Guadalajara climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Guadalajara?

Guadalajara has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.1 °C and it receives 472 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Guadalajara?

The hottest day measured in Guadalajara between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2021, reaching 40.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Guadalajara?

The coldest day measured in Guadalajara between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1963, at -18.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Guadalajara?

Yes. Guadalajara gets on average 13.6 cm of snow per year and has around 48 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Guadalajara warmed?

Yes: Guadalajara warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Guadalajara?

The wettest day measured in Guadalajara between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1972, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Guadalajara?

The windiest day measured in Guadalajara between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1981, with winds reaching 47.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Guadalajara?

The warmest month in Guadalajara is July (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Guadalajara?

Guadalajara receives on average 472 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 80 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Guadalajara?

Guadalajara gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Guadalajara (Spain) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.1 °C and it receives 472 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 (24.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Guadalajara averages 48 frost days, 52 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 80 rainy days per year.

Guadalajara has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 65 to 31 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.0 °C (on 14 August 2021) and the coldest -18.6 °C (on 5 February 1963).

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

GuadalajaraCastille-La Mancha

coords: 40.63°, -3.16°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

13.1°C

Average daily high

18.6°C

Average daily low

7.6°C

Annual rainfall

472mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

62%

Average peak wind

14.6km/h

Seasonal range

20.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

48 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

52 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

80 d/yr

Annual snowfall

13.6 cm

Average feels-like high

16.5 °C

Average feels-like low

5.2 °C

Average peak gust

33.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

4 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.7 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · 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

40.0 °C

14 August 2021

Coldest day

-18.6 °C

5 February 1963

Wettest day

54 mm

22 September 1972

Windiest day

47.1 km/h

30 December 1981

Strongest gust

119.5 km/h

30 December 1981

Hottest feels-like

39.9 °C

24 July 1995

Coldest feels-like

-23.0 °C

5 February 1963

Snowiest day

26.3 cm

6 December 1950

Sunniest day

14.7 h

27 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	38.7 °C16 August 2025	-5.9 °C15 January 2025	14.4 °C	614 mm	83	26
2024	38.9 °C24 July 2024	-3.5 °C12 January 2024	14.6 °C	521 mm	67	17
2023	38.6 °C22 August 2023	-5.3 °C30 January 2023	14.5 °C	467 mm	68	52
2022	39.9 °C14 July 2022	-5.7 °C16 January 2022	15.0 °C	501 mm	77	39
2021	40.0 °C14 August 2021	-6.5 °C6 January 2021	13.9 °C	431 mm	62	26
2020	38.3 °C27 July 2020	-5.0 °C12 January 2020	14.3 °C	494 mm	78	20
2019	39.6 °C28 June 2019	-3.7 °C4 January 2019	14.6 °C	402 mm	71	41
2018	39.7 °C3 August 2018	-5.5 °C23 February 2018	14.1 °C	576 mm	81	33
2017	39.8 °C13 July 2017	-5.6 °C6 December 2017	15.0 °C	290 mm	79	48
2016	38.9 °C6 September 2016	-5.7 °C31 December 2016	14.3 °C	527 mm	85	21
2015	38.6 °C14 July 2015	-4.0 °C2 January 2015	14.7 °C	257 mm	74	41
2014	37.3 °C2 September 2014	-4.5 °C31 December 2014	14.6 °C	498 mm	50	20
2013	36.8 °C8 July 2013	-5.0 °C8 December 2013	13.4 °C	462 mm	71	47
2012	38.6 °C10 August 2012	-5.4 °C12 February 2012	13.9 °C	337 mm	74	56
2011	37.9 °C20 August 2011	-5.6 °C25 January 2011	14.5 °C	444 mm	73	30
2010	36.4 °C7 July 2010	-5.7 °C4 December 2010	13.2 °C	499 mm	71	46
2009	35.9 °C21 July 2009	-7.0 °C20 December 2009	14.4 °C	345 mm	79	39
2008	37.4 °C4 August 2008	-4.6 °C28 November 2008	13.4 °C	470 mm	55	36
2007	36.9 °C4 August 2007	-6.6 °C17 November 2007	13.2 °C	413 mm	37	46
2006	36.6 °C10 July 2006	-5.4 °C30 January 2006	14.4 °C	506 mm	73	48
2005	37.9 °C7 August 2005	-7.4 °C1 March 2005	13.6 °C	260 mm	71	76
2004	37.3 °C24 July 2004	-4.3 °C29 January 2004	13.5 °C	380 mm	62	46
2003	38.2 °C1 August 2003	-6.4 °C18 February 2003	14.2 °C	599 mm	72	32
2002	36.2 °C16 June 2002	-3.1 °C20 February 2002	13.8 °C	503 mm	54	18
2001	37.5 °C31 July 2001	-8.9 °C16 December 2001	13.9 °C	389 mm	72	44
2000	36.6 °C15 August 2000	-5.0 °C25 January 2000	13.8 °C	437 mm	65	37
1999	37.1 °C1 July 1999	-6.8 °C1 February 1999	13.8 °C	384 mm	63	49
1998	36.8 °C30 July 1998	-5.5 °C22 November 1998	13.9 °C	367 mm	68	39
1997	36.1 °C2 August 1997	-4.8 °C7 January 1997	14.5 °C	622 mm	45	19
1996	35.9 °C23 July 1996	-3.9 °C27 December 1996	13.7 °C	560 mm	49	27
1995	39.4 °C24 July 1995	-3.7 °C16 January 1995	14.7 °C	342 mm	52	31
1994	37.9 °C30 June 1994	-5.4 °C26 December 1994	14.1 °C	265 mm	69	35
1993	38.2 °C28 July 1993	-6.6 °C25 February 1993	12.5 °C	416 mm	48	58
1992	36.4 °C7 August 1992	-6.1 °C19 January 1992	13.1 °C	356 mm	52	50
1991	37.4 °C6 August 1991	-6.3 °C15 January 1991	12.9 °C	457 mm	62	48
1990	36.8 °C5 August 1990	-6.3 °C15 December 1990	13.9 °C	302 mm	64	42
1989	36.8 °C19 July 1989	-7.3 °C2 January 1989	14.1 °C	675 mm	57	40
1988	36.5 °C8 September 1988	-5.7 °C24 November 1988	12.9 °C	528 mm	46	50
1987	39.0 °C12 August 1987	-5.4 °C14 January 1987	13.6 °C	549 mm	60	43
1986	37.2 °C8 July 1986	-6.7 °C10 February 1986	13.0 °C	426 mm	56	56
1985	37.0 °C25 July 1985	-8.5 °C9 January 1985	13.5 °C	392 mm	75	52
1984	37.8 °C23 July 1984	-6.9 °C2 March 1984	12.4 °C	548 mm	50	54
1983	37.4 °C13 July 1983	-7.6 °C14 February 1983	13.4 °C	322 mm	58	55
1982	36.9 °C7 July 1982	-3.2 °C30 December 1982	13.5 °C	426 mm	50	19
1981	37.9 °C29 July 1981	-6.5 °C1 February 1981	13.4 °C	432 mm	61	59
1980	37.3 °C23 July 1980	-4.6 °C2 December 1980	12.7 °C	377 mm	62	55
1979	37.9 °C28 July 1979	-4.4 °C24 November 1979	12.7 °C	533 mm	45	44
1978	39.0 °C16 July 1978	-6.3 °C18 January 1978	13.2 °C	472 mm	62	32
1977	33.7 °C15 August 1977	-3.6 °C31 March 1977	12.6 °C	630 mm	27	24
1976	37.2 °C5 August 1976	-4.3 °C16 February 1976	12.6 °C	501 mm	40	54
1975	35.7 °C13 July 1975	-4.9 °C24 December 1975	12.3 °C	504 mm	44	53
1974	35.6 °C16 August 1974	-4.3 °C27 February 1974	12.2 °C	491 mm	39	47
1973	36.3 °C9 August 1973	-5.5 °C4 February 1973	12.4 °C	423 mm	47	70
1972	35.2 °C14 July 1972	-7.4 °C3 January 1972	11.9 °C	896 mm	34	39
1971	36.1 °C30 July 1971	-10.2 °C4 January 1971	11.9 °C	695 mm	32	55
1970	35.2 °C11 July 1970	-5.9 °C27 December 1970	12.9 °C	411 mm	51	52
1969	35.6 °C20 July 1969	-5.8 °C13 December 1969	11.9 °C	648 mm	41	48
1968	35.6 °C30 June 1968	-5.7 °C11 January 1968	12.7 °C	481 mm	38	44
1967	36.6 °C20 July 1967	-10.3 °C16 January 1967	12.3 °C	495 mm	45	54
1966	35.8 °C12 July 1966	-4.0 °C24 November 1966	12.1 °C	653 mm	27	59
1965	34.5 °C5 August 1965	-5.8 °C24 November 1965	11.9 °C	609 mm	27	72
1964	33.0 °C6 August 1964	-5.5 °C30 December 1964	12.3 °C	384 mm	39	67
1963	32.3 °C25 July 1963	-18.6 °C5 February 1963	11.4 °C	696 mm	18	58
1962	33.5 °C29 August 1962	-7.2 °C25 December 1962	12.2 °C	520 mm	39	67
1961	32.8 °C27 August 1961	-5.9 °C21 December 1961	13.2 °C	525 mm	30	21
1960	32.5 °C28 July 1960	-5.3 °C11 January 1960	12.1 °C	691 mm	20	36
1959	34.0 °C7 July 1959	-3.3 °C5 January 1959	12.4 °C	519 mm	18	24
1958	35.9 °C30 July 1958	-5.4 °C24 January 1958	12.6 °C	468 mm	22	45
1957	34.9 °C1 August 1957	-5.5 °C18 January 1957	12.1 °C	414 mm	33	67
1956	32.6 °C12 September 1956	-9.8 °C12 February 1956	11.0 °C	458 mm	21	76
1955	33.4 °C8 July 1955	-6.1 °C8 March 1955	13.2 °C	429 mm	34	50
1954	36.2 °C26 July 1954	-10.1 °C7 February 1954	12.3 °C	329 mm	42	61
1953	35.0 °C8 August 1953	-5.6 °C19 February 1953	12.5 °C	350 mm	57	74
1952	35.0 °C13 August 1952	-15.2 °C28 January 1952	12.0 °C	395 mm	27	75
1951	35.7 °C27 July 1951	-7.7 °C31 January 1951	11.5 °C	655 mm	27	61
1950	37.3 °C29 June 1950	-6.7 °C17 December 1950	13.1 °C	320 mm	60	62
1949	35.0 °C4 July 1949	-6.1 °C3 February 1949	12.6 °C	392 mm	44	59
1948	33.9 °C26 July 1948	-13.4 °C22 February 1948	12.4 °C	503 mm	26	34
1947	34.8 °C3 August 1947	-13.1 °C31 January 1947	12.9 °C	540 mm	40	50
1946	35.3 °C12 July 1946	-9.5 °C3 March 1946	11.6 °C	506 mm	30	78
1945	36.4 °C22 July 1945	-15.6 °C16 January 1945	13.5 °C	318 mm	58	61
1944	36.2 °C31 July 1944	-8.5 °C25 February 1944	12.0 °C	358 mm	42	96
1943	33.9 °C18 August 1943	-3.8 °C4 January 1943	12.6 °C	427 mm	52	64
1942	35.4 °C29 July 1942	-6.6 °C12 January 1942	12.1 °C	558 mm	48	68
1941	36.1 °C24 July 1941	-16.4 °C12 January 1941	11.7 °C	489 mm	48	79
1940	35.0 °C11 August 1940	-16.5 °C24 January 1940	11.4 °C	576 mm	29	74

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

20.2 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

83 d/yr

+31

Frost days (< 0 °C)

26 d/yr

-22

Annual rainfall

614 mm

+142 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	10.0 °C	+1.6 °C	65 mm	+20 mm
Feb	13.0 °C	+2.5 °C	19 mm	-24 mm
Mar	11.6 °C	-2.2 °C	195 mm	+147 mm
Apr	17.6 °C	+1.2 °C	71 mm	+19 mm
May	21.4 °C	+0.7 °C	77 mm	+32 mm
Jun	31.8 °C	+5.4 °C	14 mm	-12 mm
Jul	32.3 °C	+1.4 °C	1 mm	-9 mm
Aug	33.0 °C	+2.6 °C	6 mm	-4 mm
Sep	26.8 °C	+1.3 °C	8 mm	-20 mm
Oct	22.1 °C	+3.2 °C	34 mm	-23 mm
Nov	13.1 °C	+0.6 °C	79 mm	+21 mm
Dec	9.5 °C	+0.6 °C	45 mm	-6 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.7 °C

16 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-5.9 °C

15 Jan 2025

Wettest day

26.4 mm

8 Mar 2025

Windiest day

32.3 km/h

27 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

94.3 km/h

15 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.8 °C

5 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-10.2 °C

15 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

1.3 cm

16 Mar 2025

Sunniest day

14.7 h

27 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Guadalajara?

Guadalajara has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.1 °C and it receives 472 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Guadalajara?

The hottest day measured in Guadalajara between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2021, reaching 40.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Guadalajara?

The coldest day measured in Guadalajara between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1963, at -18.6 °C.

Does it snow in Guadalajara?

Yes. Guadalajara gets on average 13.6 cm of snow per year and has around 48 frost days.

Has the climate of Guadalajara warmed?

Yes: Guadalajara warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Guadalajara?

The wettest day measured in Guadalajara between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1972, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Guadalajara?

The windiest day measured in Guadalajara between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1981, with winds reaching 47.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Guadalajara?

The warmest month in Guadalajara is July (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Guadalajara?

Guadalajara receives on average 472 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 80 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Guadalajara?

Guadalajara gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Guadalajara?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Guadalajara between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1950, with 26.3 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Guadalajara?

Yes: Guadalajara has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Guadalajara?

In Guadalajara, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.9 °C on 24 July 1995, and the lowest was -23.0 °C on 5 February 1963.

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