Alcalà de Xivert climate — normals and trends
Alcalà de Xivert (Spain) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.8 °C and it receives 438 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 (25.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Alcalà de Xivert averages 4 frost days, 37 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 62 rainy days per year.
Alcalà de Xivert has warmed by +2.5 °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 6 to 2 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.0 °C (on 23 July 2009) and the coldest -5.9 °C (on 12 February 1956).
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
Alcalà de XivertValencia
- coords
- 40.30°, 0.23°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.8°C
Average daily high
21.5°C
Average daily low
12.5°C
Annual rainfall
438mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
16.4km/h
Seasonal range
16.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
4 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
37 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
62 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.3 cm
Average feels-like high
21.0 °C
Average feels-like low
11.2 °C
Average peak gust
35.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
56 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.75 · 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
39.0 °C
23 July 2009
Coldest day
-5.9 °C
12 February 1956
Wettest day
138 mm
22 September 1972
Windiest day
60.3 km/h
3 January 1941
Strongest gust
118.8 km/h
14 January 1987
Hottest feels-like
41.6 °C
17 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-13.9 °C
3 February 1956
Snowiest day
9.3 cm
25 January 1947
Sunniest day
14.0 h
9 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 12 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 16.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 13 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 16.1 °C | -1.4 °C | 106 mm | +68 mm |
| Apr | 20.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 20 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 24.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 21 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 30.5 °C | +3.6 °C | 1 mm | -21 mm |
| Jul | 30.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 41 mm | +30 mm |
| Aug | 32.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 6 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 27.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 118 mm | +64 mm |
| Oct | 23.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 94 mm | +29 mm |
| Nov | 18.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 16 mm | -31 mm |
| Dec | 15.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 94 mm | +52 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Alcalà de Xivert?
Alcalà de Xivert has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.8 °C and it receives 438 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Alcalà de Xivert?
The hottest day measured in Alcalà de Xivert between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2009, reaching 39.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Alcalà de Xivert?
The coldest day measured in Alcalà de Xivert between 1940 and 2025 was 12 February 1956, at -5.9 °C.
Does it snow in Alcalà de Xivert?
Yes. Alcalà de Xivert gets on average 1.3 cm of snow per year and has around 4 frost days.
Has the climate of Alcalà de Xivert warmed?
Yes: Alcalà de Xivert warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Alcalà de Xivert?
The wettest day measured in Alcalà de Xivert between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1972, with 138 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Alcalà de Xivert?
The windiest day measured in Alcalà de Xivert between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1941, with winds reaching 60.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Alcalà de Xivert?
The warmest month in Alcalà de Xivert is July (25.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Alcalà de Xivert?
Alcalà de Xivert receives on average 438 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 62 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Alcalà de Xivert?
Alcalà de Xivert gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Alcalà de Xivert?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Alcalà de Xivert between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1947, with 9.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Alcalà de Xivert?
Yes: Alcalà de Xivert has on average 56 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Alcalà de Xivert?
In Alcalà de Xivert, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.6 °C on 17 August 2025, and the lowest was -13.9 °C on 3 February 1956.
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