What the averages say
The mean annual temperature is 13.1 °C. The warmest month is July, averaging 22.6 °C with highs around 30.8 °C; the coldest is January, averaging 5.0 °C with lows of 0.4 °C. The 30 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, 56 days a year reach 30 °C or more and 56 bring frost. Cold weighs more than heat here. The highest reading in the series is 39.8 °C, set in July, and the lowest -9.6 °C, in January.
Rain, sun and wind
356 mm fall each year over 99 days with measurable rain, an amount heavily concentrated in the cold half of the year: October is the wettest month with 52 mm and July the driest with 9 mm. The sky is clear on — days a year. Mean wind speed is around 7 km/h and mean annual relative humidity 64 %.
Month by month
AEMET climate normals 1991-2020. Salamanca observatory, 1.4 km from the centre at 775 m above sea level.| Monthly mean | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Mean temperature | 5.0 | 6.3 | 9.0 | 11.3 | 15.0 | 19.7 | 22.6 | 22.4 | 18.4 | 13.6 | 8.4 | 5.7 |
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| Mean high | 9.5 | 12.1 | 15.3 | 17.5 | 21.7 | 27.3 | 30.8 | 30.6 | 25.8 | 19.7 | 13.4 | 10.2 |
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| Mean low | 0.4 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 8.2 | 12.1 | 14.3 | 14.2 | 11.0 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 1.1 |
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| Rainfall (mm) | 32 | 22 | 28 | 41 | 40 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 52 | 36 | 33 |
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| Rain days | 10.1 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 11.3 | 9.9 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 10.2 |
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| Days ≥ 30 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 10.3 | 19.6 | 18.0 | 5.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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| Frost days | 14.9 | 13.5 | 6.9 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 6.1 | 12.8 |
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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 Salamanca observatory — the nearest official station with a complete series to Salamanca 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.
