Puigcerdà climate — normals and trends
Puigcerdà (Spain) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.0 °C and it receives 1,029 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 (14.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Puigcerdà averages 172 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 162 rainy days per year.
Puigcerdà has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 188 to 156 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.8 °C (on 6 July 1982) and the coldest -25.8 °C (on 7 January 1985).
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
PuigcerdàCatalonia
- coords
- 42.43°, 1.93°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.0°C
Average daily high
9.7°C
Average daily low
0.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,029mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
8.7km/h
Seasonal range
17.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
172 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
162 d/yr
Annual snowfall
249.2 cm
Average feels-like high
7.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.4 °C
Average peak gust
37.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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
29.8 °C
6 July 1982
Coldest day
-25.8 °C
7 January 1985
Wettest day
97 mm
11 October 1970
Windiest day
28.4 km/h
27 February 1958
Strongest gust
139.7 km/h
24 January 2009
Hottest feels-like
29.4 °C
7 July 1982
Coldest feels-like
-31.0 °C
7 January 1985
Snowiest day
46.5 cm
24 February 1944
Sunniest day
14.5 h
14 June 1945
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 34 mm | -29 mm |
| Feb | 6.5 °C | +4.3 °C | 39 mm | -19 mm |
| Mar | 4.2 °C | -0.6 °C | 151 mm | +78 mm |
| Apr | 10.6 °C | +3.6 °C | 104 mm | +8 mm |
| May | 13.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 120 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 22.1 °C | +5.9 °C | 55 mm | -66 mm |
| Jul | 20.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 119 mm | +19 mm |
| Aug | 22.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 92 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 16.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 77 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 13.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 47 mm | -27 mm |
| Nov | 6.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 75 mm | +2 mm |
| Dec | 3.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 144 mm | +70 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Puigcerdà?
Puigcerdà has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.0 °C and it receives 1,029 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Puigcerdà?
The hottest day measured in Puigcerdà between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1982, reaching 29.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Puigcerdà?
The coldest day measured in Puigcerdà between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1985, at -25.8 °C.
Does it snow in Puigcerdà?
Yes. Puigcerdà gets on average 249.2 cm of snow per year and has around 172 frost days.
Has the climate of Puigcerdà warmed?
Yes: Puigcerdà warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Puigcerdà?
The wettest day measured in Puigcerdà between 1940 and 2025 was 11 October 1970, with 97 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Puigcerdà?
The windiest day measured in Puigcerdà between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 1958, with winds reaching 28.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Puigcerdà?
The warmest month in Puigcerdà is July (14.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Puigcerdà?
Puigcerdà receives on average 1,029 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 162 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Puigcerdà?
Puigcerdà gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Puigcerdà?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Puigcerdà between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1944, with 46.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Puigcerdà?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Puigcerdà.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Puigcerdà?
In Puigcerdà, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 29.4 °C on 7 July 1982, and the lowest was -31.0 °C on 7 January 1985.
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