What the averages say
The mean annual temperature is 15.4 °C. The warmest month is July, averaging 26.2 °C with highs around 34.3 °C; the coldest is January, averaging 6.4 °C with lows of 1.0 °C. The 33 degrees between the mean high of July and the mean low of January are the real measure of how continental this climate is.
Heat, cold and extremes
On average, 87 days a year reach 30 °C or more and 38 bring frost. This is a climate of marked extremes. The highest reading in the series is 41.5 °C, set in August, and the lowest -16.2 °C, in January.
Rain, sun and wind
361 mm fall each year over 82 days with measurable rain, an amount with a summer clearly drier than the rest of the year: April is the wettest month with 42 mm and July the driest with 8 mm. The sky is clear on — days a year. Mean wind speed is around 6 km/h and mean annual relative humidity 60 %.
Month by month
AEMET climate normals 1991-2020. Albacete observatory, 1.3 km from the centre at 674 m above sea level.| Monthly mean | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Mean temperature | 6.4 | 7.8 | 10.7 | 13.2 | 17.4 | 22.5 | 26.2 | 25.9 | 21.1 | 16.0 | 10.1 | 7.0 |
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| Mean high | 11.7 | 13.6 | 17.0 | 19.6 | 24.2 | 30.1 | 34.3 | 33.7 | 27.9 | 22.1 | 15.5 | 12.0 |
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| Mean low | 1.0 | 1.9 | 4.4 | 6.8 | 10.5 | 14.9 | 18.1 | 18.2 | 14.3 | 10.0 | 4.7 | 2.0 |
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| Rainfall (mm) | 22 | 24 | 38 | 42 | 40 | 31 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 39 | 36 | 31 |
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| Rain days | 7.2 | 6.8 | 8.0 | 9.6 | 9.1 | 4.7 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 6.1 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 7.9 |
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| Days ≥ 30 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 17.3 | 27.6 | 27.2 | 10.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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| Frost days | 12.5 | 8.8 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 3.7 | 9.9 |
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Where this data comes from
These are the 1991-2020 climate normals published by AEMET, the Spanish state meteorological agency, for the Albacete observatory — the nearest official station with a complete series to Albacete today. A normal is not a forecast: it describes a thirty-year average, and any given day can depart from it widely. For tomorrow, use the forecast at the top of this page.
