Cartaya climate — normals and trends

Cartaya (Spain) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.3 °C and it receives 395 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 (25.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Cartaya averages 0 frost days, 51 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 55 rainy days per year.

Cartaya has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.9 °C (on 19 July 1941) and the coldest 0.9 °C (on 28 January 2005).

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

CartayaAndalusia

coords
37.28°, -7.15°
period
19402025 · 86 yrs
CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

18.3°C

Average daily high

22.0°C

Average daily low

14.7°C

Annual rainfall

395mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

69%

Average peak wind

17.6km/h

Seasonal range

14.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

51 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

55 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.1 cm

Average feels-like high

21.7 °C

Average feels-like low

13.5 °C

Average peak gust

32.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

62 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · p = < 0.001

1940Each stripe is one year, from 1940 (left) to 2025 (right). Blue = colder than the period average, red = warmer.2025

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

41.9 °C

19 July 1941

Coldest day

0.9 °C

28 January 2005

Wettest day

72 mm

24 November 1955

Windiest day

64.1 km/h

15 February 1941

Strongest gust

126.7 km/h

23 December 2009

Hottest feels-like

44.6 °C

14 July 1991

Coldest feels-like

-4.9 °C

4 February 1956

Snowiest day

2.8 cm

3 February 1954

Sunniest day

14.6 h

17 June 1940

YearHottest dayColdest dayAnnual meanRainfallHot daysFrost days
202538.3 °C12 August 20255.6 °C16 January 202519.2 °C520 mm690
202436.5 °C16 August 20246.1 °C7 January 202419.1 °C350 mm570
202339.0 °C20 August 20234.9 °C26 January 202319.6 °C223 mm760
202238.3 °C24 July 20227.3 °C20 January 202219.2 °C373 mm470
202138.3 °C15 August 20213.7 °C13 January 202118.7 °C275 mm420
202036.2 °C20 July 20205.3 °C27 December 202019.0 °C382 mm660
201934.8 °C13 August 20195.3 °C7 January 201918.6 °C164 mm600
201836.4 °C2 August 20183.9 °C7 February 201818.1 °C416 mm630
201739.3 °C4 August 20173.7 °C19 January 201719.1 °C266 mm720
201637.1 °C5 September 20164.7 °C17 February 201618.8 °C373 mm750
201536.3 °C27 June 20154.9 °C6 February 201518.9 °C293 mm610
201434.1 °C13 June 20146.1 °C30 December 201418.6 °C379 mm390
201336.4 °C19 August 20135.7 °C28 February 201318.3 °C318 mm570
201237.9 °C15 May 20122.4 °C4 February 201218.2 °C306 mm710
201136.2 °C7 September 20115.2 °C2 February 201119.0 °C411 mm660
201039.5 °C10 August 20104.6 °C9 January 201018.8 °C663 mm720
200937.1 °C20 June 20092.6 °C9 January 200918.9 °C332 mm720
200836.1 °C27 June 20085.3 °C2 December 200818.2 °C442 mm620
200736.2 °C27 July 20073.8 °C26 January 200718.2 °C340 mm470
200640.1 °C11 July 20064.2 °C30 January 200618.8 °C542 mm620
200536.6 °C21 July 20050.9 °C28 January 200518.4 °C213 mm610
200440.2 °C25 July 20044.1 °C28 December 200418.7 °C342 mm800
200338.3 °C1 August 20034.3 °C11 January 200318.8 °C509 mm690
200235.9 °C24 July 20027.2 °C7 December 200218.6 °C470 mm500
200138.5 °C23 June 20015.9 °C27 December 200118.8 °C435 mm610
200036.9 °C14 August 20004.3 °C23 January 200018.5 °C489 mm640
199935.9 °C22 August 19994.6 °C2 February 199918.3 °C347 mm460
199835.8 °C22 August 19984.3 °C29 January 199818.7 °C286 mm540
199734.1 °C25 July 19975.9 °C3 January 199719.1 °C563 mm290
199638.6 °C20 July 19964.6 °C21 February 199618.5 °C731 mm470
199538.2 °C22 July 19955.6 °C14 January 199519.2 °C293 mm410
199436.4 °C11 July 19942.7 °C26 December 199418.5 °C220 mm530
199334.1 °C6 July 19933.0 °C1 March 199317.4 °C372 mm340
199236.7 °C5 August 19923.5 °C23 January 199218.0 °C248 mm430
199140.8 °C14 July 19914.7 °C14 January 199118.2 °C293 mm620
199036.5 °C6 August 19905.8 °C10 December 199018.6 °C306 mm530
198937.1 °C15 July 19895.6 °C5 January 198918.8 °C791 mm620
198838.5 °C11 July 19884.9 °C28 February 198818.4 °C444 mm610
198736.5 °C6 September 19874.1 °C14 January 198718.5 °C549 mm480
198635.7 °C6 August 19864.6 °C2 February 198618.0 °C334 mm560
198538.8 °C4 August 19852.1 °C15 January 198518.4 °C346 mm550
198435.3 °C21 July 19844.4 °C11 January 198417.6 °C276 mm460
198336.8 °C27 September 19832.9 °C12 February 198318.2 °C388 mm350
198237.0 °C19 August 19825.7 °C27 December 198218.2 °C284 mm440
198136.7 °C13 June 19812.0 °C12 January 198118.4 °C240 mm530
198038.0 °C30 August 19803.4 °C3 December 198018.1 °C247 mm600
197938.2 °C28 July 19792.7 °C22 December 197917.8 °C468 mm440
197836.4 °C16 July 19784.1 °C13 February 197818.1 °C387 mm460
197733.4 °C18 July 19775.0 °C29 December 197717.8 °C435 mm240
197636.2 °C8 August 19763.3 °C26 January 197617.4 °C388 mm370
197536.2 °C15 July 19755.8 °C9 January 197517.4 °C381 mm310
197438.7 °C11 August 19745.8 °C4 March 197417.5 °C316 mm430
197336.5 °C25 July 19735.0 °C4 December 197317.7 °C288 mm400
197235.7 °C10 July 19725.1 °C24 January 197216.9 °C700 mm230
197135.3 °C28 June 19714.0 °C1 January 197117.2 °C399 mm300
197035.4 °C15 July 19703.1 °C25 December 197018.0 °C436 mm500
196935.5 °C7 July 19695.0 °C2 December 196917.6 °C577 mm480
196834.3 °C24 July 19684.6 °C9 January 196818.0 °C457 mm570
196738.9 °C18 July 19673.2 °C13 December 196717.8 °C414 mm440
196633.3 °C27 June 19666.4 °C24 November 196618.3 °C323 mm390
196535.0 °C21 June 19653.7 °C5 January 196518.2 °C519 mm390
196435.5 °C8 June 19645.1 °C31 December 196418.3 °C352 mm480
196335.7 °C8 August 19634.2 °C23 December 196318.2 °C514 mm410
196236.0 °C28 July 19623.1 °C26 December 196218.4 °C446 mm640
196137.6 °C10 July 19615.3 °C14 January 196118.8 °C510 mm520
196035.5 °C21 June 19603.4 °C12 January 196018.2 °C488 mm530
195937.1 °C18 August 19596.5 °C5 January 195917.8 °C465 mm340
195836.5 °C30 July 19585.2 °C22 January 195818.3 °C348 mm390
195735.9 °C13 July 19572.2 °C19 January 195717.9 °C364 mm500
195635.6 °C2 August 19561.5 °C4 February 195617.0 °C422 mm390
195535.7 °C26 June 19554.4 °C8 March 195519.0 °C598 mm480
195436.9 °C24 July 19541.6 °C2 February 195418.0 °C293 mm600
195336.7 °C19 July 19533.8 °C5 January 195318.3 °C501 mm710
195239.5 °C9 July 19524.5 °C22 January 195217.9 °C358 mm510
195135.4 °C21 August 19514.8 °C10 January 195117.7 °C346 mm520
195035.7 °C30 July 19503.8 °C1 February 195018.0 °C413 mm590
194936.0 °C1 August 19494.3 °C14 December 194918.5 °C371 mm450
194833.9 °C24 July 19486.2 °C22 February 194818.4 °C432 mm270
194736.2 °C3 August 19473.4 °C26 January 194718.6 °C382 mm390
194637.5 °C13 July 19462.4 °C18 January 194617.8 °C359 mm510
194536.7 °C22 July 19451.4 °C15 January 194518.7 °C278 mm430
194435.7 °C27 July 19443.2 °C24 February 194418.1 °C168 mm500
194335.0 °C13 July 19433.8 °C1 January 194318.2 °C347 mm610
194234.4 °C16 July 19423.1 °C8 January 194217.8 °C500 mm440
194141.9 °C19 July 19411.4 °C8 January 194118.0 °C429 mm620
194036.4 °C22 August 19402.5 °C23 January 194017.8 °C415 mm420

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Across the whole year

Average daily high
22.9 °C
+0.9 °C
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
69 d/yr
+18
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
0
Annual rainfall
521 mm
+126 mm

Month by month

Highvs. normalPrecipitationvs. normal
Jan15.9 °C+1.4 °C87 mm+40 mm
Feb16.5 °C+0.8 °C34 mm-8 mm
Mar17.1 °C-0.8 °C121 mm+74 mm
Apr20.5 °C+0.4 °C59 mm+20 mm
May24.9 °C+1.4 °C25 mm-1 mm
Jun30.0 °C+2.7 °C6 mm-2 mm
Jul30.7 °C+0.1 °C0 mm-1 mm
Aug31.1 °C+0.6 °C0 mm-2 mm
Sep28.2 °C+0.9 °C1 mm-17 mm
Oct25.5 °C+2.6 °C29 mm-25 mm
Nov19.1 °C+0.8 °C54 mm-2 mm
Dec15.3 °C-0.1 °C106 mm+50 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day
38.3 °C
12 Aug 2025
Coldest day
5.6 °C
16 Jan 2025
Wettest day
26.9 mm
20 Jan 2025
Windiest day
42.8 km/h
13 Nov 2025
Strongest gust
83.5 km/h
13 Nov 2025
Hottest feels-like
39.9 °C
12 Aug 2025
Coldest feels-like
2.0 °C
16 Jan 2025
Sunniest day
14.6 h
14 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Cartaya?

Cartaya has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.3 °C and it receives 395 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cartaya?

The hottest day measured in Cartaya between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 1941, reaching 41.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Cartaya?

The coldest day measured in Cartaya between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 2005, at 0.9 °C.

Does it snow in Cartaya?

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

Has the climate of Cartaya warmed?

Yes: Cartaya warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Cartaya?

The wettest day measured in Cartaya between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 1955, with 72 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Cartaya?

The windiest day measured in Cartaya between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1941, with winds reaching 64.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Cartaya?

The warmest month in Cartaya is August (25.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Cartaya?

Cartaya receives on average 395 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 55 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Cartaya?

Cartaya gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Cartaya?

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

Are there tropical nights in Cartaya?

Yes: Cartaya has on average 62 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cartaya?

In Cartaya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.6 °C on 14 July 1991, and the lowest was -4.9 °C on 4 February 1956.

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