Cheste climate — normals and trends
Cheste (Spain) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.6 °C and it receives 480 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 (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Cheste averages 10 frost days, 47 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 70 rainy days per year.
Cheste has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 16 to 4 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.0 °C (on 10 August 2023) and the coldest -9.1 °C (on 3 January 1971).
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
ChesteValencia
- coords
- 39.48°, -0.68°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.6°C
Average daily high
21.2°C
Average daily low
10.8°C
Annual rainfall
480mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
16.1km/h
Seasonal range
16.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
10 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
47 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
70 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.7 cm
Average feels-like high
20.2 °C
Average feels-like low
9.0 °C
Average peak gust
37.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
14 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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
43.0 °C
10 August 2023
Coldest day
-9.1 °C
3 January 1971
Wettest day
105 mm
20 October 1982
Windiest day
53.9 km/h
25 February 1989
Strongest gust
116.6 km/h
28 January 1978
Hottest feels-like
42.5 °C
10 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-14.8 °C
3 January 1971
Snowiest day
26.5 cm
9 March 1971
Sunniest day
14.1 h
20 June 1948
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 | 15.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 15 mm | -19 mm |
| Feb | 17.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 11 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 15.3 °C | -1.9 °C | 176 mm | +133 mm |
| Apr | 20.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 24 mm | -25 mm |
| May | 24.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 38 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 31.6 °C | +4.2 °C | 6 mm | -27 mm |
| Jul | 32.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 18 mm | +4 mm |
| Aug | 33.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 28 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 28.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 109 mm | +55 mm |
| Oct | 22.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 89 mm | +23 mm |
| Nov | 17.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 11 mm | -35 mm |
| Dec | 13.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 77 mm | +39 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cheste?
Cheste has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.6 °C and it receives 480 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cheste?
The hottest day measured in Cheste between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2023, reaching 43.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cheste?
The coldest day measured in Cheste between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1971, at -9.1 °C.
Does it snow in Cheste?
Yes. Cheste gets on average 4.7 cm of snow per year and has around 10 frost days.
Has the climate of Cheste warmed?
Yes: Cheste warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cheste?
The wettest day measured in Cheste between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 1982, with 105 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cheste?
The windiest day measured in Cheste between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1989, with winds reaching 53.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cheste?
The warmest month in Cheste is July (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Cheste?
Cheste receives on average 480 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 70 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cheste?
Cheste gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Cheste?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cheste between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 1971, with 26.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Cheste?
Yes: Cheste has on average 14 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cheste?
In Cheste, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.5 °C on 10 August 2023, and the lowest was -14.8 °C on 3 January 1971.
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