Santo Domingo de la Calzada climate — normals and trends
Santo Domingo de la Calzada (Spain) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 750 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 (18.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Santo Domingo de la Calzada averages 48 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 141 rainy days per year.
Santo Domingo de la Calzada has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 67 to 29 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.1 °C (on 11 August 2025) and the coldest -18.9 °C (on 18 January 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
Santo Domingo de la CalzadaLa Rioja
- coords
- 42.44°, -2.95°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.7°C
Average daily high
15.6°C
Average daily low
6.4°C
Annual rainfall
750mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
14.6km/h
Seasonal range
14.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
48 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
141 d/yr
Annual snowfall
52.4 cm
Average feels-like high
13.8 °C
Average feels-like low
4.2 °C
Average peak gust
34.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °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
39.1 °C
11 August 2025
Coldest day
-18.9 °C
18 January 1940
Wettest day
52 mm
6 November 1997
Windiest day
47.4 km/h
4 October 1984
Strongest gust
122.4 km/h
25 February 1989
Hottest feels-like
38.8 °C
9 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-24.0 °C
18 January 1940
Snowiest day
27.6 cm
5 December 1996
Sunniest day
14.8 h
27 June 1940
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 | 10.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 69 mm | +6 mm |
| Feb | 12.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 45 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 11.0 °C | -0.8 °C | 103 mm | +40 mm |
| Apr | 16.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 101 mm | +19 mm |
| May | 18.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 107 mm | +22 mm |
| Jun | 26.8 °C | +5.8 °C | 46 mm | -23 mm |
| Jul | 25.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 45 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 29.5 °C | +5.0 °C | 28 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 23.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 47 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 20.3 °C | +3.3 °C | 27 mm | -33 mm |
| Nov | 12.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 94 mm | +25 mm |
| Dec | 9.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 53 mm | -12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Santo Domingo de la Calzada?
Santo Domingo de la Calzada has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 750 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santo Domingo de la Calzada?
The hottest day measured in Santo Domingo de la Calzada between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2025, reaching 39.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Santo Domingo de la Calzada?
The coldest day measured in Santo Domingo de la Calzada between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1940, at -18.9 °C.
Does it snow in Santo Domingo de la Calzada?
Yes. Santo Domingo de la Calzada gets on average 52.4 cm of snow per year and has around 48 frost days.
Has the climate of Santo Domingo de la Calzada warmed?
Yes: Santo Domingo de la Calzada warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Santo Domingo de la Calzada?
The wettest day measured in Santo Domingo de la Calzada between 1940 and 2025 was 6 November 1997, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Santo Domingo de la Calzada?
The windiest day measured in Santo Domingo de la Calzada between 1940 and 2025 was 4 October 1984, with winds reaching 47.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Santo Domingo de la Calzada?
The warmest month in Santo Domingo de la Calzada is August (18.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Santo Domingo de la Calzada?
Santo Domingo de la Calzada receives on average 750 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Santo Domingo de la Calzada?
Santo Domingo de la Calzada gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Santo Domingo de la Calzada?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Santo Domingo de la Calzada between 1940 and 2025 was 5 December 1996, with 27.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Santo Domingo de la Calzada?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Santo Domingo de la Calzada.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santo Domingo de la Calzada?
In Santo Domingo de la Calzada, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.8 °C on 9 August 2023, and the lowest was -24.0 °C on 18 January 1940.
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