Villafranca de los Barros climate — normals and trends
Villafranca de los Barros (Spain) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.8 °C and it receives 443 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 (25.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Villafranca de los Barros averages 9 frost days, 70 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 73 rainy days per year.
Villafranca de los Barros has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 13 to 5 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.9 °C (on 14 August 2021) and the coldest -7.9 °C (on 13 February 1983).
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
Villafranca de los BarrosExtremadura
- coords
- 38.56°, -6.34°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.8°C
Average daily high
21.2°C
Average daily low
10.7°C
Annual rainfall
443mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
63%
Average peak wind
14.4km/h
Seasonal range
17.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
9 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
70 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
73 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.1 cm
Average feels-like high
19.8 °C
Average feels-like low
8.8 °C
Average peak gust
32.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
21 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.25 · 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
42.9 °C
14 August 2021
Coldest day
-7.9 °C
13 February 1983
Wettest day
78 mm
16 December 1955
Windiest day
49.7 km/h
15 February 1941
Strongest gust
125.3 km/h
6 November 1997
Hottest feels-like
44.1 °C
23 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-12.4 °C
13 February 1983
Snowiest day
9.0 cm
28 February 2013
Sunniest day
14.7 h
26 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 90 mm | +42 mm |
| Feb | 15.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 21 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 15.0 °C | -1.5 °C | 174 mm | +124 mm |
| Apr | 19.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 76 mm | +28 mm |
| May | 24.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 15 mm | -21 mm |
| Jun | 32.9 °C | +4.8 °C | 24 mm | +5 mm |
| Jul | 33.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 1 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 34.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 28.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 8 mm | -17 mm |
| Oct | 25.3 °C | +3.5 °C | 44 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 16.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 61 mm | +8 mm |
| Dec | 12.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 89 mm | +35 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Villafranca de los Barros?
Villafranca de los Barros has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.8 °C and it receives 443 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Villafranca de los Barros?
The hottest day measured in Villafranca de los Barros between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2021, reaching 42.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Villafranca de los Barros?
The coldest day measured in Villafranca de los Barros between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1983, at -7.9 °C.
Does it snow in Villafranca de los Barros?
Yes. Villafranca de los Barros gets on average 1.1 cm of snow per year and has around 9 frost days.
Has the climate of Villafranca de los Barros warmed?
Yes: Villafranca de los Barros warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Villafranca de los Barros?
The wettest day measured in Villafranca de los Barros between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1955, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Villafranca de los Barros?
The windiest day measured in Villafranca de los Barros between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1941, with winds reaching 49.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Villafranca de los Barros?
The warmest month in Villafranca de los Barros is July (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Villafranca de los Barros?
Villafranca de los Barros receives on average 443 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 73 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Villafranca de los Barros?
Villafranca de los Barros 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 Villafranca de los Barros?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Villafranca de los Barros between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 2013, with 9.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Villafranca de los Barros?
Yes: Villafranca de los Barros has on average 21 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Villafranca de los Barros?
In Villafranca de los Barros, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.1 °C on 23 July 1995, and the lowest was -12.4 °C on 13 February 1983.
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