Sallent climate — normals and trends
Sallent (Spain) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 762 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 (22.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Sallent averages 45 frost days, 17 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 105 rainy days per year.
Sallent 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 59 to 31 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.1 °C (on 6 July 1982) and the coldest -19.3 °C (on 17 December 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
SallentCatalonia
- coords
- 41.83°, 1.90°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.8°C
Average daily high
18.2°C
Average daily low
8.1°C
Annual rainfall
762mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
12.3km/h
Seasonal range
17.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
45 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
17 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
105 d/yr
Annual snowfall
10.7 cm
Average feels-like high
17.3 °C
Average feels-like low
6.7 °C
Average peak gust
30.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 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 = 0.61 · 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
41.1 °C
6 July 1982
Coldest day
-19.3 °C
17 December 1963
Wettest day
100 mm
11 October 1970
Windiest day
42.6 km/h
24 January 2009
Strongest gust
106.2 km/h
24 January 2009
Hottest feels-like
41.7 °C
23 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-24.3 °C
17 December 1963
Snowiest day
24.8 cm
8 March 2010
Sunniest day
14.3 h
14 June 1946
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 16 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 12.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 54 mm | +15 mm |
| Mar | 13.2 °C | -1.1 °C | 183 mm | +124 mm |
| Apr | 17.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 101 mm | +20 mm |
| May | 21.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 96 mm | +13 mm |
| Jun | 30.5 °C | +5.9 °C | 9 mm | -58 mm |
| Jul | 28.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 121 mm | +71 mm |
| Aug | 29.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 50 mm | -18 mm |
| Sep | 23.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 176 mm | +85 mm |
| Oct | 20.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 43 mm | -44 mm |
| Nov | 14.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 40 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 11.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 82 mm | +38 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sallent?
Sallent has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 762 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sallent?
The hottest day measured in Sallent between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1982, reaching 41.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sallent?
The coldest day measured in Sallent between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1963, at -19.3 °C.
Does it snow in Sallent?
Yes. Sallent gets on average 10.7 cm of snow per year and has around 45 frost days.
Has the climate of Sallent warmed?
Yes: Sallent warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sallent?
The wettest day measured in Sallent between 1940 and 2025 was 11 October 1970, with 100 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sallent?
The windiest day measured in Sallent between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2009, with winds reaching 42.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sallent?
The warmest month in Sallent is July (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Sallent?
Sallent receives on average 762 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 105 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sallent?
Sallent gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sallent?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sallent between 1940 and 2025 was 8 March 2010, with 24.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sallent?
Yes: Sallent has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sallent?
In Sallent, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.7 °C on 23 August 2023, and the lowest was -24.3 °C on 17 December 1963.
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