Xàtiva climate — normals and trends
Xàtiva (Spain) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.4 °C and it receives 538 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 (25.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Xàtiva averages 7 frost days, 58 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 72 rainy days per year.
Xàtiva has warmed by +2.6 °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 12 to 2 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.8 °C (on 10 August 2023) and the coldest -9.8 °C (on 14 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
XàtivaValencia
- coords
- 38.99°, -0.52°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.4°C
Average daily high
21.8°C
Average daily low
11.7°C
Annual rainfall
538mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
14.3km/h
Seasonal range
16.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
7 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
58 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
72 d/yr
Annual snowfall
5.5 cm
Average feels-like high
21.2 °C
Average feels-like low
10.5 °C
Average peak gust
34.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
34 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · 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
42.8 °C
10 August 2023
Coldest day
-9.8 °C
14 February 1983
Wettest day
119 mm
28 September 1947
Windiest day
49.2 km/h
2 December 1976
Strongest gust
107.6 km/h
2 December 1976
Hottest feels-like
44.6 °C
10 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-14.3 °C
24 January 1940
Snowiest day
27.6 cm
8 February 1942
Sunniest day
14.0 h
8 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 27 mm | -18 mm |
| Feb | 17.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 13 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 16.4 °C | -1.2 °C | 164 mm | +113 mm |
| Apr | 21.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 36 mm | -17 mm |
| May | 25.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 35 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 33.1 °C | +5.1 °C | 6 mm | -20 mm |
| Jul | 33.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 33 mm | +22 mm |
| Aug | 34.3 °C | +3.4 °C | 23 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 29.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 99 mm | +39 mm |
| Oct | 23.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 167 mm | +85 mm |
| Nov | 18.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 8 mm | -47 mm |
| Dec | 14.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 171 mm | +122 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xàtiva?
Xàtiva has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.4 °C and it receives 538 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xàtiva?
The hottest day measured in Xàtiva between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2023, reaching 42.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xàtiva?
The coldest day measured in Xàtiva between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1983, at -9.8 °C.
Does it snow in Xàtiva?
Yes. Xàtiva gets on average 5.5 cm of snow per year and has around 7 frost days.
Has the climate of Xàtiva warmed?
Yes: Xàtiva warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xàtiva?
The wettest day measured in Xàtiva between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 1947, with 119 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xàtiva?
The windiest day measured in Xàtiva between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 1976, with winds reaching 49.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xàtiva?
The warmest month in Xàtiva is July (25.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Xàtiva?
Xàtiva receives on average 538 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 72 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xàtiva?
Xàtiva 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 Xàtiva?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xàtiva between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1942, with 27.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xàtiva?
Yes: Xàtiva has on average 34 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xàtiva?
In Xàtiva, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.6 °C on 10 August 2023, and the lowest was -14.3 °C on 24 January 1940.
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