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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Archena
Archena climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest Feb–Mar · Nov
Annual mean19°day and night
Seasonal swing17°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation306 mm55 wet days a year
38.12° N, 1.30° WElevation 118 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goArchena · weather score
Best timeFeb–Mar · Nov
October: high / low26° / 14°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Archena has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 35° and nights 21°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 17° and lows of 6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 17°.
About 306 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (37 mm, 7 wet days) and July the driest (3 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 7% in July to 30% in November.
Compared with Madrid, the capital, Archena is 1.7° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 35° · July
- Coldest nights
- 6° · January
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 7% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 48 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 32 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 17° | 18° | 21° | 24° | 28° | 32° | 35° | 35° | 31° | 26° | 20° | 17° |
| Average low | 6° | 6° | 8° | 11° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 21° | 18° | 14° | 10° | 6° |
| Precipitation | 23 mm | 29 mm | 30 mm | 31 mm | 30 mm | 20 mm | 3 mm | 10 mm | 32 mm | 37 mm | 36 mm | 25 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 4.5 | 4.3 | 6 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 4.5 |
| Cloud cover | 26% | 27% | 27% | 27% | 27% | 16% | 7% | 12% | 22% | 28% | 30% | 28% |
| Daylight | 9h 48 | 10h 47 | 11h 55 | 13h 10 | 14h 13 | 14h 48 | 14h 34 | 13h 40 | 12h 28 | 11h 15 | 10h 08 | 9h 32 |
| Saharan dust haze | – | – | ● | ● | – | ● | ● | ● | – | – | – | – |
| Month score | 83 | 90 | 86 | 85 | 76 | 63 | 55 | 53 | 63 | 79 | 86 | 85 |
Dust haze, monthly average 2015–2024: ● occasional, ●● frequent, ●●● very frequent
ivMonth by month
Archena in every month
January83
17° / 6°
23 mm · 4.5 wet days
February90
18° / 6°
29 mm · 4.3 wet days
March86
21° / 8°
30 mm · 6 wet days
April85
24° / 11°
31 mm · 6.2 wet days
May76
28° / 14°
30 mm · 5.3 wet days
June63
32° / 18°
20 mm · 2.7 wet days
July55
35° / 21°
3 mm · 1.1 wet day
August53
35° / 21°
10 mm · 2.2 wet days
September63
31° / 18°
32 mm · 5.3 wet days
October79
26° / 14°
37 mm · 6.5 wet days
November86
20° / 10°
36 mm · 6.1 wet days
December85
17° / 6°
25 mm · 4.5 wet days