Santander climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Santander?

Santander has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.1 °C and it receives 1,149 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santander?

The hottest day measured in Santander between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2024, reaching 34.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Santander?

The coldest day measured in Santander between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1954, at -3.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Santander?

Yes. Santander gets on average 3.0 cm of snow per year and has around 0 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Santander warmed?

Yes: Santander warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Santander?

The wettest day measured in Santander between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1966, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Santander?

The windiest day measured in Santander between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2009, with winds reaching 69.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Santander?

The warmest month in Santander is August (19.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Santander?

Santander receives on average 1,149 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 160 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Santander?

Santander gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Santander (Spain) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.1 °C and it receives 1,149 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 (19.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Santander averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 160 rainy days per year.

Santander has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.7 °C (on 11 August 2024) and the coldest -3.4 °C (on 2 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

SantanderCantabria

coords: 43.47°, -3.80°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfbTemperate oceanicWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

14.1°C

Average daily high

16.4°C

Average daily low

12.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,149mm

Sunshine / day

9.5h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

19.2km/h

Seasonal range

10.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

160 d/yr

Annual snowfall

3.0 cm

Average feels-like high

15.4 °C

Average feels-like low

10.2 °C

Average peak gust

35.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

5 d/yr

Solar radiation

13.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

34.7 °C

11 August 2024

Coldest day

-3.4 °C

2 February 1954

Wettest day

79 mm

10 June 1966

Windiest day

69.0 km/h

24 January 2009

Strongest gust

136.8 km/h

24 January 2009

Hottest feels-like

37.9 °C

23 August 2023

Coldest feels-like

-8.4 °C

10 February 1956

Snowiest day

6.8 cm

24 February 1944

Sunniest day

14.9 h

30 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	33.5 °C15 August 2025	3.8 °C19 January 2025	15.6 °C	1,064 mm	2	0
2024	34.7 °C11 August 2024	4.0 °C20 January 2024	15.2 °C	1,182 mm	1	0
2023	33.9 °C23 August 2023	4.4 °C1 March 2023	15.6 °C	1,304 mm	1	0
2022	30.5 °C18 June 2022	3.2 °C15 January 2022	15.6 °C	969 mm	3	0
2021	30.4 °C6 September 2021	1.5 °C8 January 2021	14.4 °C	1,293 mm	1	0
2020	29.7 °C30 July 2020	3.6 °C31 March 2020	15.2 °C	1,181 mm	0	0
2019	29.1 °C23 July 2019	4.3 °C4 February 2019	14.7 °C	1,423 mm	0	0
2018	29.1 °C6 August 2018	0.4 °C28 February 2018	14.9 °C	1,253 mm	0	0
2017	27.9 °C21 June 2017	2.7 °C19 January 2017	14.8 °C	1,111 mm	0	0
2016	29.7 °C18 July 2016	2.9 °C17 February 2016	14.9 °C	1,192 mm	0	0
2015	29.3 °C3 July 2015	2.9 °C10 February 2015	14.9 °C	1,157 mm	0	0
2014	28.3 °C6 June 2014	4.8 °C19 January 2014	15.3 °C	1,163 mm	0	0
2013	29.8 °C31 July 2013	3.6 °C28 November 2013	14.4 °C	1,487 mm	0	0
2012	29.9 °C10 May 2012	2.3 °C11 February 2012	14.3 °C	1,033 mm	0	0
2011	31.6 °C27 June 2011	3.8 °C4 March 2011	15.2 °C	783 mm	2	0
2010	26.1 °C25 August 2010	0.5 °C10 January 2010	14.0 °C	1,175 mm	0	0
2009	29.2 °C31 August 2009	1.2 °C9 January 2009	14.5 °C	1,055 mm	0	0
2008	26.4 °C23 July 2008	3.4 °C1 January 2008	14.3 °C	1,350 mm	0	0
2007	27.2 °C15 July 2007	3.6 °C26 January 2007	14.3 °C	1,185 mm	0	0
2006	31.4 °C18 July 2006	1.0 °C29 January 2006	15.2 °C	907 mm	1	0
2005	28.9 °C30 August 2005	0.8 °C2 March 2005	14.3 °C	1,140 mm	0	0
2004	27.7 °C5 September 2004	2.8 °C1 March 2004	14.4 °C	1,167 mm	0	0
2003	30.4 °C8 August 2003	1.7 °C18 February 2003	15.2 °C	1,122 mm	1	0
2002	29.3 °C16 May 2002	4.5 °C2 March 2002	14.7 °C	1,053 mm	0	0
2001	31.0 °C1 August 2001	1.1 °C15 December 2001	14.6 °C	1,049 mm	1	0
2000	29.5 °C18 June 2000	2.1 °C26 January 2000	14.5 °C	1,113 mm	0	0
1999	26.9 °C10 September 1999	2.7 °C14 February 1999	14.6 °C	1,164 mm	0	0
1998	32.2 °C19 June 1998	1.4 °C26 January 1998	14.6 °C	1,131 mm	1	0
1997	27.3 °C6 June 1997	2.8 °C1 January 1997	15.3 °C	984 mm	0	0
1996	26.0 °C30 May 1996	2.3 °C20 February 1996	14.3 °C	1,356 mm	0	0
1995	29.6 °C25 July 1995	3.4 °C15 December 1995	14.9 °C	929 mm	0	0
1994	29.1 °C23 June 1994	0.4 °C19 January 1994	14.5 °C	1,025 mm	0	0
1993	28.1 °C17 August 1993	2.4 °C25 February 1993	13.9 °C	1,035 mm	0	0
1992	28.2 °C19 August 1992	1.6 °C23 January 1992	13.9 °C	1,430 mm	0	0
1991	28.3 °C21 August 1991	1.1 °C15 January 1991	13.8 °C	1,077 mm	0	0
1990	29.1 °C25 July 1990	3.0 °C15 December 1990	15.0 °C	999 mm	0	0
1989	31.3 °C21 July 1989	3.4 °C3 January 1989	15.3 °C	783 mm	1	0
1988	29.5 °C27 August 1988	2.5 °C3 March 1988	14.4 °C	1,043 mm	0	0
1987	30.3 °C16 September 1987	0.8 °C13 January 1987	14.3 °C	1,065 mm	1	0
1986	26.4 °C26 June 1986	0.9 °C11 February 1986	13.6 °C	1,140 mm	0	0
1985	29.1 °C24 July 1985	-0.2 °C9 January 1985	13.9 °C	1,101 mm	0	2
1984	28.8 °C29 July 1984	3.1 °C11 January 1984	13.5 °C	1,423 mm	0	0
1983	31.8 °C24 September 1983	-1.0 °C15 February 1983	14.3 °C	1,088 mm	1	1
1982	31.9 °C8 July 1982	4.4 °C25 March 1982	14.3 °C	1,114 mm	1	0
1981	26.4 °C30 July 1981	1.4 °C12 February 1981	14.1 °C	1,161 mm	0	0
1980	27.2 °C28 July 1980	1.7 °C13 January 1980	13.4 °C	1,230 mm	0	0
1979	26.7 °C25 July 1979	0.8 °C16 February 1979	13.6 °C	1,440 mm	0	0
1978	25.8 °C3 June 1978	2.6 °C20 December 1978	14.0 °C	1,263 mm	0	0
1977	26.4 °C11 September 1977	3.1 °C1 December 1977	13.7 °C	1,327 mm	0	0
1976	29.0 °C29 June 1976	1.9 °C26 January 1976	13.6 °C	1,234 mm	0	0
1975	32.7 °C31 July 1975	2.2 °C23 December 1975	13.6 °C	1,254 mm	1	0
1974	28.1 °C2 July 1974	3.4 °C5 March 1974	13.4 °C	1,367 mm	0	0
1973	28.1 °C4 September 1973	2.9 °C3 December 1973	13.5 °C	1,236 mm	0	0
1972	24.3 °C24 July 1972	2.2 °C1 January 1972	13.1 °C	1,465 mm	0	0
1971	26.8 °C11 July 1971	-1.0 °C3 January 1971	13.6 °C	1,417 mm	0	2
1970	26.0 °C7 September 1970	0.2 °C27 December 1970	13.8 °C	1,218 mm	0	0
1969	27.2 °C14 July 1969	1.4 °C15 February 1969	13.7 °C	1,306 mm	0	0
1968	30.7 °C30 June 1968	3.5 °C11 January 1968	14.0 °C	1,253 mm	2	0
1967	27.9 °C25 September 1967	1.9 °C9 January 1967	13.8 °C	1,171 mm	0	0
1966	31.2 °C8 September 1966	1.9 °C16 January 1966	13.7 °C	1,402 mm	1	0
1965	27.2 °C4 August 1965	0.5 °C8 March 1965	13.1 °C	1,352 mm	0	0
1964	30.1 °C17 May 1964	-0.2 °C8 March 1964	13.5 °C	1,042 mm	1	1
1963	27.6 °C21 June 1963	-1.2 °C5 February 1963	12.9 °C	1,023 mm	0	5
1962	30.5 °C2 September 1962	-2.2 °C25 December 1962	13.4 °C	1,166 mm	1	2
1961	29.5 °C1 September 1961	2.8 °C19 December 1961	14.4 °C	1,101 mm	0	0
1960	28.5 °C21 August 1960	0.2 °C11 January 1960	13.7 °C	1,334 mm	0	0
1959	28.8 °C4 July 1959	2.1 °C2 February 1959	14.3 °C	1,226 mm	0	0
1958	29.4 °C9 August 1958	2.0 °C11 March 1958	13.8 °C	1,324 mm	0	0
1957	27.9 °C3 July 1957	-0.3 °C18 January 1957	13.5 °C	966 mm	0	1
1956	26.7 °C8 September 1956	-2.2 °C12 February 1956	12.6 °C	1,124 mm	0	6
1955	27.9 °C23 August 1955	1.0 °C10 March 1955	14.0 °C	959 mm	0	0
1954	25.3 °C31 August 1954	-3.4 °C2 February 1954	13.0 °C	1,404 mm	0	5
1953	27.9 °C11 August 1953	1.8 °C16 January 1953	13.4 °C	996 mm	0	0
1952	27.3 °C30 June 1952	0.9 °C23 January 1952	13.6 °C	1,194 mm	0	0
1951	27.7 °C28 July 1951	2.7 °C27 January 1951	13.4 °C	1,115 mm	0	0
1950	26.9 °C20 August 1950	2.2 °C22 January 1950	14.0 °C	1,166 mm	0	0
1949	29.5 °C4 September 1949	2.2 °C11 January 1949	14.1 °C	1,002 mm	0	0
1948	28.5 °C7 August 1948	-0.7 °C22 February 1948	13.9 °C	944 mm	0	1
1947	31.4 °C26 July 1947	-1.5 °C27 January 1947	14.1 °C	912 mm	2	3
1946	29.3 °C3 August 1946	1.1 °C17 January 1946	13.4 °C	1,086 mm	0	0
1945	30.9 °C21 July 1945	-2.5 °C13 January 1945	13.9 °C	888 mm	2	2
1944	29.4 °C12 August 1944	-3.0 °C23 February 1944	13.2 °C	985 mm	0	2
1943	29.4 °C17 August 1943	2.3 °C12 December 1943	14.0 °C	1,083 mm	0	0
1942	30.6 °C11 September 1942	-0.1 °C11 January 1942	13.5 °C	951 mm	1	1
1941	32.2 °C22 July 1941	-1.3 °C12 January 1941	13.0 °C	1,010 mm	2	3
1940	26.5 °C4 September 1940	-1.2 °C19 January 1940	13.3 °C	892 mm	0	3

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

18.1 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

2 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1064 mm

-85 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	14.1 °C	+2.7 °C	107 mm	-11 mm
Feb	14.4 °C	+2.7 °C	80 mm	-20 mm
Mar	13.8 °C	+0.6 °C	118 mm	+19 mm
Apr	16.9 °C	+2.7 °C	105 mm	-1 mm
May	17.7 °C	+1.1 °C	99 mm	+8 mm
Jun	22.6 °C	+3.1 °C	40 mm	-27 mm
Jul	22.7 °C	+1.1 °C	54 mm	+3 mm
Aug	24.0 °C	+1.9 °C	63 mm	-0 mm
Sep	21.4 °C	+0.4 °C	74 mm	-11 mm
Oct	19.8 °C	+1.5 °C	35 mm	-75 mm
Nov	16.3 °C	+1.8 °C	152 mm	+17 mm
Dec	13.6 °C	+1.4 °C	138 mm	+14 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.5 °C

15 Aug 2025

Coldest day

3.8 °C

19 Jan 2025

Wettest day

34.2 mm

24 Mar 2025

Windiest day

52.1 km/h

23 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

90.7 km/h

30 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.6 °C

15 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

0.2 °C

19 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.9 h

30 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Santander?

Santander has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.1 °C and it receives 1,149 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santander?

The hottest day measured in Santander between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2024, reaching 34.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Santander?

The coldest day measured in Santander between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1954, at -3.4 °C.

Does it snow in Santander?

Yes. Santander gets on average 3.0 cm of snow per year and has around 0 frost days.

Has the climate of Santander warmed?

Yes: Santander warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Santander?

The wettest day measured in Santander between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1966, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Santander?

The windiest day measured in Santander between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2009, with winds reaching 69.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Santander?

The warmest month in Santander is August (19.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Santander?

Santander receives on average 1,149 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 160 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Santander?

Santander gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Santander?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Santander between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1944, with 6.8 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Santander?

Yes: Santander has on average 5 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santander?

In Santander, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 23 August 2023, and the lowest was -8.4 °C on 10 February 1956.

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