Moratalla climate — normals and trends
Moratalla (Spain) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.0 °C and it receives 463 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 (23.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Moratalla averages 29 frost days, 49 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 76 rainy days per year.
Moratalla has warmed by +2.6 °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 16 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.0 °C (on 12 July 2017) and the coldest -16.1 °C (on 3 January 1971).
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
MoratallaMurcia
- coords
- 38.19°, -1.89°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.0°C
Average daily high
19.8°C
Average daily low
8.7°C
Annual rainfall
463mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
13.8km/h
Seasonal range
18.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
29 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
49 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
76 d/yr
Annual snowfall
15.5 cm
Average feels-like high
18.3 °C
Average feels-like low
6.8 °C
Average peak gust
34.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
3 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · 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
41.0 °C
12 July 2017
Coldest day
-16.1 °C
3 January 1971
Wettest day
84 mm
28 September 2012
Windiest day
46.0 km/h
2 December 1976
Strongest gust
105.5 km/h
2 December 1976
Hottest feels-like
41.7 °C
13 July 2017
Coldest feels-like
-20.6 °C
3 January 1971
Snowiest day
27.2 cm
14 January 1980
Sunniest day
14.1 h
3 July 2021
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 13 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 16.0 °C | +3.8 °C | 6 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 13.6 °C | -1.4 °C | 170 mm | +122 mm |
| Apr | 19.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 27 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 23.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 84 mm | +35 mm |
| Jun | 32.9 °C | +6.1 °C | 17 mm | -17 mm |
| Jul | 33.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 43 mm | +32 mm |
| Aug | 34.1 °C | +3.6 °C | 12 mm | -11 mm |
| Sep | 29.2 °C | +3.3 °C | 34 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 23.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 64 mm | +14 mm |
| Nov | 16.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 9 mm | -34 mm |
| Dec | 11.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 83 mm | +41 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Moratalla?
Moratalla has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.0 °C and it receives 463 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Moratalla?
The hottest day measured in Moratalla between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2017, reaching 41.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Moratalla?
The coldest day measured in Moratalla between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1971, at -16.1 °C.
Does it snow in Moratalla?
Yes. Moratalla gets on average 15.5 cm of snow per year and has around 29 frost days.
Has the climate of Moratalla warmed?
Yes: Moratalla warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Moratalla?
The wettest day measured in Moratalla between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 2012, with 84 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Moratalla?
The windiest day measured in Moratalla between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 1976, with winds reaching 46.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Moratalla?
The warmest month in Moratalla is July (23.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Moratalla?
Moratalla receives on average 463 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 76 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Moratalla?
Moratalla 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 Moratalla?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Moratalla between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1980, with 27.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Moratalla?
Yes: Moratalla has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Moratalla?
In Moratalla, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.7 °C on 13 July 2017, and the lowest was -20.6 °C on 3 January 1971.
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