0
1998	36.6 °C13 July 1998	0.6 °C8 December 1998	17.9 °C	475 mm	61	0
1997	33.6 °C13 August 1997	4.7 °C6 January 1997	18.5 °C	897 mm	35	0
1996	37.9 °C20 July 1996	0.8 °C22 February 1996	17.5 °C	1,463 mm	34	0
1995	39.1 °C22 July 1995	0.7 °C15 January 1995	18.5 °C	609 mm	44	0
1994	40.4 °C5 July 1994	0.1 °C27 December 1994	17.8 °C	400 mm	62	0
1993	37.0 °C25 July 1993	0.7 °C1 March 1993	16.6 °C	514 mm	33	0
1992	36.5 °C3 August 1992	-1.0 °C25 January 1992	17.2 °C	448 mm	49	2
1991	42.0 °C14 July 1991	1.1 °C14 January 1991	17.1 °C	638 mm	60	0
1990	35.8 °C6 August 1990	1.8 °C12 December 1990	17.9 °C	476 mm	55	0
1989	38.0 °C1 August 1989	2.7 °C23 January 1989	18.2 °C	998 mm	72	0
1988	39.2 °C13 July 1988	1.9 °C28 February 1988	17.7 °C	492 mm	65	0
1987	36.0 °C17 August 1987	-0.6 °C16 January 1987	17.7 °C	860 mm	57	1
1986	38.7 °C22 August 1986	0.5 °C25 December 1986	17.2 °C	512 mm	61	0
1985	36.3 °C4 August 1985	-2.3 °C16 January 1985	17.6 °C	677 mm	67	1
1984	39.9 °C24 July 1984	0.5 °C31 December 1984	16.7 °C	562 mm	46	0
1983	37.8 °C12 June 1983	-0.6 °C10 February 1983	17.5 °C	581 mm	47	1
1982	40.5 °C19 August 1982	2.1 °C23 December 1982	17.3 °C	550 mm	47	0
1981	36.5 °C13 June 1981	-2.0 °C12 January 1981	17.5 °C	442 mm	54	2
1980	38.6 °C31 August 1980	-0.2 °C2 December 1980	17.1 °C	512 mm	56	1
1979	39.9 °C29 July 1979	-1.4 °C22 December 1979	16.9 °C	920 mm	33	2
1978	40.7 °C17 July 1978	0.5 °C15 January 1978	17.3 °C	630 mm	48	0
1977	32.3 °C26 June 1977	2.0 °C8 January 1977	16.8 °C	679 mm	10	0
1976	39.8 °C6 August 1976	-0.6 °C26 January 1976	16.5 °C	785 mm	37	2
1975	37.8 °C15 July 1975	3.0 °C21 January 1975	16.7 °C	622 mm	43	0
1974	37.4 °C11 August 1974	1.8 °C5 March 1974	16.6 °C	458 mm	49	0
1973	37.6 °C25 July 1973	1.5 °C3 December 1973	16.7 °C	588 mm	49	0
1972	33.8 °C22 July 1972	0.7 °C24 January 1972	16.0 °C	1,071 mm	17	0
1971	36.7 °C31 July 1971	-1.2 °C2 January 1971	16.4 °C	828 mm	21	1
1970	38.1 °C25 July 1970	0.0 °C25 December 1970	17.2 °C	953 mm	56	0
1969	33.9 °C23 July 1969	1.2 °C2 December 1969	16.8 °C	1,108 mm	41	0
1968	35.9 °C24 August 1968	0.4 °C12 January 1968	17.2 °C	779 mm	54	0
1967	38.6 °C21 July 1967	-1.6 °C13 December 1967	17.0 °C	621 mm	48	2
1966	35.0 °C12 July 1966	2.2 °C24 February 1966	17.1 °C	677 mm	42	0
1965	36.2 °C21 June 1965	-0.6 °C6 January 1965	17.2 °C	864 mm	44	2
1964	37.7 °C17 September 1964	0.6 °C27 December 1964	17.4 °C	609 mm	72	0
1963	33.3 °C9 July 1963	-0.5 °C3 February 1963	16.9 °C	1,215 mm	50	1
1962	38.4 °C20 August 1962	0.3 °C14 December 1962	17.2 °C	931 mm	62	0
1961	35.3 °C20 July 1961	1.7 °C14 January 1961	17.7 °C	973 mm	41	0
1960	34.8 °C21 June 1960	-1.2 °C17 January 1960	17.2 °C	1,152 mm	47	3
1959	35.1 °C6 July 1959	2.9 °C5 February 1959	16.8 °C	593 mm	24	0
1958	36.2 °C29 July 1958	0.7 °C27 February 1958	17.4 °C	581 mm	38	0
1957	37.5 °C13 July 1957	-1.6 °C16 January 1957	16.8 °C	688 mm	46	1
1956	35.1 °C2 August 1956	-3.1 °C12 February 1956	16.0 °C	806 mm	40	6
1955	38.1 °C4 July 1955	1.2 °C11 March 1955	18.1 °C	1,068 mm	53	0
1954	37.1 °C20 September 1954	-6.4 °C6 February 1954	16.9 °C	486 mm	72	16
1953	39.7 °C26 July 1953	-1.7 °C16 February 1953	17.3 °C	649 mm	83	6
1952	38.6 °C12 July 1952	0.2 °C7 February 1952	16.9 °C	688 mm	57	0
1951	35.7 °C2 September 1951	1.1 °C31 January 1951	16.7 °C	801 mm	47	0
1950	38.4 °C29 July 1950	0.5 °C31 December 1950	17.3 °C	530 mm	74	0
1949	39.4 °C1 August 1949	1.8 °C12 January 1949	17.7 °C	447 mm	62	0
1948	35.1 °C20 August 1948	1.6 °C18 January 1948	17.2 °C	703 mm	40	0
1947	37.0 °C4 August 1947	-0.7 °C26 January 1947	17.7 °C	890 mm	51	1
1946	41.7 °C13 July 1946	-3.0 °C17 January 1946	16.7 °C	773 mm	52	5
1945	37.6 °C20 July 1945	-1.1 °C6 January 1945	17.8 °C	414 mm	55	5
1944	36.6 °C1 August 1944	0.8 °C19 February 1944	16.8 °C	395 mm	46	0
1943	36.6 °C1 September 1943	-0.5 °C2 January 1943	17.1 °C	614 mm	61	1
1942	37.8 °C18 July 1942	-1.8 °C9 January 1942	16.7 °C	908 mm	55	4
1941	43.3 °C20 July 1941	-3.2 °C4 January 1941	16.8 °C	900 mm	70	6
1940	39.5 °C28 July 1940	-2.7 °C23 January 1940	16.7 °C	758 mm	56	2

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.8 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

95 d/yr

+39

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

869 mm

+177 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	16.8 °C	+1.9 °C	94 mm	+7 mm
Feb	17.7 °C	+1.8 °C	48 mm	-35 mm
Mar	17.4 °C	-0.6 °C	325 mm	+234 mm
Apr	20.7 °C	+0.8 °C	77 mm	+10 mm
May	25.3 °C	+2.0 °C	26 mm	-13 mm
Jun	31.5 °C	+4.2 °C	13 mm	+1 mm
Jul	31.8 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Aug	32.9 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-5 mm
Sep	29.7 °C	+1.8 °C	5 mm	-22 mm
Oct	26.0 °C	+2.7 °C	51 mm	-27 mm
Nov	19.4 °C	+0.9 °C	123 mm	+28 mm
Dec	15.5 °C	-0.1 °C	107 mm	+0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.6 °C

17 Aug 2025

Coldest day

2.4 °C

16 Jan 2025

Wettest day

48.5 mm

13 Mar 2025

Windiest day

36.9 km/h

28 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

88.6 km/h

13 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.4 °C

17 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-1.2 °C

16 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.3 h

26 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Alcalá de los Gazules?

Alcalá de los Gazules has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.4 °C and it receives 692 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Alcalá de los Gazules?

The hottest day measured in Alcalá de los Gazules between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1941, reaching 43.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Alcalá de los Gazules?

The coldest day measured in Alcalá de los Gazules between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1954, at -6.4 °C.

Does it snow in Alcalá de los Gazules?

Almost never: Alcalá de los Gazules sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Alcalá de los Gazules warmed?

Yes: Alcalá de los Gazules warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Alcalá de los Gazules?

The wettest day measured in Alcalá de los Gazules between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1995, with 86 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Alcalá de los Gazules?

The windiest day measured in Alcalá de los Gazules between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 1959, with winds reaching 46.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Alcalá de los Gazules?

The warmest month in Alcalá de los Gazules is August (25.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Alcalá de los Gazules?

Alcalá de los Gazules receives on average 692 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 73 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Alcalá de los Gazules?

Alcalá de los Gazules 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 Alcalá de los Gazules?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Alcalá de los Gazules between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1954, with 11.8 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Alcalá de los Gazules?

Yes: Alcalá de los Gazules has on average 38 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Alcalá de los Gazules?

In Alcalá de los Gazules, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.8 °C on 14 July 1991, and the lowest was -10.6 °C on 6 February 1954.

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