Atarfe climate — normals and trends
Atarfe (Spain) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.2 °C and it receives 466 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 (24.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Atarfe averages 32 frost days, 53 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 74 rainy days per year.
Atarfe 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 45 to 19 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.4 °C (on 14 August 2021) and the coldest -22.0 °C (on 4 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
AtarfeAndalusia
- coords
- 37.22°, -3.69°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.2°C
Average daily high
19.9°C
Average daily low
8.6°C
Annual rainfall
466mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
11.1km/h
Seasonal range
18.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
32 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
53 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
74 d/yr
Annual snowfall
8.6 cm
Average feels-like high
18.7 °C
Average feels-like low
6.9 °C
Average peak gust
30.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
8 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · 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
41.4 °C
14 August 2021
Coldest day
-22.0 °C
4 February 1954
Wettest day
72 mm
7 November 1982
Windiest day
39.0 km/h
6 November 1997
Strongest gust
120.2 km/h
1 December 1959
Hottest feels-like
41.6 °C
14 August 2021
Coldest feels-like
-26.4 °C
4 February 1954
Snowiest day
19.0 cm
13 April 1958
Sunniest day
14.3 h
24 June 1944
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 49 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | 15.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 26 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 14.0 °C | -1.0 °C | 154 mm | +97 mm |
| Apr | 20.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 49 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 25.0 °C | +3.6 °C | 28 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 34.2 °C | +7.6 °C | 16 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 34.9 °C | +3.9 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 35.0 °C | +4.2 °C | 13 mm | +7 mm |
| Sep | 29.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 10 mm | -13 mm |
| Oct | 24.9 °C | +4.3 °C | 15 mm | -29 mm |
| Nov | 16.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 64 mm | +8 mm |
| Dec | 11.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 71 mm | +11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Atarfe?
Atarfe has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.2 °C and it receives 466 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Atarfe?
The hottest day measured in Atarfe between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2021, reaching 41.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Atarfe?
The coldest day measured in Atarfe between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1954, at -22.0 °C.
Does it snow in Atarfe?
Yes. Atarfe gets on average 8.6 cm of snow per year and has around 32 frost days.
Has the climate of Atarfe warmed?
Yes: Atarfe warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Atarfe?
The wettest day measured in Atarfe between 1940 and 2025 was 7 November 1982, with 72 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Atarfe?
The windiest day measured in Atarfe between 1940 and 2025 was 6 November 1997, with winds reaching 39.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Atarfe?
The warmest month in Atarfe is July (24.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Atarfe?
Atarfe receives on average 466 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 74 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Atarfe?
Atarfe 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 Atarfe?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Atarfe between 1940 and 2025 was 13 April 1958, with 19.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Atarfe?
Yes: Atarfe has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Atarfe?
In Atarfe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.6 °C on 14 August 2021, and the lowest was -26.4 °C on 4 February 1954.
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