What the averages say
The mean annual temperature is 18.4 °C. The warmest month is August, averaging 28.3 °C with highs around 37.0 °C; the coldest is January, averaging 9.4 °C with lows of 3.7 °C. The 33 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, 125 days a year reach 30 °C or more and 13 bring frost. Heat is the dominant feature. The highest reading in the series is 46.9 °C, set in July, and the lowest -8.2 °C, in January.
Rain, sun and wind
573 mm fall each year over 85 days with measurable rain, an amount all but absent in summer: December is the wettest month with 91 mm and July the driest with 0 mm. The sky is clear on 133 days a year. Mean wind speed is around 9 km/h and mean annual relative humidity 59 %.
Month by month
AEMET climate normals 1991-2020. Córdoba Aeropuerto observatory, 7.3 km from the centre at 90 m above sea level.| Monthly mean | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Mean temperature | 9.4 | 11.1 | 14.2 | 16.6 | 20.5 | 25.1 | 28.2 | 28.3 | 24.4 | 19.4 | 13.5 | 10.5 |
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| Mean high | 15.2 | 17.4 | 21.1 | 23.6 | 28.1 | 33.4 | 37.1 | 37.0 | 31.8 | 25.8 | 19.1 | 15.8 |
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| Mean low | 3.7 | 4.7 | 7.3 | 9.7 | 12.9 | 16.8 | 19.1 | 19.6 | 17.0 | 13.1 | 7.9 | 5.1 |
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| Rainfall (mm) | 58 | 53 | 62 | 54 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 37 | 79 | 79 | 91 |
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| Rain days | 9.5 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 9.8 | 7.9 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 5.1 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 10.2 |
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| Days ≥ 30 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 12.5 | 23.7 | 30.2 | 30.1 | 20.6 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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| Frost days | 5.8 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.7 |
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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 Córdoba Aeropuerto observatory — the nearest official station with a complete series to Cordoba 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.
