Alcañiz climate — normals and trends
Alcañiz (Spain) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 404 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 (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Alcañiz averages 20 frost days, 54 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 73 rainy days per year.
Alcañiz has warmed by +2.9 °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 28 to 12 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.1 °C (on 18 July 2023) and the coldest -14.5 °C (on 17 December 1963).
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
AlcañizAragon
- coords
- 41.05°, -0.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.7°C
Average daily high
20.2°C
Average daily low
9.8°C
Annual rainfall
404mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
61%
Average peak wind
16.7km/h
Seasonal range
18.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
20 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
54 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
73 d/yr
Annual snowfall
14.4 cm
Average feels-like high
18.3 °C
Average feels-like low
7.4 °C
Average peak gust
37.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
13 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · 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
42.1 °C
18 July 2023
Coldest day
-14.5 °C
17 December 1963
Wettest day
91 mm
22 September 1972
Windiest day
48.1 km/h
17 February 2000
Strongest gust
103.3 km/h
24 January 2009
Hottest feels-like
43.1 °C
14 August 2021
Coldest feels-like
-19.4 °C
17 December 1963
Snowiest day
36.8 cm
24 February 1944
Sunniest day
14.1 h
30 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 12 mm | -18 mm |
| Feb | 15.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 14 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 13.6 °C | -2.3 °C | 79 mm | +45 mm |
| Apr | 20.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 22 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 25.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 27 mm | -21 mm |
| Jun | 34.6 °C | +7.1 °C | 22 mm | -14 mm |
| Jul | 31.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 43 mm | +22 mm |
| Aug | 34.1 °C | +3.7 °C | 14 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 27.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 42 mm | +6 mm |
| Oct | 22.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 32 mm | -7 mm |
| Nov | 16.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 19 mm | -17 mm |
| Dec | 12.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 42 mm | +12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Alcañiz?
Alcañiz has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 404 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Alcañiz?
The hottest day measured in Alcañiz between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2023, reaching 42.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Alcañiz?
The coldest day measured in Alcañiz between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1963, at -14.5 °C.
Does it snow in Alcañiz?
Yes. Alcañiz gets on average 14.4 cm of snow per year and has around 20 frost days.
Has the climate of Alcañiz warmed?
Yes: Alcañiz warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Alcañiz?
The wettest day measured in Alcañiz between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1972, with 91 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Alcañiz?
The windiest day measured in Alcañiz between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 2000, with winds reaching 48.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Alcañiz?
The warmest month in Alcañiz is July (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Alcañiz?
Alcañiz receives on average 404 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 73 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Alcañiz?
Alcañiz 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 Alcañiz?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Alcañiz between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1944, with 36.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Alcañiz?
Yes: Alcañiz has on average 13 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Alcañiz?
In Alcañiz, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.1 °C on 14 August 2021, and the lowest was -19.4 °C on 17 December 1963.
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