Carboneras climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Carboneras?

Carboneras has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 251 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Carboneras between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1994, reaching 41.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Carboneras?

The coldest day measured in Carboneras between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1954, at -1.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Carboneras?

Almost never: Carboneras sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Carboneras warmed?

Yes: Carboneras warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Carboneras?

The wettest day measured in Carboneras between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1973, with 106 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Carboneras?

The windiest day measured in Carboneras between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1954, with winds reaching 53.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Carboneras?

The warmest month in Carboneras is August (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Carboneras?

Carboneras receives on average 251 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 42 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Carboneras?

Carboneras gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Carboneras (Spain) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 251 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 (26.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Carboneras averages 0 frost days, 45 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 42 rainy days per year.

Carboneras has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.1 °C (on 5 July 1994) and the coldest -1.2 °C (on 10 January 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

CarbonerasAndalusia

coords: 37.00°, -1.90°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

18.5°C

Average daily high

22.5°C

Average daily low

14.8°C

Annual rainfall

251mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

68%

Average peak wind

18.1km/h

Seasonal range

14.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

45 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

42 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.2 cm

Average feels-like high

21.8 °C

Average feels-like low

14.0 °C

Average peak gust

39.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

86 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.74 · 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

41.1 °C

5 July 1994

Coldest day

-1.2 °C

10 January 1954

Wettest day

106 mm

19 October 1973

Windiest day

53.2 km/h

25 March 1954

Strongest gust

114.8 km/h

13 December 1949

Hottest feels-like

42.3 °C

20 July 2023

Coldest feels-like

-6.4 °C

1 February 1954

Snowiest day

2.8 cm

3 February 1954

Sunniest day

14.0 h

18 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	39.4 °C18 August 2025	5.7 °C16 January 2025	20.2 °C	292 mm	89	0
2024	37.9 °C20 July 2024	6.6 °C5 February 2024	20.2 °C	177 mm	68	0
2023	40.3 °C12 July 2023	4.2 °C1 February 2023	20.0 °C	187 mm	70	0
2022	39.4 °C25 July 2022	5.0 °C17 January 2022	20.1 °C	321 mm	91	0
2021	38.8 °C24 July 2021	5.0 °C4 January 2021	19.4 °C	266 mm	51	0
2020	36.7 °C1 August 2020	3.4 °C27 December 2020	19.4 °C	196 mm	57	0
2019	37.8 °C9 August 2019	3.6 °C11 January 2019	19.3 °C	279 mm	48	0
2018	34.8 °C30 July 2018	5.2 °C9 February 2018	19.3 °C	337 mm	64	0
2017	38.2 °C8 August 2017	4.3 °C18 January 2017	19.4 °C	204 mm	56	0
2016	38.3 °C31 July 2016	6.1 °C17 January 2016	19.7 °C	228 mm	46	0
2015	38.3 °C8 July 2015	3.4 °C9 February 2015	19.6 °C	210 mm	76	0
2014	35.5 °C11 August 2014	2.8 °C31 December 2014	19.9 °C	150 mm	69	0
2013	36.1 °C7 August 2013	4.2 °C30 November 2013	19.2 °C	164 mm	50	0
2012	39.7 °C11 August 2012	1.8 °C13 February 2012	19.1 °C	182 mm	63	0
2011	35.9 °C7 July 2011	5.1 °C4 February 2011	19.5 °C	143 mm	55	0
2010	37.6 °C27 August 2010	3.9 °C17 December 2010	18.7 °C	257 mm	33	0
2009	38.7 °C24 July 2009	3.9 °C10 January 2009	19.1 °C	277 mm	61	0
2008	36.0 °C7 August 2008	5.5 °C29 January 2008	18.7 °C	288 mm	37	0
2007	35.9 °C29 August 2007	5.2 °C13 January 2007	18.7 °C	353 mm	43	0
2006	37.1 °C3 August 2006	3.3 °C29 January 2006	19.3 °C	288 mm	48	0
2005	36.1 °C17 July 2005	0.6 °C28 January 2005	18.5 °C	217 mm	53	0
2004	34.9 °C30 June 2004	2.7 °C3 March 2004	19.0 °C	222 mm	61	0
2003	36.7 °C27 July 2003	4.1 °C12 January 2003	19.4 °C	339 mm	86	0
2002	35.5 °C5 August 2002	4.9 °C20 February 2002	19.2 °C	174 mm	39	0
2001	35.1 °C26 June 2001	4.9 °C16 December 2001	19.6 °C	191 mm	63	0
2000	37.4 °C20 August 2000	4.3 °C8 January 2000	19.1 °C	205 mm	52	0
1999	37.1 °C3 July 1999	2.5 °C2 February 1999	19.2 °C	282 mm	59	0
1998	34.8 °C27 August 1998	4.9 °C26 December 1998	19.1 °C	117 mm	59	0
1997	33.6 °C13 June 1997	7.1 °C7 January 1997	19.6 °C	345 mm	47	0
1996	34.5 °C11 August 1996	3.6 °C24 February 1996	18.8 °C	282 mm	36	0
1995	34.2 °C17 August 1995	4.8 °C15 January 1995	19.5 °C	148 mm	45	0
1994	41.1 °C5 July 1994	3.7 °C6 February 1994	19.5 °C	176 mm	66	0
1993	38.1 °C6 August 1993	1.4 °C2 March 1993	18.2 °C	190 mm	35	0
1992	34.7 °C6 August 1992	2.9 °C5 February 1992	18.3 °C	344 mm	44	0
1991	37.2 °C17 July 1991	4.1 °C15 February 1991	18.4 °C	213 mm	65	0
1990	35.3 °C25 July 1990	4.5 °C15 December 1990	19.0 °C	262 mm	62	0
1989	38.1 °C1 August 1989	4.4 °C17 February 1989	19.0 °C	461 mm	60	0
1988	39.8 °C3 August 1988	3.6 °C14 December 1988	18.8 °C	252 mm	40	0
1987	34.4 °C16 August 1987	2.8 °C19 January 1987	18.9 °C	167 mm	48	0
1986	38.4 °C22 August 1986	3.1 °C25 December 1986	18.4 °C	292 mm	39	0
1985	36.5 °C5 August 1985	1.1 °C16 January 1985	18.5 °C	222 mm	46	0
1984	36.4 °C11 July 1984	1.8 °C31 December 1984	17.9 °C	217 mm	33	0
1983	36.1 °C14 July 1983	1.8 °C13 February 1983	18.8 °C	142 mm	51	0
1982	37.5 °C28 July 1982	3.8 °C29 January 1982	18.5 °C	183 mm	48	0
1981	33.7 °C20 August 1981	1.6 °C3 February 1981	18.4 °C	166 mm	25	0
1980	38.9 °C23 August 1980	3.8 °C2 December 1980	18.0 °C	231 mm	37	0
1979	34.7 °C30 July 1979	3.0 °C3 March 1979	18.2 °C	233 mm	26	0
1978	40.6 °C18 July 1978	2.5 °C13 February 1978	18.5 °C	130 mm	39	0
1977	33.1 °C17 August 1977	6.5 °C25 February 1977	18.3 °C	209 mm	12	0
1976	34.5 °C9 August 1976	2.5 °C26 January 1976	17.7 °C	303 mm	42	0
1975	38.1 °C17 July 1975	3.6 °C7 January 1975	17.8 °C	322 mm	48	0
1974	37.1 °C7 August 1974	3.8 °C6 March 1974	17.6 °C	304 mm	42	0
1973	35.6 °C5 July 1973	2.2 °C21 February 1973	17.6 °C	467 mm	39	0
1972	33.7 °C1 August 1972	3.0 °C1 January 1972	17.4 °C	535 mm	18	0
1971	38.4 °C31 July 1971	0.6 °C2 January 1971	17.8 °C	459 mm	47	0
1970	37.2 °C8 August 1970	3.1 °C19 December 1970	18.3 °C	253 mm	45	0
1969	35.6 °C15 August 1969	3.1 °C3 January 1969	18.0 °C	390 mm	30	0
1968	35.8 °C14 August 1968	3.6 °C25 January 1968	18.4 °C	226 mm	52	0
1967	39.1 °C21 July 1967	0.4 °C12 December 1967	18.1 °C	350 mm	47	0
1966	34.7 °C4 August 1966	4.2 °C24 December 1966	18.1 °C	214 mm	30	0
1965	35.8 °C31 July 1965	3.3 °C17 February 1965	17.9 °C	224 mm	30	0
1964	34.8 °C27 July 1964	2.1 °C30 December 1964	18.1 °C	168 mm	39	0
1963	35.6 °C9 July 1963	1.7 °C29 January 1963	17.6 °C	242 mm	20	0
1962	36.3 °C16 August 1962	4.0 °C15 December 1962	17.9 °C	297 mm	37	0
1961	37.3 °C12 July 1961	4.6 °C16 January 1961	18.6 °C	122 mm	26	0
1960	34.0 °C31 July 1960	3.5 °C16 January 1960	18.2 °C	215 mm	44	0
1959	35.7 °C13 July 1959	4.2 °C6 January 1959	18.0 °C	295 mm	31	0
1958	34.6 °C18 August 1958	2.6 °C24 January 1958	17.9 °C	144 mm	16	0
1957	35.5 °C9 August 1957	1.7 °C16 January 1957	17.3 °C	305 mm	23	0
1956	33.5 °C29 July 1956	0.5 °C18 February 1956	16.8 °C	214 mm	28	0
1955	35.2 °C19 July 1955	1.9 °C11 March 1955	18.4 °C	176 mm	26	0
1954	37.4 °C28 July 1954	-1.2 °C10 January 1954	17.4 °C	220 mm	24	5
1953	37.2 °C26 July 1953	0.9 °C17 February 1953	17.5 °C	164 mm	25	0
1952	35.9 °C16 August 1952	-0.5 °C23 January 1952	17.9 °C	228 mm	35	1
1951	36.3 °C22 July 1951	3.2 °C30 January 1951	17.4 °C	271 mm	21	0
1950	36.4 °C2 August 1950	1.7 °C30 December 1950	17.9 °C	244 mm	45	0
1949	37.4 °C3 August 1949	3.8 °C5 March 1949	17.9 °C	373 mm	35	0
1948	33.7 °C5 August 1948	5.2 °C18 January 1948	18.0 °C	383 mm	27	0
1947	35.8 °C5 August 1947	2.1 °C26 January 1947	18.5 °C	284 mm	51	0
1946	39.4 °C13 July 1946	0.9 °C18 January 1946	17.8 °C	312 mm	43	0
1945	34.5 °C19 July 1945	0.4 °C3 January 1945	18.2 °C	77 mm	41	0
1944	36.9 °C2 August 1944	1.8 °C21 February 1944	17.2 °C	194 mm	24	0
1943	33.1 °C30 June 1943	1.9 °C1 January 1943	17.5 °C	443 mm	36	0
1942	38.5 °C18 July 1942	2.0 °C10 January 1942	17.9 °C	341 mm	37	0
1941	40.2 °C26 August 1941	0.3 °C5 January 1941	17.5 °C	203 mm	54	0
1940	36.9 °C22 August 1940	1.6 °C26 December 1940	17.2 °C	200 mm	38	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.1 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

89 d/yr

+44

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

292 mm

+41 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.1 °C	+2.4 °C	5 mm	-19 mm
Feb	18.2 °C	+1.7 °C	12 mm	-9 mm
Mar	18.1 °C	-0.3 °C	87 mm	+59 mm
Apr	21.8 °C	+1.3 °C	13 mm	-18 mm
May	25.7 °C	+1.9 °C	41 mm	+21 mm
Jun	30.9 °C	+3.4 °C	0 mm	-8 mm
Jul	31.8 °C	+1.5 °C	9 mm	+7 mm
Aug	32.6 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Sep	28.7 °C	+1.0 °C	9 mm	-10 mm
Oct	25.7 °C	+2.3 °C	40 mm	+5 mm
Nov	20.5 °C	+1.3 °C	5 mm	-26 mm
Dec	16.4 °C	0.0 °C	72 mm	+44 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.4 °C

18 Aug 2025

Coldest day

5.7 °C

16 Jan 2025

Wettest day

34.3 mm

14 Dec 2025

Windiest day

38.5 km/h

27 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

74.5 km/h

27 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.6 °C

18 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.6 °C

16 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

17 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Carboneras?

Carboneras has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 251 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Carboneras?

The hottest day measured in Carboneras between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1994, reaching 41.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Carboneras?

The coldest day measured in Carboneras between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1954, at -1.2 °C.

Does it snow in Carboneras?

Almost never: Carboneras sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Carboneras warmed?

Yes: Carboneras warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Carboneras?

The wettest day measured in Carboneras between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1973, with 106 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Carboneras?

The windiest day measured in Carboneras between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1954, with winds reaching 53.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Carboneras?

The warmest month in Carboneras is August (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Carboneras?

Carboneras receives on average 251 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 42 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Carboneras?

Carboneras gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Carboneras?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Carboneras between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1954, with 2.8 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Carboneras?

Yes: Carboneras has on average 86 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Carboneras?

In Carboneras, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.3 °C on 20 July 2023, and the lowest was -6.4 °C on 1 February 1954.

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