Costa Calma climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Costa Calma?

Costa Calma has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.9 °C and it receives 66 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Costa Calma?

The hottest day measured in Costa Calma between 1940 and 2025 was 2 June 2010, reaching 33.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Costa Calma?

The coldest day measured in Costa Calma between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1957, at 11.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Costa Calma?

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

Q: Has the climate of Costa Calma warmed?

Yes: Costa Calma warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Costa Calma?

The wettest day measured in Costa Calma between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 1972, with 84 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Costa Calma?

The windiest day measured in Costa Calma between 1940 and 2025 was 29 November 2005, with winds reaching 59.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Costa Calma?

The warmest month in Costa Calma is September (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (17.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Costa Calma?

Costa Calma receives on average 66 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 14 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Costa Calma?

Costa Calma gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Costa Calma (Spain) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.9 °C and it receives 66 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 September (22.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (17.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Costa Calma averages 0 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 14 rainy days per year.

Costa Calma has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.1 °C (on 2 June 2010) and the coldest 11.6 °C (on 21 January 1957).

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

Costa CalmaCanary Islands

coords: 28.16°, -14.23°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthSeptemberColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.9°C

Average daily high

21.8°C

Average daily low

18.4°C

Annual rainfall

66mm

Sunshine / day

11.3h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

26.6km/h

Seasonal range

5.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

1 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

14 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

21.3 °C

Average feels-like low

16.8 °C

Average peak gust

39.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

112 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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

33.1 °C

2 June 2010

Coldest day

11.6 °C

21 January 1957

Wettest day

84 mm

24 October 1972

Windiest day

59.6 km/h

29 November 2005

Strongest gust

99.0 km/h

29 November 2005

Hottest feels-like

36.0 °C

12 August 1976

Coldest feels-like

4.2 °C

19 January 1994

Sunniest day

13.8 h

10 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	30.9 °C9 August 2025	14.6 °C13 December 2025	20.6 °C	47 mm	5
2024	28.3 °C11 April 2024	14.9 °C22 March 2024	21.0 °C	15 mm	0
2023	33.0 °C9 October 2023	13.8 °C16 February 2023	21.5 °C	27 mm	12
2022	30.6 °C25 July 2022	13.7 °C14 March 2022	20.8 °C	77 mm	3
2021	29.8 °C17 August 2021	13.6 °C4 February 2021	20.2 °C	19 mm	0
2020	31.1 °C26 August 2020	13.9 °C22 January 2020	20.7 °C	31 mm	1
2019	28.7 °C17 August 2019	14.5 °C10 January 2019	20.1 °C	20 mm	0
2018	28.4 °C13 August 2018	11.8 °C8 February 2018	19.7 °C	61 mm	0
2017	30.7 °C23 June 2017	14.0 °C14 February 2017	20.6 °C	20 mm	2
2016	29.8 °C5 August 2016	12.3 °C19 February 2016	20.2 °C	69 mm	0
2015	29.9 °C13 May 2015	13.8 °C9 February 2015	20.2 °C	32 mm	0
2014	28.8 °C22 October 2014	13.0 °C16 February 2014	20.0 °C	102 mm	0
2013	30.5 °C15 August 2013	14.8 °C26 February 2013	20.2 °C	32 mm	3
2012	29.9 °C14 May 2012	13.3 °C12 February 2012	20.2 °C	74 mm	0
2011	30.4 °C10 October 2011	11.9 °C15 March 2011	20.2 °C	63 mm	1
2010	33.1 °C2 June 2010	14.5 °C29 January 2010	20.7 °C	57 mm	2
2009	32.5 °C31 July 2009	13.9 °C12 January 2009	20.3 °C	46 mm	4
2008	30.8 °C26 April 2008	14.1 °C24 December 2008	20.0 °C	54 mm	1
2007	31.4 °C29 July 2007	14.0 °C27 January 2007	20.0 °C	96 mm	3
2006	29.6 °C4 September 2006	13.3 °C31 January 2006	20.3 °C	69 mm	0
2005	32.1 °C4 September 2005	12.9 °C28 January 2005	19.9 °C	71 mm	3
2004	31.6 °C26 July 2004	14.6 °C23 January 2004	20.4 °C	78 mm	5
2003	29.0 °C11 August 2003	13.9 °C18 February 2003	20.3 °C	37 mm	0
2002	30.8 °C5 October 2002	14.7 °C4 March 2002	20.0 °C	56 mm	2
2001	29.3 °C26 October 2001	14.6 °C26 February 2001	20.2 °C	33 mm	0
2000	27.7 °C7 October 2000	12.0 °C7 January 2000	19.7 °C	52 mm	0
1999	29.9 °C28 August 1999	11.8 °C12 January 1999	19.7 °C	77 mm	0
1998	28.3 °C9 November 1998	14.3 °C27 January 1998	20.3 °C	54 mm	0
1997	26.5 °C5 September 1997	13.6 °C20 January 1997	20.6 °C	42 mm	0
1996	28.9 °C25 May 1996	13.1 °C11 March 1996	20.0 °C	134 mm	0
1995	29.5 °C18 October 1995	14.4 °C28 February 1995	20.4 °C	47 mm	0
1994	30.7 °C4 July 1994	12.6 °C19 January 1994	19.8 °C	33 mm	1
1993	27.5 °C12 August 1993	13.4 °C6 February 1993	19.4 °C	52 mm	0
1992	27.2 °C27 August 1992	13.8 °C3 January 1992	19.6 °C	33 mm	0
1991	27.9 °C2 September 1991	13.1 °C18 February 1991	19.6 °C	103 mm	0
1990	30.6 °C6 August 1990	14.7 °C5 March 1990	20.4 °C	65 mm	1
1989	28.8 °C23 August 1989	13.9 °C18 February 1989	20.1 °C	173 mm	0
1988	30.1 °C18 August 1988	12.1 °C16 January 1988	19.7 °C	78 mm	1
1987	31.3 °C12 September 1987	13.5 °C20 February 1987	20.4 °C	52 mm	2
1986	28.4 °C6 September 1986	12.5 °C28 February 1986	19.3 °C	31 mm	0
1985	29.1 °C22 August 1985	13.4 °C17 January 1985	19.9 °C	82 mm	0
1984	27.6 °C25 July 1984	13.8 °C25 February 1984	19.5 °C	43 mm	0
1983	29.9 °C16 October 1983	12.7 °C13 February 1983	20.0 °C	44 mm	0
1982	28.4 °C26 July 1982	13.9 °C3 February 1982	19.5 °C	36 mm	0
1981	27.1 °C26 August 1981	12.7 °C12 February 1981	19.7 °C	56 mm	0
1980	30.1 °C6 August 1980	13.8 °C14 January 1980	19.8 °C	81 mm	1
1979	28.3 °C29 July 1979	13.1 °C5 January 1979	19.5 °C	58 mm	0
1978	29.2 °C17 July 1978	14.0 °C14 January 1978	19.6 °C	64 mm	0
1977	28.9 °C30 September 1977	13.4 °C24 February 1977	19.5 °C	72 mm	0
1976	32.2 °C12 August 1976	13.4 °C15 February 1976	19.5 °C	60 mm	4
1975	27.7 °C27 July 1975	13.7 °C6 January 1975	19.4 °C	50 mm	0
1974	29.7 °C6 August 1974	14.1 °C25 February 1974	19.2 °C	57 mm	0
1973	28.0 °C4 April 1973	14.0 °C19 January 1973	19.5 °C	37 mm	0
1972	24.9 °C25 August 1972	12.5 °C22 February 1972	18.8 °C	269 mm	0
1971	28.5 °C15 October 1971	13.6 °C11 February 1971	19.2 °C	82 mm	0
1970	29.1 °C3 May 1970	13.5 °C7 February 1970	19.7 °C	148 mm	0
1969	29.4 °C25 July 1969	14.7 °C30 December 1969	20.0 °C	90 mm	0
1968	28.3 °C21 July 1968	11.6 °C27 March 1968	19.5 °C	91 mm	0
1967	28.5 °C20 July 1967	12.8 °C15 April 1967	19.5 °C	77 mm	0
1966	30.2 °C19 August 1966	13.6 °C19 December 1966	20.0 °C	31 mm	2
1965	27.5 °C15 August 1965	13.0 °C6 January 1965	19.5 °C	83 mm	0
1964	28.9 °C14 May 1964	14.2 °C31 December 1964	19.8 °C	44 mm	0
1963	27.8 °C30 September 1963	14.4 °C26 February 1963	19.7 °C	66 mm	0
1962	29.2 °C11 August 1962	13.8 °C2 January 1962	20.0 °C	87 mm	0
1961	31.2 °C15 September 1961	13.4 °C15 January 1961	20.4 °C	36 mm	1
1960	27.0 °C30 August 1960	13.5 °C31 January 1960	19.6 °C	60 mm	0
1959	28.4 °C17 August 1959	13.7 °C5 February 1959	19.3 °C	48 mm	0
1958	30.8 °C6 May 1958	14.1 °C18 January 1958	19.8 °C	42 mm	1
1957	30.8 °C5 September 1957	11.6 °C21 January 1957	19.4 °C	85 mm	1
1956	29.9 °C3 August 1956	13.2 °C14 March 1956	19.4 °C	143 mm	0
1955	28.5 °C31 August 1955	13.9 °C12 March 1955	20.3 °C	42 mm	0
1954	28.7 °C19 August 1954	11.8 °C7 February 1954	19.1 °C	125 mm	0
1953	31.0 °C20 July 1953	13.7 °C7 February 1953	19.8 °C	147 mm	1
1952	30.0 °C13 July 1952	12.7 °C11 January 1952	19.8 °C	70 mm	1
1951	27.9 °C4 September 1951	14.1 °C14 February 1951	19.5 °C	83 mm	0
1950	27.9 °C12 September 1950	14.4 °C28 January 1950	19.7 °C	84 mm	0
1949	31.2 °C26 August 1949	14.4 °C10 March 1949	20.3 °C	79 mm	2
1948	28.1 °C27 May 1948	14.0 °C6 January 1948	19.9 °C	69 mm	0
1947	30.9 °C26 April 1947	13.8 °C21 January 1947	19.9 °C	41 mm	2
1946	30.1 °C24 September 1946	14.5 °C4 March 1946	19.9 °C	61 mm	1
1945	28.4 °C23 July 1945	13.1 °C1 January 1945	20.0 °C	59 mm	0
1944	29.4 °C1 August 1944	13.6 °C27 February 1944	19.7 °C	75 mm	0
1943	28.8 °C14 May 1943	13.1 °C19 February 1943	19.5 °C	49 mm	0
1942	28.4 °C9 August 1942	12.6 °C13 January 1942	19.8 °C	72 mm	0
1941	33.0 °C6 September 1941	12.2 °C19 January 1941	19.7 °C	59 mm	2
1940	29.0 °C25 August 1940	13.3 °C20 December 1940	19.6 °C	45 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

22.7 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

5 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

47 mm

-19 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	20.3 °C	+1.5 °C	2 mm	-9 mm
Feb	20.4 °C	+1.4 °C	1 mm	-9 mm
Mar	19.9 °C	+0.1 °C	9 mm	+3 mm
Apr	20.9 °C	+0.7 °C	11 mm	+8 mm
May	22.0 °C	+0.8 °C	1 mm	+1 mm
Jun	23.4 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Jul	25.0 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	+0 mm
Aug	26.4 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	26.0 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Oct	24.3 °C	+0.5 °C	1 mm	-8 mm
Nov	23.3 °C	+1.5 °C	4 mm	-7 mm
Dec	20.2 °C	+0.5 °C	17 mm	+5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

30.9 °C

9 Aug 2025

Coldest day

14.6 °C

13 Dec 2025

Wettest day

9.6 mm

13 Dec 2025

Windiest day

46.9 km/h

13 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

70.6 km/h

3 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.4 °C

9 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

8.6 °C

13 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

13.8 h

19 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Costa Calma?

Costa Calma has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.9 °C and it receives 66 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Costa Calma?

The hottest day measured in Costa Calma between 1940 and 2025 was 2 June 2010, reaching 33.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Costa Calma?

The coldest day measured in Costa Calma between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1957, at 11.6 °C.

Does it snow in Costa Calma?

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

Has the climate of Costa Calma warmed?

Yes: Costa Calma warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Costa Calma?

The wettest day measured in Costa Calma between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 1972, with 84 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Costa Calma?

The windiest day measured in Costa Calma between 1940 and 2025 was 29 November 2005, with winds reaching 59.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Costa Calma?

The warmest month in Costa Calma is September (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (17.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Costa Calma?

Costa Calma receives on average 66 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 14 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Costa Calma?

Costa Calma gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Costa Calma?

Yes: Costa Calma has on average 112 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Costa Calma?

In Costa Calma, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.0 °C on 12 August 1976, and the lowest was 4.2 °C on 19 January 1994.

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