Plasencia climate — normals and trends
Plasencia (Spain) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 816 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 (26.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Plasencia averages 14 frost days, 70 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 83 rainy days per year.
Plasencia has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 21 to 7 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.4 °C (on 14 July 2022) and the coldest -10.5 °C (on 5 February 1963).
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
PlasenciaExtremadura
- coords
- 40.03°, -6.09°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.5°C
Average daily high
20.6°C
Average daily low
10.4°C
Annual rainfall
816mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
63%
Average peak wind
12.1km/h
Seasonal range
19.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
14 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
70 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
83 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.3 cm
Average feels-like high
19.4 °C
Average feels-like low
8.5 °C
Average peak gust
30.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
26 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
42.4 °C
14 July 2022
Coldest day
-10.5 °C
5 February 1963
Wettest day
100 mm
20 October 2020
Windiest day
40.2 km/h
25 February 1989
Strongest gust
111.2 km/h
30 December 1981
Hottest feels-like
42.5 °C
13 June 1981
Coldest feels-like
-14.9 °C
23 January 1940
Snowiest day
9.0 cm
19 January 1946
Sunniest day
14.9 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 | 12.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 267 mm | +159 mm |
| Feb | 14.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 46 mm | -47 mm |
| Mar | 14.7 °C | -1.2 °C | 248 mm | +160 mm |
| Apr | 19.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 103 mm | +34 mm |
| May | 24.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 53 mm | -0 mm |
| Jun | 33.2 °C | +5.2 °C | 13 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 34.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 36.2 °C | +4.1 °C | 1 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 29.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 23 mm | -17 mm |
| Oct | 24.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 51 mm | -51 mm |
| Nov | 15.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 189 mm | +76 mm |
| Dec | 11.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 117 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Plasencia?
Plasencia has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 816 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Plasencia?
The hottest day measured in Plasencia between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 2022, reaching 42.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Plasencia?
The coldest day measured in Plasencia between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1963, at -10.5 °C.
Does it snow in Plasencia?
Yes. Plasencia gets on average 2.3 cm of snow per year and has around 14 frost days.
Has the climate of Plasencia warmed?
Yes: Plasencia warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Plasencia?
The wettest day measured in Plasencia between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 2020, with 100 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Plasencia?
The windiest day measured in Plasencia between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1989, with winds reaching 40.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Plasencia?
The warmest month in Plasencia is July (26.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Plasencia?
Plasencia receives on average 816 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 83 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Plasencia?
Plasencia 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 Plasencia?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Plasencia between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1946, with 9.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Plasencia?
Yes: Plasencia has on average 26 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Plasencia?
In Plasencia, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.5 °C on 13 June 1981, and the lowest was -14.9 °C on 23 January 1940.
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