Moncofa climate — normals and trends
Moncofa (Spain) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.7 °C and it receives 456 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 (9.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Moncofa averages 1 frost days, 15 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 63 rainy days per year.
Moncofa has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 2 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.0 °C (on 27 August 2010) and the coldest -4.8 °C (on 24 January 1940).
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
MoncofaValencia
- coords
- 39.81°, -0.15°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.7°C
Average daily high
20.7°C
Average daily low
13.2°C
Annual rainfall
456mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
16.8km/h
Seasonal range
14.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
15 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
63 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.1 cm
Average feels-like high
20.2 °C
Average feels-like low
11.9 °C
Average peak gust
34.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
57 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · 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
39.0 °C
27 August 2010
Coldest day
-4.8 °C
24 January 1940
Wettest day
114 mm
21 October 1982
Windiest day
51.1 km/h
20 January 2020
Strongest gust
109.4 km/h
14 December 1949
Hottest feels-like
41.5 °C
10 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-10.9 °C
3 January 1941
Snowiest day
8.1 cm
11 January 1960
Sunniest day
14.1 h
28 June 2019
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 | 16.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 15 mm | -18 mm |
| Feb | 15.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 9 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 15.8 °C | -1.0 °C | 128 mm | +91 mm |
| Apr | 19.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 26 mm | -13 mm |
| May | 23.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 24 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 28.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 2 mm | -22 mm |
| Jul | 29.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 58 mm | +46 mm |
| Aug | 30.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 14 mm | -11 mm |
| Sep | 26.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 142 mm | +87 mm |
| Oct | 22.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 133 mm | +60 mm |
| Nov | 18.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 9 mm | -41 mm |
| Dec | 15.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 100 mm | +58 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Moncofa?
Moncofa has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.7 °C and it receives 456 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Moncofa?
The hottest day measured in Moncofa between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 2010, reaching 39.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Moncofa?
The coldest day measured in Moncofa between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1940, at -4.8 °C.
Does it snow in Moncofa?
Yes. Moncofa gets on average 1.1 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.
Has the climate of Moncofa warmed?
Yes: Moncofa warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Moncofa?
The wettest day measured in Moncofa between 1940 and 2025 was 21 October 1982, with 114 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Moncofa?
The windiest day measured in Moncofa between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 2020, with winds reaching 51.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Moncofa?
The warmest month in Moncofa is August (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Moncofa?
Moncofa receives on average 456 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 63 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Moncofa?
Moncofa gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Moncofa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Moncofa between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1960, with 8.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Moncofa?
Yes: Moncofa has on average 57 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Moncofa?
In Moncofa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.5 °C on 10 August 2023, and the lowest was -10.9 °C on 3 January 1941.
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