Sant Pere de Ribes climate — normals and trends
Sant Pere de Ribes (Spain) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.6 °C and it receives 645 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 August (23.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Sant Pere de Ribes averages 1 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 93 rainy days per year.
Sant Pere de Ribes has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 3 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.9 °C (on 23 August 2023) and the coldest -6.0 °C (on 2 January 1971).
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
Sant Pere de RibesCatalonia
- coords
- 41.26°, 1.77°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.6°C
Average daily high
18.5°C
Average daily low
13.0°C
Annual rainfall
645mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
19.6km/h
Seasonal range
14.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
93 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.6 cm
Average feels-like high
18.0 °C
Average feels-like low
11.7 °C
Average peak gust
32.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
56 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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
33.9 °C
23 August 2023
Coldest day
-6.0 °C
2 January 1971
Wettest day
110 mm
11 October 1970
Windiest day
61.2 km/h
24 February 1944
Strongest gust
103.0 km/h
24 January 2009
Hottest feels-like
38.4 °C
23 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-12.0 °C
2 January 1971
Snowiest day
12.0 cm
2 February 1963
Sunniest day
14.2 h
13 June 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 8 mm | -34 mm |
| Feb | 13.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 38 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 14.2 °C | -0.3 °C | 117 mm | +67 mm |
| Apr | 17.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 28 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 20.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 61 mm | +10 mm |
| Jun | 26.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 0 mm | -38 mm |
| Jul | 27.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 88 mm | +56 mm |
| Aug | 28.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 31 mm | -23 mm |
| Sep | 24.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 84 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 21.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 52 mm | -37 mm |
| Nov | 17.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 40 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 14.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 133 mm | +84 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sant Pere de Ribes?
Sant Pere de Ribes has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.6 °C and it receives 645 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sant Pere de Ribes?
The hottest day measured in Sant Pere de Ribes between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 2023, reaching 33.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sant Pere de Ribes?
The coldest day measured in Sant Pere de Ribes between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1971, at -6.0 °C.
Does it snow in Sant Pere de Ribes?
Yes. Sant Pere de Ribes gets on average 2.6 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.
Has the climate of Sant Pere de Ribes warmed?
Yes: Sant Pere de Ribes warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sant Pere de Ribes?
The wettest day measured in Sant Pere de Ribes between 1940 and 2025 was 11 October 1970, with 110 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sant Pere de Ribes?
The windiest day measured in Sant Pere de Ribes between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1944, with winds reaching 61.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sant Pere de Ribes?
The warmest month in Sant Pere de Ribes is August (23.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Sant Pere de Ribes?
Sant Pere de Ribes receives on average 645 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 93 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sant Pere de Ribes?
Sant Pere de Ribes gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sant Pere de Ribes?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sant Pere de Ribes between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1963, with 12.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sant Pere de Ribes?
Yes: Sant Pere de Ribes has on average 56 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sant Pere de Ribes?
In Sant Pere de Ribes, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.4 °C on 23 August 2023, and the lowest was -12.0 °C on 2 January 1971.
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