Pájara climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Pájara?

Pájara has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 69 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pájara?

The hottest day measured in Pájara between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 2020, reaching 38.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Pájara?

The coldest day measured in Pájara between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1941, at 9.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Pájara?

Almost never: Pájara sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Pájara warmed?

Yes: Pájara warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Pájara?

The wettest day measured in Pájara between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 1972, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Pájara?

The windiest day measured in Pájara between 1940 and 2025 was 29 November 2005, with winds reaching 58.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Pájara?

The warmest month in Pájara is August (23.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (16.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Pájara?

Pájara receives on average 69 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 15 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Pájara?

Pájara gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Pájara (Spain) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 69 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 (23.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (16.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Pájara averages 0 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 15 rainy days per year.

Pájara has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.1 °C (on 26 August 2020) and the coldest 9.9 °C (on 19 January 1941).

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

PájaraCanary Islands

coords: 28.35°, -14.11°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.0°C

Average daily high

23.0°C

Average daily low

17.6°C

Annual rainfall

69mm

Sunshine / day

11.3h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

25.4km/h

Seasonal range

6.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

8 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

15 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

21.9 °C

Average feels-like low

16.3 °C

Average peak gust

41.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

79 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

38.1 °C

26 August 2020

Coldest day

9.9 °C

19 January 1941

Wettest day

60 mm

24 October 1972

Windiest day

58.6 km/h

29 November 2005

Strongest gust

103.3 km/h

29 November 2005

Hottest feels-like

40.1 °C

11 August 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.2 °C

19 January 1994

Sunniest day

13.8 h

19 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.8 °C9 August 2025	13.0 °C1 January 2025	20.7 °C	42 mm	17
2024	31.9 °C25 July 2024	13.1 °C7 January 2024	21.1 °C	21 mm	9
2023	36.5 °C12 August 2023	12.1 °C16 February 2023	21.5 °C	30 mm	33
2022	34.9 °C25 July 2022	13.0 °C15 March 2022	20.9 °C	81 mm	15
2021	33.7 °C15 August 2021	12.7 °C6 February 2021	20.3 °C	11 mm	11
2020	38.1 °C26 August 2020	11.2 °C22 January 2020	20.8 °C	37 mm	12
2019	30.8 °C17 August 2019	12.3 °C10 January 2019	20.1 °C	22 mm	3
2018	31.1 °C25 August 2018	10.7 °C30 January 2018	19.8 °C	57 mm	7
2017	36.0 °C23 June 2017	12.4 °C2 February 2017	20.7 °C	21 mm	17
2016	32.7 °C9 August 2016	11.3 °C19 February 2016	20.3 °C	68 mm	7
2015	35.2 °C12 May 2015	12.1 °C9 February 2015	20.2 °C	51 mm	9
2014	30.7 °C22 October 2014	12.0 °C16 February 2014	20.0 °C	91 mm	3
2013	35.6 °C14 August 2013	13.1 °C26 February 2013	20.2 °C	40 mm	15
2012	35.5 °C14 May 2012	11.9 °C12 February 2012	20.2 °C	85 mm	17
2011	35.2 °C21 June 2011	11.2 °C15 March 2011	20.3 °C	64 mm	12
2010	34.6 °C12 August 2010	12.8 °C29 January 2010	20.8 °C	58 mm	12
2009	35.4 °C30 July 2009	12.3 °C8 January 2009	20.3 °C	50 mm	7
2008	32.5 °C26 April 2008	12.2 °C1 January 2008	20.0 °C	53 mm	3
2007	35.5 °C28 July 2007	13.0 °C22 February 2007	20.0 °C	118 mm	7
2006	33.0 °C2 September 2006	11.8 °C23 February 2006	20.4 °C	85 mm	12
2005	35.1 °C4 September 2005	12.0 °C28 January 2005	19.9 °C	89 mm	5
2004	37.4 °C25 July 2004	13.4 °C24 December 2004	20.5 °C	85 mm	16
2003	33.5 °C21 May 2003	12.5 °C18 February 2003	20.4 °C	42 mm	8
2002	33.0 °C5 October 2002	13.5 °C22 January 2002	20.1 °C	47 mm	5
2001	32.3 °C26 October 2001	12.9 °C26 February 2001	20.2 °C	41 mm	5
2000	31.9 °C31 July 2000	11.0 °C14 January 2000	19.8 °C	41 mm	1
1999	34.0 °C28 August 1999	10.5 °C12 January 1999	19.7 °C	79 mm	4
1998	32.7 °C5 August 1998	13.2 °C3 December 1998	20.4 °C	54 mm	2
1997	29.0 °C5 September 1997	12.6 °C21 January 1997	20.7 °C	41 mm	0
1996	31.7 °C25 May 1996	12.6 °C11 March 1996	20.0 °C	145 mm	1
1995	33.0 °C18 October 1995	13.1 °C16 January 1995	20.4 °C	54 mm	4
1994	37.2 °C4 July 1994	11.7 °C18 January 1994	19.9 °C	26 mm	8
1993	30.8 °C12 August 1993	12.1 °C7 February 1993	19.4 °C	64 mm	2
1992	29.9 °C15 September 1992	12.4 °C25 January 1992	19.6 °C	41 mm	0
1991	30.9 °C17 July 1991	12.2 °C9 February 1991	19.6 °C	115 mm	2
1990	36.1 °C27 August 1990	13.3 °C1 January 1990	20.4 °C	52 mm	13
1989	31.2 °C23 August 1989	12.6 °C16 January 1989	20.2 °C	164 mm	4
1988	34.1 °C1 August 1988	11.3 °C1 March 1988	19.8 °C	75 mm	10
1987	32.9 °C12 September 1987	12.2 °C5 January 1987	20.5 °C	59 mm	12
1986	31.9 °C22 August 1986	12.1 °C28 February 1986	19.4 °C	26 mm	9
1985	31.1 °C15 August 1985	11.6 °C17 January 1985	20.0 °C	77 mm	7
1984	32.7 °C28 July 1984	12.6 °C26 February 1984	19.6 °C	42 mm	5
1983	33.6 °C13 June 1983	11.6 °C14 February 1983	20.1 °C	47 mm	15
1982	32.0 °C26 July 1982	11.9 °C26 December 1982	19.5 °C	34 mm	4
1981	29.4 °C11 March 1981	11.5 °C13 February 1981	19.8 °C	59 mm	0
1980	35.3 °C6 August 1980	12.6 °C14 January 1980	19.9 °C	75 mm	7
1979	33.0 °C29 July 1979	12.7 °C6 January 1979	19.6 °C	60 mm	3
1978	33.7 °C17 July 1978	13.3 °C14 January 1978	19.7 °C	68 mm	12
1977	30.3 °C30 September 1977	11.6 °C24 February 1977	19.6 °C	71 mm	1
1976	37.4 °C9 August 1976	12.3 °C24 January 1976	19.7 °C	62 mm	13
1975	31.7 °C15 July 1975	12.8 °C6 January 1975	19.5 °C	53 mm	9
1974	33.4 °C6 August 1974	12.7 °C25 February 1974	19.3 °C	63 mm	12
1973	31.5 °C14 August 1973	12.3 °C3 January 1973	19.6 °C	44 mm	3
1972	27.5 °C22 August 1972	11.7 °C22 February 1972	18.8 °C	251 mm	0
1971	32.7 °C14 October 1971	12.4 °C30 December 1971	19.3 °C	85 mm	4
1970	32.7 °C18 July 1970	12.4 °C28 January 1970	19.8 °C	154 mm	9
1969	34.4 °C22 July 1969	12.8 °C30 December 1969	20.1 °C	100 mm	12
1968	33.0 °C21 July 1968	11.1 °C27 March 1968	19.6 °C	95 mm	9
1967	34.4 °C20 July 1967	11.6 °C12 February 1967	19.6 °C	76 mm	5
1966	36.0 °C18 August 1966	11.7 °C19 December 1966	20.1 °C	40 mm	10
1965	30.6 °C9 May 1965	11.2 °C10 January 1965	19.6 °C	95 mm	4
1964	31.0 °C15 May 1964	12.3 °C31 December 1964	19.9 °C	50 mm	5
1963	33.0 °C28 September 1963	12.5 °C28 December 1963	19.8 °C	64 mm	3
1962	33.6 °C31 August 1962	12.8 °C5 February 1962	20.1 °C	75 mm	17
1961	35.3 °C16 September 1961	11.4 °C16 January 1961	20.5 °C	39 mm	15
1960	30.0 °C30 August 1960	11.7 °C31 January 1960	19.7 °C	54 mm	1
1959	34.1 °C17 August 1959	12.3 °C6 February 1959	19.3 °C	48 mm	5
1958	33.4 °C14 August 1958	12.8 °C18 January 1958	19.9 °C	41 mm	10
1957	34.0 °C11 July 1957	9.9 °C21 January 1957	19.5 °C	87 mm	13
1956	36.9 °C2 August 1956	11.9 °C27 December 1956	19.4 °C	156 mm	7
1955	33.9 °C12 May 1955	12.7 °C13 March 1955	20.5 °C	54 mm	8
1954	33.2 °C19 August 1954	10.3 °C7 February 1954	19.2 °C	145 mm	8
1953	38.0 °C20 July 1953	12.3 °C12 January 1953	19.9 °C	153 mm	10
1952	34.5 °C12 July 1952	11.2 °C10 February 1952	19.8 °C	69 mm	10
1951	30.6 °C16 September 1951	12.2 °C17 January 1951	19.6 °C	87 mm	2
1950	29.9 °C20 July 1950	12.8 °C6 January 1950	19.7 °C	84 mm	0
1949	34.7 °C11 August 1949	12.6 °C28 February 1949	20.3 °C	90 mm	11
1948	30.6 °C29 June 1948	11.2 °C6 January 1948	19.8 °C	68 mm	4
1947	34.8 °C25 April 1947	11.8 °C15 January 1947	20.0 °C	43 mm	7
1946	35.1 °C14 September 1946	12.9 °C21 December 1946	19.9 °C	59 mm	18
1945	33.5 °C23 July 1945	11.0 °C25 January 1945	20.0 °C	72 mm	6
1944	31.8 °C1 August 1944	11.6 °C27 February 1944	19.8 °C	87 mm	3
1943	34.0 °C15 May 1943	11.0 °C31 January 1943	19.6 °C	66 mm	13
1942	32.9 °C19 May 1942	11.5 °C23 January 1942	19.9 °C	80 mm	7
1941	35.4 °C18 July 1941	9.9 °C19 January 1941	19.9 °C	60 mm	18
1940	30.8 °C18 March 1940	11.6 °C20 December 1940	19.6 °C	46 mm	4

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.1 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

17 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

42 mm

-27 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.0 °C	+1.9 °C	2 mm	-9 mm
Feb	21.2 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-9 mm
Mar	21.4 °C	+0.4 °C	11 mm	+5 mm
Apr	22.4 °C	+0.8 °C	10 mm	+6 mm
May	23.7 °C	+0.8 °C	2 mm	+1 mm
Jun	25.3 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	27.2 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	+0 mm
Aug	28.9 °C	+2.0 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	27.8 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Oct	25.4 °C	+0.5 °C	1 mm	-8 mm
Nov	24.2 °C	+1.8 °C	6 mm	-6 mm
Dec	20.8 °C	+0.8 °C	10 mm	-3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.8 °C

9 Aug 2025

Coldest day

13.0 °C

1 Jan 2025

Wettest day

4.6 mm

13 Nov 2025

Windiest day

48.8 km/h

3 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

79.6 km/h

3 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.1 °C

11 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

8.7 °C

13 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

13.8 h

19 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Pájara?

Pájara has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 69 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pájara?

The hottest day measured in Pájara between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 2020, reaching 38.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Pájara?

The coldest day measured in Pájara between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1941, at 9.9 °C.

Does it snow in Pájara?

Almost never: Pájara sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Pájara warmed?

Yes: Pájara warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Pájara?

The wettest day measured in Pájara between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 1972, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Pájara?

The windiest day measured in Pájara between 1940 and 2025 was 29 November 2005, with winds reaching 58.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Pájara?

The warmest month in Pájara is August (23.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (16.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Pájara?

Pájara receives on average 69 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 15 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Pájara?

Pájara gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Pájara?

Yes: Pájara has on average 79 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pájara?

In Pájara, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 11 August 2025, and the lowest was 4.2 °C on 19 January 1994.

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