Villena climate — normals and trends
Villena (Spain) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 445 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 (24.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Villena averages 18 frost days, 54 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 70 rainy days per year.
Villena has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 28 to 8 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.1 °C (on 10 August 2023) and the coldest -15.1 °C (on 3 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
VillenaValencia
- coords
- 38.64°, -0.87°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.0°C
Average daily high
20.6°C
Average daily low
10.1°C
Annual rainfall
445mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
14.4km/h
Seasonal range
17.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
18 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
54 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
70 d/yr
Annual snowfall
9.5 cm
Average feels-like high
19.3 °C
Average feels-like low
8.5 °C
Average peak gust
36.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
15 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · 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
41.1 °C
10 August 2023
Coldest day
-15.1 °C
3 January 1971
Wettest day
97 mm
11 September 1996
Windiest day
49.0 km/h
2 December 1976
Strongest gust
114.8 km/h
2 December 1976
Hottest feels-like
42.5 °C
11 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-19.4 °C
3 January 1971
Snowiest day
30.6 cm
13 December 1949
Sunniest day
14.0 h
9 May 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 | 14.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 15 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | 16.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 13 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 14.7 °C | -1.4 °C | 125 mm | +82 mm |
| Apr | 20.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 29 mm | -22 mm |
| May | 24.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 39 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 33.7 °C | +6.3 °C | 9 mm | -20 mm |
| Jul | 33.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 25 mm | +15 mm |
| Aug | 34.4 °C | +3.7 °C | 18 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 28.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 67 mm | +22 mm |
| Oct | 22.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 86 mm | +29 mm |
| Nov | 17.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 7 mm | -35 mm |
| Dec | 12.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 103 mm | +68 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Villena?
Villena has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 445 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Villena?
The hottest day measured in Villena between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2023, reaching 41.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Villena?
The coldest day measured in Villena between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1971, at -15.1 °C.
Does it snow in Villena?
Yes. Villena gets on average 9.5 cm of snow per year and has around 18 frost days.
Has the climate of Villena warmed?
Yes: Villena warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Villena?
The wettest day measured in Villena between 1940 and 2025 was 11 September 1996, with 97 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Villena?
The windiest day measured in Villena between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 1976, with winds reaching 49.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Villena?
The warmest month in Villena is July (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Villena?
Villena receives on average 445 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 70 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Villena?
Villena gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Villena?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Villena between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1949, with 30.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Villena?
Yes: Villena has on average 15 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Villena?
In Villena, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.5 °C on 11 July 2023, and the lowest was -19.4 °C on 3 January 1971.
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