Sonseca climate — normals and trends
Sonseca (Spain) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.6 °C and it receives 459 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 (25.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Sonseca averages 26 frost days, 67 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 79 rainy days per year.
Sonseca has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 36 to 16 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.3 °C (on 13 August 2021) and the coldest -13.7 °C (on 12 January 2021).
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
SonsecaCastille-La Mancha
- coords
- 39.68°, -3.97°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.6°C
Average daily high
19.8°C
Average daily low
9.5°C
Annual rainfall
459mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
62%
Average peak wind
14.8km/h
Seasonal range
20.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
26 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
67 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
79 d/yr
Annual snowfall
6.6 cm
Average feels-like high
18.1 °C
Average feels-like low
7.2 °C
Average peak gust
32.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
20 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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
42.3 °C
13 August 2021
Coldest day
-13.7 °C
12 January 2021
Wettest day
59 mm
1 September 1983
Windiest day
51.5 km/h
25 February 1989
Strongest gust
113.8 km/h
26 February 1989
Hottest feels-like
43.3 °C
24 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-18.2 °C
12 January 2021
Snowiest day
16.7 cm
9 January 2021
Sunniest day
14.7 h
27 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 56 mm | +15 mm |
| Feb | 14.7 °C | +3.0 °C | 19 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 13.1 °C | -1.9 °C | 164 mm | +115 mm |
| Apr | 18.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 85 mm | +32 mm |
| May | 23.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 61 mm | +15 mm |
| Jun | 33.7 °C | +5.9 °C | 13 mm | -13 mm |
| Jul | 34.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 6 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 35.0 °C | +3.2 °C | 5 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 28.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 12 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 23.3 °C | +3.3 °C | 48 mm | -4 mm |
| Nov | 14.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 66 mm | +16 mm |
| Dec | 10.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 65 mm | +15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sonseca?
Sonseca has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.6 °C and it receives 459 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sonseca?
The hottest day measured in Sonseca between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2021, reaching 42.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sonseca?
The coldest day measured in Sonseca between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 2021, at -13.7 °C.
Does it snow in Sonseca?
Yes. Sonseca gets on average 6.6 cm of snow per year and has around 26 frost days.
Has the climate of Sonseca warmed?
Yes: Sonseca warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sonseca?
The wettest day measured in Sonseca between 1940 and 2025 was 1 September 1983, with 59 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sonseca?
The windiest day measured in Sonseca between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1989, with winds reaching 51.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sonseca?
The warmest month in Sonseca is July (25.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Sonseca?
Sonseca receives on average 459 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 79 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sonseca?
Sonseca gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sonseca?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sonseca between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 2021, with 16.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sonseca?
Yes: Sonseca has on average 20 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sonseca?
In Sonseca, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.3 °C on 24 July 1995, and the lowest was -18.2 °C on 12 January 2021.
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