Badalona climate — normals and trends
Badalona (Spain) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 619 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 (23.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Badalona averages 2 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 95 rainy days per year.
Badalona has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 5 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.9 °C (on 23 August 2023) and the coldest -8.5 °C (on 11 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
BadalonaCatalonia
- coords
- 41.45°, 2.25°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.0°C
Average daily high
18.5°C
Average daily low
12.0°C
Annual rainfall
619mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
15.5km/h
Seasonal range
15.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
95 d/yr
Annual snowfall
3.7 cm
Average feels-like high
18.1 °C
Average feels-like low
11.0 °C
Average peak gust
30.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
37 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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
34.9 °C
23 August 2023
Coldest day
-8.5 °C
11 February 1956
Wettest day
115 mm
11 October 1970
Windiest day
50.3 km/h
25 January 1947
Strongest gust
96.8 km/h
15 November 2001
Hottest feels-like
39.4 °C
23 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-13.5 °C
11 February 1956
Snowiest day
15.3 cm
30 January 1986
Sunniest day
14.3 h
14 June 1946
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 13 mm | -29 mm |
| Feb | 13.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 46 mm | +5 mm |
| Mar | 14.0 °C | -0.4 °C | 127 mm | +76 mm |
| Apr | 17.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 32 mm | -23 mm |
| May | 20.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 61 mm | +12 mm |
| Jun | 27.7 °C | +4.4 °C | 2 mm | -36 mm |
| Jul | 27.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 57 mm | +28 mm |
| Aug | 28.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 43 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 24.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 123 mm | +45 mm |
| Oct | 21.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 51 mm | -34 mm |
| Nov | 16.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 47 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 13.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 90 mm | +43 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Badalona?
Badalona has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 619 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Badalona?
The hottest day measured in Badalona between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 2023, reaching 34.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Badalona?
The coldest day measured in Badalona between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1956, at -8.5 °C.
Does it snow in Badalona?
Yes. Badalona gets on average 3.7 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.
Has the climate of Badalona warmed?
Yes: Badalona warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Badalona?
The wettest day measured in Badalona between 1940 and 2025 was 11 October 1970, with 115 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Badalona?
The windiest day measured in Badalona between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1947, with winds reaching 50.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Badalona?
The warmest month in Badalona is August (23.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Badalona?
Badalona receives on average 619 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 95 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Badalona?
Badalona gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Badalona?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Badalona between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1986, with 15.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Badalona?
Yes: Badalona has on average 37 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Badalona?
In Badalona, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.4 °C on 23 August 2023, and the lowest was -13.5 °C on 11 February 1956.
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