La Seu d'Urgell climate — normals and trends
La Seu d'Urgell (Spain) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 803 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 (18.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
La Seu d'Urgell averages 122 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 119 rainy days per year.
La Seu d'Urgell has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 142 to 102 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.6 °C (on 16 July 2022) and the coldest -24.4 °C (on 16 January 1985).
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
La Seu d'UrgellCatalonia
- coords
- 42.36°, 1.46°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
13.6°C
Average daily low
3.6°C
Annual rainfall
803mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
9.3km/h
Seasonal range
18.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
122 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
119 d/yr
Annual snowfall
70.4 cm
Average feels-like high
12.2 °C
Average feels-like low
1.0 °C
Average peak gust
35.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.66 · 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
32.6 °C
16 July 2022
Coldest day
-24.4 °C
16 January 1985
Wettest day
125 mm
7 November 1982
Windiest day
25.2 km/h
25 March 1983
Strongest gust
130.0 km/h
24 January 2009
Hottest feels-like
33.8 °C
20 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-29.5 °C
16 January 1985
Snowiest day
28.7 cm
24 February 1944
Sunniest day
14.4 h
22 June 1945
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 | 7.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 33 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | 8.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 45 mm | +6 mm |
| Mar | 8.4 °C | -1.2 °C | 163 mm | +105 mm |
| Apr | 13.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 146 mm | +63 mm |
| May | 17.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 83 mm | -21 mm |
| Jun | 25.2 °C | +5.3 °C | 31 mm | -61 mm |
| Jul | 24.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 108 mm | +43 mm |
| Aug | 25.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 70 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 19.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 86 mm | +17 mm |
| Oct | 16.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 53 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 9.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 59 mm | +0 mm |
| Dec | 7.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 69 mm | +20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of La Seu d'Urgell?
La Seu d'Urgell has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 803 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in La Seu d'Urgell?
The hottest day measured in La Seu d'Urgell between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 2022, reaching 32.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in La Seu d'Urgell?
The coldest day measured in La Seu d'Urgell between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1985, at -24.4 °C.
Does it snow in La Seu d'Urgell?
Yes. La Seu d'Urgell gets on average 70.4 cm of snow per year and has around 122 frost days.
Has the climate of La Seu d'Urgell warmed?
Yes: La Seu d'Urgell warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in La Seu d'Urgell?
The wettest day measured in La Seu d'Urgell between 1940 and 2025 was 7 November 1982, with 125 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in La Seu d'Urgell?
The windiest day measured in La Seu d'Urgell between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1983, with winds reaching 25.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in La Seu d'Urgell?
The warmest month in La Seu d'Urgell is July (18.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.1 °C).
How much does it rain in La Seu d'Urgell?
La Seu d'Urgell receives on average 803 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 119 rainy days.
Is it sunny in La Seu d'Urgell?
La Seu d'Urgell gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in La Seu d'Urgell?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in La Seu d'Urgell between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1944, with 28.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in La Seu d'Urgell?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in La Seu d'Urgell.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in La Seu d'Urgell?
In La Seu d'Urgell, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.8 °C on 20 August 2023, and the lowest was -29.5 °C on 16 January 1985.
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