Palamós climate — normals and trends
Palamós (Spain) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 547 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 (10.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Palamós averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 73 rainy days per year.
Palamós has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.0 °C (on 13 August 2003) and the coldest -1.5 °C (on 2 February 1956).
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
PalamósCatalonia
- coords
- 41.85°, 3.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.2°C
Average daily high
17.3°C
Average daily low
15.2°C
Annual rainfall
547mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
29.1km/h
Seasonal range
12.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
73 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.2 cm
Average feels-like high
16.7 °C
Average feels-like low
12.6 °C
Average peak gust
39.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
82 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
30.0 °C
13 August 2003
Coldest day
-1.5 °C
2 February 1956
Wettest day
98 mm
21 September 2019
Windiest day
78.9 km/h
9 December 1945
Strongest gust
121.3 km/h
9 December 1945
Hottest feels-like
35.2 °C
11 August 2003
Coldest feels-like
-13.8 °C
2 February 1956
Snowiest day
18.8 cm
2 February 1963
Sunniest day
14.4 h
10 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 36 mm | -17 mm |
| Feb | 13.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 25 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 13.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 88 mm | +38 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 10 mm | -36 mm |
| May | 18.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 29 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 24.3 °C | +3.5 °C | 1 mm | -19 mm |
| Jul | 25.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 29 mm | +16 mm |
| Aug | 25.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 11 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 23.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 43 mm | -12 mm |
| Oct | 20.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 50 mm | -31 mm |
| Nov | 16.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 42 mm | -23 mm |
| Dec | 14.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 242 mm | +177 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Palamós?
Palamós has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 547 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Palamós?
The hottest day measured in Palamós between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2003, reaching 30.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Palamós?
The coldest day measured in Palamós between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1956, at -1.5 °C.
Does it snow in Palamós?
Yes. Palamós gets on average 1.2 cm of snow per year and has around 0 frost days.
Has the climate of Palamós warmed?
Yes: Palamós warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Palamós?
The wettest day measured in Palamós between 1940 and 2025 was 21 September 2019, with 98 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Palamós?
The windiest day measured in Palamós between 1940 and 2025 was 9 December 1945, with winds reaching 78.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Palamós?
The warmest month in Palamós is August (23.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Palamós?
Palamós receives on average 547 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 73 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Palamós?
Palamós gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Palamós?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Palamós between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1963, with 18.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Palamós?
Yes: Palamós has on average 82 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Palamós?
In Palamós, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.2 °C on 11 August 2003, and the lowest was -13.8 °C on 2 February 1956.
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