Huércal de Almería climate — normals and trends
Huércal de Almería (Spain) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.9 °C and it receives 314 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 (25.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Huércal de Almería averages 6 frost days, 43 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 56 rainy days per year.
Huércal de Almería 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 12 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.0 °C (on 18 July 1978) and the coldest -12.0 °C (on 6 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
Huércal de AlmeríaAndalusia
- coords
- 36.89°, -2.44°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.9°C
Average daily high
20.8°C
Average daily low
11.2°C
Annual rainfall
314mm
Sunshine / day
11.1h
Mean relative humidity
60%
Average peak wind
11.3km/h
Seasonal range
17.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
6 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
43 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
56 d/yr
Annual snowfall
6.9 cm
Average feels-like high
19.7 °C
Average feels-like low
9.6 °C
Average peak gust
37.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
32 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.8 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
40.0 °C
18 July 1978
Coldest day
-12.0 °C
6 February 1954
Wettest day
140 mm
19 October 1973
Windiest day
36.0 km/h
25 March 1954
Strongest gust
120.2 km/h
1 December 1959
Hottest feels-like
40.4 °C
14 August 2021
Coldest feels-like
-16.5 °C
6 February 1954
Snowiest day
15.9 cm
13 December 1949
Sunniest day
14.0 h
26 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 8 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | 16.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 17 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 15.3 °C | -1.1 °C | 98 mm | +62 mm |
| Apr | 20.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 18 mm | -23 mm |
| May | 24.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 63 mm | +31 mm |
| Jun | 31.0 °C | +4.1 °C | 6 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 31.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 5 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 32.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 3 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 27.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 19 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 23.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 22 mm | -15 mm |
| Nov | 18.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 10 mm | -23 mm |
| Dec | 13.4 °C | -0.1 °C | 50 mm | +17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Huércal de Almería?
Huércal de Almería has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.9 °C and it receives 314 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Huércal de Almería?
The hottest day measured in Huércal de Almería between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1978, reaching 40.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Huércal de Almería?
The coldest day measured in Huércal de Almería between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1954, at -12.0 °C.
Does it snow in Huércal de Almería?
Yes. Huércal de Almería gets on average 6.9 cm of snow per year and has around 6 frost days.
Has the climate of Huércal de Almería warmed?
Yes: Huércal de Almería warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Huércal de Almería?
The wettest day measured in Huércal de Almería between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1973, with 140 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Huércal de Almería?
The windiest day measured in Huércal de Almería between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1954, with winds reaching 36.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Huércal de Almería?
The warmest month in Huércal de Almería is July (25.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Huércal de Almería?
Huércal de Almería receives on average 314 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 56 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Huércal de Almería?
Huércal de Almería gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Huércal de Almería?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Huércal de Almería between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1949, with 15.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Huércal de Almería?
Yes: Huércal de Almería has on average 32 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Huércal de Almería?
In Huércal de Almería, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.4 °C on 14 August 2021, and the lowest was -16.5 °C on 6 February 1954.
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