Ponferrada climate — normals and trends
Ponferrada (Spain) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 751 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 (18.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Ponferrada averages 63 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.
Ponferrada has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 88 to 38 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 14 July 2022) and the coldest -20.3 °C (on 5 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
PonferradaCastille and León
- coords
- 42.55°, -6.60°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.9°C
Average daily high
14.6°C
Average daily low
5.4°C
Annual rainfall
751mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
12.0km/h
Seasonal range
15.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
63 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
121 d/yr
Annual snowfall
55.3 cm
Average feels-like high
12.8 °C
Average feels-like low
3.2 °C
Average peak gust
34.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
36.7 °C
14 July 2022
Coldest day
-20.3 °C
5 February 1954
Wettest day
71 mm
20 January 1941
Windiest day
39.7 km/h
24 January 2009
Strongest gust
143.6 km/h
24 January 2009
Hottest feels-like
36.8 °C
14 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-24.7 °C
5 February 1954
Snowiest day
19.3 cm
7 December 1960
Sunniest day
15.0 h
8 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 138 mm | +57 mm |
| Feb | 9.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 49 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 10.0 °C | -0.7 °C | 81 mm | +9 mm |
| Apr | 14.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 107 mm | +35 mm |
| May | 17.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 69 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 25.4 °C | +4.6 °C | 19 mm | -31 mm |
| Jul | 26.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 15 mm | -13 mm |
| Aug | 28.3 °C | +4.2 °C | 7 mm | -18 mm |
| Sep | 21.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 12 mm | -33 mm |
| Oct | 18.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 43 mm | -31 mm |
| Nov | 10.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 120 mm | +41 mm |
| Dec | 7.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 104 mm | +19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ponferrada?
Ponferrada has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 751 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ponferrada?
The hottest day measured in Ponferrada between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 2022, reaching 36.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ponferrada?
The coldest day measured in Ponferrada between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1954, at -20.3 °C.
Does it snow in Ponferrada?
Yes. Ponferrada gets on average 55.3 cm of snow per year and has around 63 frost days.
Has the climate of Ponferrada warmed?
Yes: Ponferrada warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ponferrada?
The wettest day measured in Ponferrada between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1941, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ponferrada?
The windiest day measured in Ponferrada between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2009, with winds reaching 39.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ponferrada?
The warmest month in Ponferrada is July (18.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Ponferrada?
Ponferrada receives on average 751 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ponferrada?
Ponferrada gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ponferrada?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ponferrada between 1940 and 2025 was 7 December 1960, with 19.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ponferrada?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ponferrada.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ponferrada?
In Ponferrada, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.8 °C on 14 July 2022, and the lowest was -24.7 °C on 5 February 1954.
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