What the averages say
The mean annual temperature is 17.4 °C. The warmest month is August, averaging 26.6 °C with highs around 35.6 °C; the coldest is January, averaging 8.9 °C with lows of 3.5 °C. The 32 degrees between the mean high of August and the mean low of January are the real measure of how continental this climate is.
Heat, cold and extremes
On average, 114 days a year reach 30 °C or more and 17 bring frost. Heat is the dominant feature. The highest reading in the series is 46.0 °C, set in August, and the lowest -6.9 °C, in January.
Rain, sun and wind
453 mm fall each year over 88 days with measurable rain, an amount all but absent in summer: October is the wettest month with 76 mm and July the driest with 1 mm. The sky is clear on — days a year. Mean wind speed is around 9 km/h and mean annual relative humidity 36 %.
Month by month
AEMET climate normals 1991-2020. Badajoz observatory, 3.4 km from the centre at 174 m above sea level.| Monthly mean | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Mean temperature | 8.9 | 10.2 | 12.9 | 15.6 | 19.7 | 23.7 | 26.2 | 26.6 | 23.7 | 18.6 | 12.9 | 9.5 |
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| Mean high | 14.2 | 16.4 | 19.3 | 22.4 | 27.5 | 31.9 | 35.5 | 35.6 | 31.6 | 25.1 | 18.4 | 14.6 |
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| Mean low | 3.5 | 3.9 | 6.4 | 8.9 | 11.8 | 15.5 | 16.9 | 17.5 | 15.6 | 12.0 | 7.4 | 4.4 |
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| Rainfall (mm) | 42 | 42 | 52 | 47 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 76 | 71 | 54 |
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| Rain days | 11.4 | 9.0 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 5.7 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.7 | 9.4 | 11.4 | 11.9 |
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| Days ≥ 30 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 10.7 | 19.6 | 28.3 | 28.4 | 19.4 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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| Frost days | 6.5 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 4.9 |
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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 Badajoz observatory — the nearest official station with a complete series to Badajoz 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.