Granada climate — normals and trends
Granada (Spain) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 554 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 (23.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Granada averages 48 frost days, 34 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 89 rainy days per year.
Granada has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 66 to 30 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.4 °C (on 14 August 2021) and the coldest -20.1 °C (on 4 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
GranadaAndalusia
- coords
- 37.19°, -3.61°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.8°C
Average daily high
18.4°C
Average daily low
7.4°C
Annual rainfall
554mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
63%
Average peak wind
11.1km/h
Seasonal range
19.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
48 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
34 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
89 d/yr
Annual snowfall
30.9 cm
Average feels-like high
16.9 °C
Average feels-like low
5.4 °C
Average peak gust
33.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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
39.4 °C
14 August 2021
Coldest day
-20.1 °C
4 February 1954
Wettest day
80 mm
19 October 1973
Windiest day
37.6 km/h
1 December 1959
Strongest gust
135.0 km/h
1 December 1959
Hottest feels-like
38.9 °C
14 August 2021
Coldest feels-like
-24.4 °C
4 February 1954
Snowiest day
20.2 cm
19 December 1976
Sunniest day
14.2 h
27 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 47 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | 14.2 °C | +3.5 °C | 31 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 12.4 °C | -0.9 °C | 155 mm | +92 mm |
| Apr | 18.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 61 mm | +0 mm |
| May | 23.5 °C | +3.7 °C | 39 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 32.7 °C | +7.7 °C | 19 mm | -15 mm |
| Jul | 33.6 °C | +4.0 °C | 1 mm | -10 mm |
| Aug | 33.5 °C | +4.1 °C | 16 mm | +4 mm |
| Sep | 28.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 23 mm | -11 mm |
| Oct | 23.4 °C | +4.3 °C | 23 mm | -30 mm |
| Nov | 14.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 60 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | 9.8 °C | -0.3 °C | 76 mm | +12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Granada?
Granada has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 554 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Granada?
The hottest day measured in Granada between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2021, reaching 39.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Granada?
The coldest day measured in Granada between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1954, at -20.1 °C.
Does it snow in Granada?
Yes. Granada gets on average 30.9 cm of snow per year and has around 48 frost days.
Has the climate of Granada warmed?
Yes: Granada warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Granada?
The wettest day measured in Granada between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1973, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Granada?
The windiest day measured in Granada between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 1959, with winds reaching 37.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Granada?
The warmest month in Granada is July (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Granada?
Granada receives on average 554 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 89 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Granada?
Granada gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Granada?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Granada between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 1976, with 20.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Granada?
Yes: Granada has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Granada?
In Granada, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.9 °C on 14 August 2021, and the lowest was -24.4 °C on 4 February 1954.
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