Foz climate — normals and trends
Foz (Spain) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.6 °C and it receives 1,131 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 (17.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Foz averages 2 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 164 rainy days per year.
Foz has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 5 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.9 °C (on 7 September 1988) and the coldest -6.7 °C (on 5 February 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
FozGalicia
- coords
- 43.57°, -7.25°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.6°C
Average daily high
15.5°C
Average daily low
10.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,131mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
19.3km/h
Seasonal range
9.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
164 d/yr
Annual snowfall
5.9 cm
Average feels-like high
14.0 °C
Average feels-like low
7.8 °C
Average peak gust
41.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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
32.9 °C
7 September 1988
Coldest day
-6.7 °C
5 February 1954
Wettest day
80 mm
21 February 1947
Windiest day
67.2 km/h
16 February 1941
Strongest gust
147.6 km/h
24 January 2009
Hottest feels-like
36.3 °C
7 September 1988
Coldest feels-like
-12.3 °C
13 January 1945
Snowiest day
15.3 cm
3 January 1997
Sunniest day
15.0 h
31 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 | 12.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 188 mm | +69 mm |
| Feb | 13.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 125 mm | +22 mm |
| Mar | 12.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 107 mm | +4 mm |
| Apr | 16.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 113 mm | +9 mm |
| May | 17.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 145 mm | +42 mm |
| Jun | 21.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 79 mm | +9 mm |
| Jul | 21.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 50 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 22.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 26 mm | -32 mm |
| Sep | 20.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 56 mm | -18 mm |
| Oct | 18.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 64 mm | -46 mm |
| Nov | 14.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 147 mm | +29 mm |
| Dec | 11.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 117 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Foz?
Foz has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.6 °C and it receives 1,131 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Foz?
The hottest day measured in Foz between 1940 and 2025 was 7 September 1988, reaching 32.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Foz?
The coldest day measured in Foz between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1954, at -6.7 °C.
Does it snow in Foz?
Yes. Foz gets on average 5.9 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.
Has the climate of Foz warmed?
Yes: Foz warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Foz?
The wettest day measured in Foz between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 1947, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Foz?
The windiest day measured in Foz between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1941, with winds reaching 67.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Foz?
The warmest month in Foz is August (17.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Foz?
Foz receives on average 1,131 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 164 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Foz?
Foz gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Foz?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Foz between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1997, with 15.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Foz?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Foz.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Foz?
In Foz, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.3 °C on 7 September 1988, and the lowest was -12.3 °C on 13 January 1945.
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