Nerja climate — normals and trends
Nerja (Spain) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.8 °C and it receives 411 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 (23.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Nerja averages 0 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 62 rainy days per year.
Nerja has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.5 °C (on 4 July 1994) and the coldest -1.3 °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
NerjaAndalusia
- coords
- 36.75°, -3.87°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.8°C
Average daily high
18.5°C
Average daily low
15.0°C
Annual rainfall
411mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
18.1km/h
Seasonal range
12.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
62 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.3 cm
Average feels-like high
18.2 °C
Average feels-like low
13.7 °C
Average peak gust
30.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
76 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °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
33.5 °C
4 July 1994
Coldest day
-1.3 °C
4 February 1954
Wettest day
102 mm
7 November 1982
Windiest day
58.7 km/h
22 December 1958
Strongest gust
107.3 km/h
22 December 1958
Hottest feels-like
37.4 °C
10 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-7.5 °C
1 February 1954
Snowiest day
4.8 cm
25 January 1947
Sunniest day
14.2 h
21 June 1950
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 54 mm | +0 mm |
| Feb | 14.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 42 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 14.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 148 mm | +97 mm |
| Apr | 17.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 26 mm | -12 mm |
| May | 20.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 14 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 26.3 °C | +4.1 °C | 4 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 26.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 2 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 27.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 2 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 24.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 11 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 21.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 22 mm | -19 mm |
| Nov | 16.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 66 mm | +8 mm |
| Dec | 13.7 °C | -0.1 °C | 93 mm | +25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nerja?
Nerja has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.8 °C and it receives 411 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nerja?
The hottest day measured in Nerja between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1994, reaching 33.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nerja?
The coldest day measured in Nerja between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1954, at -1.3 °C.
Does it snow in Nerja?
Yes. Nerja gets on average 2.3 cm of snow per year and has around 0 frost days.
Has the climate of Nerja warmed?
Yes: Nerja warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nerja?
The wettest day measured in Nerja between 1940 and 2025 was 7 November 1982, with 102 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nerja?
The windiest day measured in Nerja between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1958, with winds reaching 58.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nerja?
The warmest month in Nerja is August (23.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Nerja?
Nerja receives on average 411 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 62 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nerja?
Nerja gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Nerja?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nerja between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1947, with 4.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Nerja?
Yes: Nerja has on average 76 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nerja?
In Nerja, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.4 °C on 10 July 2023, and the lowest was -7.5 °C on 1 February 1954.
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