Mazarrón climate — normals and trends
Mazarrón (Spain) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 270 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 (24.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Mazarrón averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 42 rainy days per year.
Mazarrón has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.1 °C (on 18 August 2025) and the coldest 1.5 °C (on 11 February 1956).
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
MazarrónMurcia
- coords
- 37.60°, -1.31°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.7°C
Average daily high
18.9°C
Average daily low
16.5°C
Annual rainfall
270mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
22.9km/h
Seasonal range
12.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
42 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
19.0 °C
Average feels-like low
15.4 °C
Average peak gust
31.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
110 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
33.1 °C
18 August 2025
Coldest day
1.5 °C
11 February 1956
Wettest day
99 mm
13 September 2019
Windiest day
67.5 km/h
22 December 1958
Strongest gust
113.4 km/h
13 December 1949
Hottest feels-like
36.3 °C
13 August 2015
Coldest feels-like
-7.5 °C
1 February 1954
Snowiest day
0.5 cm
3 February 1954
Sunniest day
14.0 h
12 May 1940
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 | +1.7 °C | 6 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 15.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 11 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 15.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 93 mm | +66 mm |
| Apr | 17.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 3 mm | -23 mm |
| May | 20.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 38 mm | +20 mm |
| Jun | 25.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 27.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 7 mm | +5 mm |
| Aug | 27.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 25.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 13 mm | -12 mm |
| Oct | 22.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 45 mm | +7 mm |
| Nov | 18.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 3 mm | -33 mm |
| Dec | 15.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 73 mm | +39 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mazarrón?
Mazarrón has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 270 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mazarrón?
The hottest day measured in Mazarrón between 1940 and 2025 was 18 August 2025, reaching 33.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mazarrón?
The coldest day measured in Mazarrón between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1956, at 1.5 °C.
Does it snow in Mazarrón?
Almost never: Mazarrón sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Mazarrón warmed?
Yes: Mazarrón warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mazarrón?
The wettest day measured in Mazarrón between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 2019, with 99 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mazarrón?
The windiest day measured in Mazarrón between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1958, with winds reaching 67.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mazarrón?
The warmest month in Mazarrón is August (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Mazarrón?
Mazarrón receives on average 270 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 42 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mazarrón?
Mazarrón gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Mazarrón?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Mazarrón between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1954, with 0.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Mazarrón?
Yes: Mazarrón has on average 110 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mazarrón?
In Mazarrón, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.3 °C on 13 August 2015, and the lowest was -7.5 °C on 1 February 1954.
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