Jimena de la Frontera climate — normals and trends
Jimena de la Frontera (Spain) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 774 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 (24.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Jimena de la Frontera averages 1 frost days, 37 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 80 rainy days per year.
Jimena de la Frontera has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 3 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.3 °C (on 20 July 1941) and the coldest -5.0 °C (on 28 January 2005).
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
Jimena de la FronteraAndalusia
- coords
- 36.44°, -5.45°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.5°C
Average daily high
20.8°C
Average daily low
12.4°C
Annual rainfall
774mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
16.7km/h
Seasonal range
15.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
37 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
80 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.9 cm
Average feels-like high
19.9 °C
Average feels-like low
11.2 °C
Average peak gust
42.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
34 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
41.3 °C
20 July 1941
Coldest day
-5.0 °C
28 January 2005
Wettest day
99 mm
7 November 1982
Windiest day
43.5 km/h
4 March 1990
Strongest gust
125.6 km/h
1 December 1959
Hottest feels-like
42.4 °C
14 July 1991
Coldest feels-like
-9.7 °C
28 January 2005
Snowiest day
15.7 cm
3 February 1954
Sunniest day
14.3 h
27 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 97 mm | -0 mm |
| Feb | 16.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 55 mm | -37 mm |
| Mar | 15.9 °C | -0.6 °C | 333 mm | +232 mm |
| Apr | 19.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 86 mm | +11 mm |
| May | 23.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 32 mm | -15 mm |
| Jun | 30.2 °C | +4.3 °C | 7 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 30.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 31.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 28.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 11 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 24.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 62 mm | -22 mm |
| Nov | 18.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 137 mm | +33 mm |
| Dec | 14.1 °C | -0.2 °C | 119 mm | -0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Jimena de la Frontera?
Jimena de la Frontera has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 774 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jimena de la Frontera?
The hottest day measured in Jimena de la Frontera between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1941, reaching 41.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Jimena de la Frontera?
The coldest day measured in Jimena de la Frontera between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 2005, at -5.0 °C.
Does it snow in Jimena de la Frontera?
Almost never: Jimena de la Frontera sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Jimena de la Frontera warmed?
Yes: Jimena de la Frontera warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Jimena de la Frontera?
The wettest day measured in Jimena de la Frontera between 1940 and 2025 was 7 November 1982, with 99 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Jimena de la Frontera?
The windiest day measured in Jimena de la Frontera between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1990, with winds reaching 43.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Jimena de la Frontera?
The warmest month in Jimena de la Frontera is August (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Jimena de la Frontera?
Jimena de la Frontera receives on average 774 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 80 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Jimena de la Frontera?
Jimena de la Frontera 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 Jimena de la Frontera?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Jimena de la Frontera between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1954, with 15.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Jimena de la Frontera?
Yes: Jimena de la Frontera has on average 34 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Jimena de la Frontera?
In Jimena de la Frontera, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.4 °C on 14 July 1991, and the lowest was -9.7 °C on 28 January 2005.
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