Montefrío climate — normals and trends
Montefrío (Spain) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.8 °C and it receives 520 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 (24.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Montefrío averages 30 frost days, 62 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 72 rainy days per year.
Montefrío has warmed by +2.5 °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 42 to 18 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.9 °C (on 14 August 2021) and the coldest -22.8 °C (on 4 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
MontefríoAndalusia
- coords
- 37.32°, -4.01°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.8°C
Average daily high
20.6°C
Average daily low
9.0°C
Annual rainfall
520mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
11.0km/h
Seasonal range
18.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
30 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
62 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
72 d/yr
Annual snowfall
5.0 cm
Average feels-like high
19.7 °C
Average feels-like low
7.6 °C
Average peak gust
30.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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
42.9 °C
14 August 2021
Coldest day
-22.8 °C
4 February 1954
Wettest day
71 mm
7 November 1982
Windiest day
37.0 km/h
1 December 1959
Strongest gust
123.1 km/h
1 December 1959
Hottest feels-like
43.5 °C
14 August 2021
Coldest feels-like
-27.0 °C
4 February 1954
Snowiest day
22.3 cm
13 April 1958
Sunniest day
14.3 h
1 July 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.0 °C | +2.5 °C | 57 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | 15.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 28 mm | -28 mm |
| Mar | 14.7 °C | -1.0 °C | 215 mm | +151 mm |
| Apr | 20.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 61 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 24.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 30 mm | -14 mm |
| Jun | 34.5 °C | +7.1 °C | 20 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 35.3 °C | +3.6 °C | 1 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 35.7 °C | +4.2 °C | 8 mm | +2 mm |
| Sep | 30.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 9 mm | -18 mm |
| Oct | 25.5 °C | +4.2 °C | 23 mm | -29 mm |
| Nov | 16.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 75 mm | +12 mm |
| Dec | 12.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 75 mm | +9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Montefrío?
Montefrío has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.8 °C and it receives 520 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Montefrío?
The hottest day measured in Montefrío between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2021, reaching 42.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Montefrío?
The coldest day measured in Montefrío between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1954, at -22.8 °C.
Does it snow in Montefrío?
Yes. Montefrío gets on average 5.0 cm of snow per year and has around 30 frost days.
Has the climate of Montefrío warmed?
Yes: Montefrío warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Montefrío?
The wettest day measured in Montefrío between 1940 and 2025 was 7 November 1982, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Montefrío?
The windiest day measured in Montefrío between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 1959, with winds reaching 37.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Montefrío?
The warmest month in Montefrío is July (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Montefrío?
Montefrío receives on average 520 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 72 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Montefrío?
Montefrío gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Montefrío?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Montefrío between 1940 and 2025 was 13 April 1958, with 22.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Montefrío?
Yes: Montefrío has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Montefrío?
In Montefrío, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.5 °C on 14 August 2021, and the lowest was -27.0 °C on 4 February 1954.
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