Ripoll climate — normals and trends
Ripoll (Spain) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 1,088 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 (17.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Ripoll averages 103 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 145 rainy days per year.
Ripoll 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 124 to 82 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.0 °C (on 6 July 1982) and the coldest -23.0 °C (on 27 December 1940).
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
RipollCatalonia
- coords
- 42.20°, 2.19°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
13.7°C
Average daily low
4.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,088mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
9.7km/h
Seasonal range
16.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
103 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
145 d/yr
Annual snowfall
87.9 cm
Average feels-like high
12.2 °C
Average feels-like low
1.9 °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
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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
33.0 °C
6 July 1982
Coldest day
-23.0 °C
27 December 1940
Wettest day
112 mm
11 October 1970
Windiest day
29.5 km/h
31 January 2003
Strongest gust
113.0 km/h
24 January 2009
Hottest feels-like
33.6 °C
6 July 1982
Coldest feels-like
-28.1 °C
25 December 1940
Snowiest day
55.2 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 | 8.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 23 mm | -25 mm |
| Feb | 9.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 49 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 8.0 °C | -1.9 °C | 207 mm | +129 mm |
| Apr | 13.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 128 mm | +19 mm |
| May | 16.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 118 mm | -19 mm |
| Jun | 24.2 °C | +4.8 °C | 51 mm | -82 mm |
| Jul | 22.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 163 mm | +52 mm |
| Aug | 23.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 144 mm | +34 mm |
| Sep | 18.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 109 mm | +13 mm |
| Oct | 15.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 63 mm | -25 mm |
| Nov | 10.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 50 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 7.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 177 mm | +119 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ripoll?
Ripoll has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 1,088 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ripoll?
The hottest day measured in Ripoll between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1982, reaching 33.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ripoll?
The coldest day measured in Ripoll between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1940, at -23.0 °C.
Does it snow in Ripoll?
Yes. Ripoll gets on average 87.9 cm of snow per year and has around 103 frost days.
Has the climate of Ripoll warmed?
Yes: Ripoll warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ripoll?
The wettest day measured in Ripoll between 1940 and 2025 was 11 October 1970, with 112 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ripoll?
The windiest day measured in Ripoll between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 2003, with winds reaching 29.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ripoll?
The warmest month in Ripoll is July (17.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Ripoll?
Ripoll receives on average 1,088 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 145 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ripoll?
Ripoll gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ripoll?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ripoll between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1944, with 55.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ripoll?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ripoll.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ripoll?
In Ripoll, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.6 °C on 6 July 1982, and the lowest was -28.1 °C on 25 December 1940.
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