Balaguer climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Balaguer?

Balaguer has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.8 °C and it receives 456 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Balaguer?

The hottest day measured in Balaguer between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1982, reaching 43.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Balaguer?

The coldest day measured in Balaguer between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1963, at -18.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Balaguer?

Yes. Balaguer gets on average 4.6 cm of snow per year and has around 34 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Balaguer warmed?

Yes: Balaguer warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Balaguer?

The wettest day measured in Balaguer between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1971, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Balaguer?

The windiest day measured in Balaguer between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2009, with winds reaching 48.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Balaguer?

The warmest month in Balaguer is July (25.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Balaguer?

Balaguer receives on average 456 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 68 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Balaguer?

Balaguer gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Balaguer (Spain) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.8 °C and it receives 456 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 (5.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Balaguer averages 34 frost days, 65 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 68 rainy days per year.

Balaguer has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 49 to 19 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.9 °C (on 6 July 1982) and the coldest -18.5 °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

BalaguerCatalonia

coords: 41.79°, 0.81°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

14.8°C

Average daily high

20.8°C

Average daily low

9.5°C

Annual rainfall

456mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

14.9km/h

Seasonal range

20.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

34 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

65 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

68 d/yr

Annual snowfall

4.6 cm

Average feels-like high

19.2 °C

Average feels-like low

7.8 °C

Average peak gust

30.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

24 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.9 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · 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

43.9 °C

6 July 1982

Coldest day

-18.5 °C

17 December 1963

Wettest day

88 mm

22 September 1971

Windiest day

48.0 km/h

24 January 2009

Strongest gust

100.4 km/h

24 January 2009

Hottest feels-like

43.7 °C

23 August 2023

Coldest feels-like

-23.0 °C

17 December 1963

Snowiest day

34.4 cm

25 February 1944

Sunniest day

14.2 h

20 June 1948

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	42.1 °C11 August 2025	-3.7 °C14 January 2025	16.7 °C	529 mm	95	9
2024	40.6 °C31 July 2024	-1.0 °C31 December 2024	16.7 °C	499 mm	77	4
2023	42.2 °C18 July 2023	-3.9 °C30 January 2023	17.0 °C	307 mm	93	29
2022	41.7 °C15 June 2022	-3.7 °C14 January 2022	17.4 °C	447 mm	115	20
2021	42.0 °C14 August 2021	-4.2 °C6 January 2021	15.9 °C	402 mm	77	14
2020	39.9 °C31 July 2020	-2.1 °C12 January 2020	16.2 °C	536 mm	83	20
2019	42.8 °C29 June 2019	-4.9 °C11 January 2019	16.3 °C	361 mm	94	22
2018	39.9 °C4 August 2018	-3.8 °C13 February 2018	16.1 °C	702 mm	87	19
2017	40.0 °C3 August 2017	-6.2 °C18 January 2017	16.4 °C	330 mm	91	37
2016	38.7 °C10 July 2016	-3.6 °C31 December 2016	16.1 °C	453 mm	95	15
2015	41.1 °C7 July 2015	-3.7 °C6 February 2015	16.4 °C	355 mm	91	36
2014	36.2 °C26 July 2014	-4.3 °C31 December 2014	16.4 °C	504 mm	77	14
2013	36.7 °C7 July 2013	-4.3 °C28 November 2013	15.7 °C	454 mm	81	27
2012	40.3 °C10 August 2012	-7.2 °C12 February 2012	16.0 °C	394 mm	99	40
2011	38.3 °C20 August 2011	-6.1 °C25 January 2011	16.6 °C	297 mm	101	24
2010	38.4 °C8 July 2010	-6.5 °C26 December 2010	14.9 °C	458 mm	77	41
2009	37.8 °C1 July 2009	-6.8 °C20 December 2009	16.2 °C	353 mm	103	21
2008	37.4 °C26 June 2008	-4.8 °C23 December 2008	15.2 °C	475 mm	68	25
2007	39.2 °C28 August 2007	-6.2 °C27 January 2007	15.5 °C	370 mm	83	26
2006	38.5 °C30 July 2006	-4.2 °C27 December 2006	16.4 °C	368 mm	95	33
2005	38.3 °C16 July 2005	-6.9 °C28 January 2005	15.3 °C	302 mm	92	70
2004	39.5 °C24 July 2004	-4.5 °C1 March 2004	15.6 °C	289 mm	92	26
2003	40.1 °C12 August 2003	-4.5 °C14 January 2003	16.1 °C	672 mm	89	24
2002	37.5 °C22 June 2002	-2.7 °C18 January 2002	15.7 °C	514 mm	64	13
2001	39.1 °C25 June 2001	-15.6 °C22 December 2001	15.5 °C	373 mm	78	29
2000	37.6 °C25 August 2000	-3.7 °C24 January 2000	15.5 °C	410 mm	73	27
1999	36.3 °C3 July 1999	-5.8 °C1 February 1999	15.2 °C	420 mm	71	36
1998	37.2 °C11 August 1998	-3.4 °C22 January 1998	15.5 °C	297 mm	78	19
1997	36.1 °C3 August 1997	-3.7 °C11 January 1997	16.1 °C	514 mm	69	15
1996	37.7 °C24 July 1996	-3.8 °C27 December 1996	15.2 °C	578 mm	67	14
1995	38.0 °C29 July 1995	-3.8 °C5 January 1995	15.8 °C	336 mm	61	11
1994	39.6 °C3 July 1994	-4.6 °C22 January 1994	15.7 °C	453 mm	86	24
1993	37.0 °C5 August 1993	-6.2 °C25 February 1993	13.9 °C	395 mm	53	40
1992	34.8 °C27 July 1992	-5.2 °C5 January 1992	13.9 °C	553 mm	41	37
1991	38.5 °C27 August 1991	-5.6 °C15 February 1991	14.5 °C	379 mm	69	34
1990	37.3 °C24 July 1990	-4.5 °C21 December 1990	15.3 °C	382 mm	64	37
1989	38.1 °C21 July 1989	-5.8 °C1 January 1989	15.6 °C	377 mm	71	25
1988	38.4 °C7 September 1988	-6.5 °C23 November 1988	14.9 °C	325 mm	59	40
1987	40.7 °C15 August 1987	-14.1 °C19 January 1987	14.8 °C	635 mm	59	34
1986	40.1 °C27 June 1986	-7.0 °C10 February 1986	15.0 °C	352 mm	76	29
1985	37.8 °C25 July 1985	-11.9 °C7 January 1985	14.8 °C	339 mm	81	45
1984	38.6 °C23 July 1984	-5.0 °C11 March 1984	14.0 °C	411 mm	63	38
1983	40.7 °C30 July 1983	-6.1 °C12 February 1983	15.0 °C	357 mm	71	40
1982	43.9 °C6 July 1982	-1.8 °C29 January 1982	15.1 °C	531 mm	54	13
1981	39.8 °C13 June 1981	-4.2 °C10 January 1981	15.1 °C	446 mm	66	32
1980	40.0 °C22 August 1980	-5.8 °C2 December 1980	14.1 °C	409 mm	56	43
1979	37.9 °C9 July 1979	-4.2 °C23 December 1979	14.3 °C	553 mm	51	38
1978	39.7 °C16 July 1978	-4.1 °C20 December 1978	14.4 °C	404 mm	55	25
1977	33.2 °C24 July 1977	-3.2 °C10 January 1977	14.3 °C	669 mm	28	22
1976	36.5 °C5 August 1976	-5.0 °C26 January 1976	14.1 °C	542 mm	53	33
1975	38.7 °C15 July 1975	-4.5 °C3 January 1975	14.3 °C	488 mm	47	26
1974	36.8 °C12 July 1974	-3.0 °C5 March 1974	14.1 °C	542 mm	46	27
1973	37.8 °C4 July 1973	-4.2 °C12 March 1973	14.3 °C	522 mm	60	43
1972	34.0 °C22 July 1972	-4.6 °C5 January 1972	13.3 °C	970 mm	20	23
1971	36.2 °C22 June 1971	-9.6 °C2 January 1971	14.0 °C	848 mm	51	41
1970	37.3 °C23 July 1970	-5.8 °C16 February 1970	14.7 °C	444 mm	70	32
1969	37.0 °C19 July 1969	-6.0 °C1 January 1969	13.5 °C	729 mm	38	49
1968	36.8 °C30 June 1968	-4.7 °C11 January 1968	14.4 °C	546 mm	33	29
1967	37.7 °C19 July 1967	-5.0 °C12 December 1967	14.1 °C	598 mm	50	43
1966	36.3 °C13 July 1966	-7.0 °C19 January 1966	14.0 °C	473 mm	41	33
1965	36.0 °C29 June 1965	-8.2 °C21 February 1965	13.3 °C	584 mm	34	58
1964	35.3 °C17 July 1964	-5.1 °C2 January 1964	13.7 °C	413 mm	44	46
1963	35.1 °C24 July 1963	-18.5 °C17 December 1963	12.5 °C	587 mm	23	55
1962	34.5 °C14 August 1962	-18.2 °C27 December 1962	13.8 °C	505 mm	73	47
1961	34.3 °C8 August 1961	-4.8 °C20 December 1961	15.1 °C	314 mm	54	18
1960	34.1 °C20 June 1960	-12.0 °C15 January 1960	13.8 °C	702 mm	16	26
1959	35.4 °C5 July 1959	-2.8 °C9 January 1959	14.5 °C	501 mm	37	12
1958	35.9 °C29 July 1958	-3.5 °C24 January 1958	14.9 °C	350 mm	51	22
1957	36.5 °C4 August 1957	-6.0 °C17 January 1957	14.2 °C	393 mm	40	32
1956	36.6 °C6 July 1956	-9.7 °C12 February 1956	13.3 °C	469 mm	36	48
1955	35.2 °C18 July 1955	-3.9 °C8 March 1955	14.9 °C	379 mm	54	26
1954	36.2 °C26 July 1954	-7.7 °C1 February 1954	13.6 °C	459 mm	42	43
1953	36.3 °C8 August 1953	-4.4 °C6 January 1953	14.3 °C	447 mm	63	47
1952	37.6 °C25 June 1952	-7.9 °C25 January 1952	14.6 °C	320 mm	61	53
1951	39.7 °C21 July 1951	-4.1 °C30 January 1951	13.8 °C	548 mm	50	29
1950	38.8 °C9 July 1950	-5.0 °C30 December 1950	15.0 °C	299 mm	78	38
1949	36.9 °C1 August 1949	-5.5 °C11 January 1949	14.0 °C	331 mm	61	54
1948	34.9 °C25 August 1948	-16.4 °C23 February 1948	14.0 °C	409 mm	40	17
1947	38.6 °C3 August 1947	-16.6 °C31 January 1947	14.4 °C	438 mm	67	54
1946	36.7 °C3 August 1946	-5.3 °C16 January 1946	13.4 °C	542 mm	37	54
1945	37.3 °C23 July 1945	-9.0 °C19 January 1945	14.5 °C	357 mm	75	60
1944	36.2 °C31 August 1944	-9.8 °C2 March 1944	13.3 °C	369 mm	53	81
1943	36.7 °C30 July 1943	-4.8 °C22 November 1943	14.4 °C	389 mm	85	48
1942	37.8 °C28 July 1942	-6.9 °C13 January 1942	14.1 °C	453 mm	87	69
1941	40.9 °C25 July 1941	-7.1 °C5 January 1941	13.6 °C	305 mm	72	61
1940	37.2 °C26 July 1940	-8.4 °C24 January 1940	13.3 °C	383 mm	49	56

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

22.6 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

95 d/yr

+30

Frost days (< 0 °C)

9 d/yr

-25

Annual rainfall

529 mm

+73 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	12.6 °C	+2.2 °C	16 mm	-12 mm
Feb	14.5 °C	+1.6 °C	22 mm	-3 mm
Mar	15.2 °C	-1.4 °C	102 mm	+67 mm
Apr	20.7 °C	+1.1 °C	59 mm	+16 mm
May	26.0 °C	+2.0 °C	53 mm	+3 mm
Jun	35.6 °C	+6.8 °C	10 mm	-26 mm
Jul	32.5 °C	+0.3 °C	65 mm	+41 mm
Aug	34.8 °C	+3.6 °C	22 mm	-19 mm
Sep	27.2 °C	+0.4 °C	68 mm	+16 mm
Oct	23.3 °C	+2.1 °C	30 mm	-22 mm
Nov	16.0 °C	+1.1 °C	45 mm	+7 mm
Dec	12.7 °C	+1.8 °C	37 mm	+5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.1 °C

11 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-3.7 °C

14 Jan 2025

Wettest day

44.6 mm

12 Jul 2025

Windiest day

37.8 km/h

23 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

72.0 km/h

23 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.1 °C

11 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-7.3 °C

14 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.1 h

17 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Balaguer?

Balaguer has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.8 °C and it receives 456 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Balaguer?

The hottest day measured in Balaguer between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1982, reaching 43.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Balaguer?

The coldest day measured in Balaguer between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1963, at -18.5 °C.

Does it snow in Balaguer?

Yes. Balaguer gets on average 4.6 cm of snow per year and has around 34 frost days.

Has the climate of Balaguer warmed?

Yes: Balaguer warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Balaguer?

The wettest day measured in Balaguer between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1971, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Balaguer?

The windiest day measured in Balaguer between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2009, with winds reaching 48.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Balaguer?

The warmest month in Balaguer is July (25.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Balaguer?

Balaguer receives on average 456 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 68 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Balaguer?

Balaguer gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Balaguer?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Balaguer between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1944, with 34.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Balaguer?

Yes: Balaguer has on average 24 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Balaguer?

In Balaguer, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.7 °C on 23 August 2023, and the lowest was -23.0 °C on 17 December 1963.

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