Calatayud climate — normals and trends
Calatayud (Spain) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.2 °C and it receives 440 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 (22.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Calatayud averages 56 frost days, 39 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 89 rainy days per year.
Calatayud has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 75 to 37 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.0 °C (on 29 June 2019) and the coldest -20.4 °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
CalatayudAragon
- coords
- 41.35°, -1.64°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.2°C
Average daily high
18.0°C
Average daily low
6.8°C
Annual rainfall
440mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
15.9km/h
Seasonal range
18.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
56 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
39 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
89 d/yr
Annual snowfall
19.8 cm
Average feels-like high
15.6 °C
Average feels-like low
4.4 °C
Average peak gust
36.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · 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
40.0 °C
29 June 2019
Coldest day
-20.4 °C
17 December 1963
Wettest day
64 mm
3 July 2014
Windiest day
49.7 km/h
29 November 1965
Strongest gust
121.0 km/h
11 December 2017
Hottest feels-like
39.9 °C
13 August 2021
Coldest feels-like
-25.3 °C
17 December 1963
Snowiest day
20.4 cm
6 December 1950
Sunniest day
14.5 h
29 June 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 | 9.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 29 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 13.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 21 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 11.1 °C | -2.3 °C | 118 mm | +80 mm |
| Apr | 18.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 49 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 22.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 52 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 32.5 °C | +7.2 °C | 38 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 31.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 17 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 32.8 °C | +3.7 °C | 15 mm | -9 mm |
| Sep | 26.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 19 mm | -17 mm |
| Oct | 21.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 29 mm | -10 mm |
| Nov | 13.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 37 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 9.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 37 mm | +5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Calatayud?
Calatayud has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.2 °C and it receives 440 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Calatayud?
The hottest day measured in Calatayud between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2019, reaching 40.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Calatayud?
The coldest day measured in Calatayud between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1963, at -20.4 °C.
Does it snow in Calatayud?
Yes. Calatayud gets on average 19.8 cm of snow per year and has around 56 frost days.
Has the climate of Calatayud warmed?
Yes: Calatayud warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Calatayud?
The wettest day measured in Calatayud between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 2014, with 64 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Calatayud?
The windiest day measured in Calatayud between 1940 and 2025 was 29 November 1965, with winds reaching 49.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Calatayud?
The warmest month in Calatayud is July (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Calatayud?
Calatayud receives on average 440 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 89 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Calatayud?
Calatayud gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Calatayud?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Calatayud between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1950, with 20.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Calatayud?
Yes: Calatayud has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Calatayud?
In Calatayud, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.9 °C on 13 August 2021, and the lowest was -25.3 °C on 17 December 1963.
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