Olula del Río climate — normals and trends
Olula del Río (Spain) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.5 °C and it receives 496 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 (23.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Olula del Río averages 13 frost days, 28 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 80 rainy days per year.
Olula del Río has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 21 to 5 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.9 °C (on 5 July 1994) and the coldest -11.4 °C (on 3 January 1945).
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
Olula del RíoAndalusia
- coords
- 37.35°, -2.30°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.5°C
Average daily high
19.7°C
Average daily low
9.8°C
Annual rainfall
496mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
63%
Average peak wind
12.8km/h
Seasonal range
16.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
13 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
28 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
80 d/yr
Annual snowfall
14.5 cm
Average feels-like high
18.6 °C
Average feels-like low
7.8 °C
Average peak gust
37.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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
39.9 °C
5 July 1994
Coldest day
-11.4 °C
3 January 1945
Wettest day
158 mm
19 October 1973
Windiest day
39.3 km/h
29 December 1951
Strongest gust
107.3 km/h
11 January 1960
Hottest feels-like
40.8 °C
10 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-16.2 °C
3 January 1945
Snowiest day
38.9 cm
27 January 2007
Sunniest day
14.0 h
28 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 8 mm | -28 mm |
| Feb | 15.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 20 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 14.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 202 mm | +150 mm |
| Apr | 18.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 40 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 22.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 98 mm | +49 mm |
| Jun | 28.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 12 mm | -19 mm |
| Jul | 29.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 27 mm | +16 mm |
| Aug | 30.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 10 mm | -14 mm |
| Sep | 25.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 85 mm | +38 mm |
| Oct | 22.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 56 mm | -4 mm |
| Nov | 16.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 15 mm | -34 mm |
| Dec | 12.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 97 mm | +53 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Olula del Río?
Olula del Río has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.5 °C and it receives 496 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Olula del Río?
The hottest day measured in Olula del Río between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1994, reaching 39.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Olula del Río?
The coldest day measured in Olula del Río between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1945, at -11.4 °C.
Does it snow in Olula del Río?
Yes. Olula del Río gets on average 14.5 cm of snow per year and has around 13 frost days.
Has the climate of Olula del Río warmed?
Yes: Olula del Río warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Olula del Río?
The wettest day measured in Olula del Río between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1973, with 158 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Olula del Río?
The windiest day measured in Olula del Río between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1951, with winds reaching 39.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Olula del Río?
The warmest month in Olula del Río is July (23.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Olula del Río?
Olula del Río receives on average 496 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 80 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Olula del Río?
Olula del Río 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 Olula del Río?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Olula del Río between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 2007, with 38.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Olula del Río?
Yes: Olula del Río has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Olula del Río?
In Olula del Río, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.8 °C on 10 August 2023, and the lowest was -16.2 °C on 3 January 1945.
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