Candelaria climate by month
What the weather is like
Candelaria has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is September, when afternoons average 27° and nights 20°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 21° and lows of 14°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 6°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 375 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (59 mm, 8 wet days) and July the driest (3 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 15% in July to 29% in January.
The sea reaches about 24° in September. 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, Candelaria is 0.4° cooler on a September afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 27° · September
- Coldest nights
- 14° · January
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 15% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 24° · September
- Longest day
- 13 h 56 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 21 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 | 21° | 21° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 24° | 23° |
| Average low | 14° | 14° | 14° | 15° | 16° | 17° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 19° | 17° | 15° |
| Precipitation | 53 mm | 56 mm | 48 mm | 23 mm | 10 mm | 4 mm | 3 mm | 5 mm | 12 mm | 40 mm | 59 mm | 62 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 5.6 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 4 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 8.3 | 7.3 |
| Cloud cover | 29% | 26% | 25% | 25% | 23% | 17% | 15% | 15% | 19% | 24% | 28% | 29% |
| Sea temperature | 20° | 19° | 19° | 19° | 20° | 21° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 22° | 21° |
| Daylight | 10h 32 | 11h 12 | 11h 58 | 12h 50 | 13h 33 | 13h 56 | 13h 47 | 13h 10 | 12h 21 | 11h 31 | 10h 45 | 10h 21 |
| Saharan dust haze | – | ● | – | – | – | ● | ●● | ●● | ● | ● | – | – |
| Month score | 87 | 82 | 87 | 91 | 96 | 98 | 98 | 90 | 84 | 81 | 80 | 83 |
Dust haze, monthly average 2015–2024: ● occasional, ●● frequent, ●●● very frequent