Elda climate — normals and trends
Elda (Spain) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.8 °C and it receives 353 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 (24.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Elda averages 9 frost days, 48 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 63 rainy days per year.
Elda has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 16 to 2 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.2 °C (on 27 August 2010) and the coldest -11.3 °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
EldaValencia
- coords
- 38.48°, -0.79°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.8°C
Average daily high
21.0°C
Average daily low
11.2°C
Annual rainfall
353mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
15.4km/h
Seasonal range
16.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
9 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
48 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
63 d/yr
Annual snowfall
5.2 cm
Average feels-like high
19.8 °C
Average feels-like low
9.7 °C
Average peak gust
36.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
28 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °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
41.2 °C
27 August 2010
Coldest day
-11.3 °C
3 January 1971
Wettest day
120 mm
1 October 1988
Windiest day
49.0 km/h
1 December 1959
Strongest gust
106.9 km/h
2 December 1976
Hottest feels-like
41.9 °C
10 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-15.7 °C
3 January 1971
Snowiest day
19.6 cm
11 January 1960
Sunniest day
14.0 h
10 May 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 | 15.9 °C | +3.1 °C | 10 mm | -18 mm |
| Feb | 16.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 17 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 15.8 °C | -1.0 °C | 81 mm | +48 mm |
| Apr | 21.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 19 mm | -23 mm |
| May | 24.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 40 mm | +1 mm |
| Jun | 32.7 °C | +5.4 °C | 3 mm | -21 mm |
| Jul | 32.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 20 mm | +13 mm |
| Aug | 33.7 °C | +3.3 °C | 9 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 28.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 46 mm | +11 mm |
| Oct | 23.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 48 mm | +4 mm |
| Nov | 18.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 5 mm | -29 mm |
| Dec | 14.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 79 mm | +51 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Elda?
Elda has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.8 °C and it receives 353 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Elda?
The hottest day measured in Elda between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 2010, reaching 41.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Elda?
The coldest day measured in Elda between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1971, at -11.3 °C.
Does it snow in Elda?
Yes. Elda gets on average 5.2 cm of snow per year and has around 9 frost days.
Has the climate of Elda warmed?
Yes: Elda warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Elda?
The wettest day measured in Elda between 1940 and 2025 was 1 October 1988, with 120 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Elda?
The windiest day measured in Elda between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 1959, with winds reaching 49.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Elda?
The warmest month in Elda is July (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Elda?
Elda receives on average 353 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 63 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Elda?
Elda gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Elda?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Elda between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1960, with 19.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Elda?
Yes: Elda has on average 28 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Elda?
In Elda, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.9 °C on 10 August 2023, and the lowest was -15.7 °C on 3 January 1971.
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