Calafell climate by month
What the weather is like
Calafell has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 31° and nights 21°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 15° and lows of 5°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 16°.
About 535 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. September is the wettest month (72 mm, 9 wet days) and February the driest (32 mm, 5 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 14% in July to 31% in May.
The sea reaches about 26° in August. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Madrid, the capital, Calafell is 2.5° cooler on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · August
- Coldest nights
- 5° · January
- Wettest month
- September
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- July · 14% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 26° · August
- Longest day
- 15 h 08 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 14 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 15° | 16° | 18° | 20° | 24° | 28° | 30° | 31° | 27° | 24° | 19° | 15° |
| Average low | 5° | 5° | 8° | 10° | 13° | 17° | 20° | 21° | 18° | 14° | 9° | 6° |
| Precipitation | 39 mm | 32 mm | 33 mm | 43 mm | 50 mm | 30 mm | 17 mm | 55 mm | 72 mm | 75 mm | 50 mm | 39 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 5.5 | 5 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 6.3 | 5.2 |
| Cloud cover | 29% | 29% | 29% | 30% | 31% | 22% | 14% | 19% | 27% | 31% | 31% | 30% |
| Sea temperature | 14° | 13° | 13° | 15° | 17° | 21° | 24° | 26° | 24° | 21° | 18° | 15° |
| Daylight | 9h 32 | 10h 38 | 11h 53 | 13h 18 | 14h 29 | 15h 08 | 14h 52 | 13h 51 | 12h 31 | 11h 09 | 9h 54 | 9h 14 |
| Month score | 70 | 76 | 84 | 82 | 81 | 76 | 64 | 62 | 69 | 80 | 85 | 74 |