Ciutadella climate by month
What the weather is like
Ciutadella has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 30° and nights 21°. February is the coolest month, with highs of 15° and lows of 7°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 15°.
About 565 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (90 mm, 10 wet days) and July the driest (4 mm, 3 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 8% in July to 32% in November.
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, Ciutadella is 3° cooler on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · August
- Coldest nights
- 7° · February
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 8% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 26° · August
- Longest day
- 15 h 00 min
- Shortest day
- 9 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 | 15° | 15° | 16° | 19° | 23° | 27° | 30° | 30° | 27° | 24° | 19° | 16° |
| Average low | 8° | 7° | 9° | 11° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 21° | 19° | 16° | 12° | 10° |
| Precipitation | 53 mm | 51 mm | 38 mm | 43 mm | 34 mm | 15 mm | 4 mm | 20 mm | 70 mm | 81 mm | 90 mm | 66 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 8 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 6.7 |
| Cloud cover | 30% | 30% | 27% | 29% | 28% | 16% | 8% | 12% | 22% | 30% | 32% | 31% |
| Sea temperature | 14° | 14° | 14° | 15° | 18° | 21° | 24° | 26° | 25° | 22° | 19° | 16° |
| Daylight | 9h 38 | 10h 42 | 11h 54 | 13h 15 | 14h 23 | 15h 00 | 14h 45 | 13h 47 | 12h 30 | 11h 12 | 10h 00 | 9h 21 |
| Saharan dust haze | – | – | ● | ● | – | ● | ● | ● | ● | – | – | – |
| Month score | 64 | 65 | 75 | 83 | 85 | 81 | 72 | 67 | 70 | 78 | 77 | 74 |
Dust haze, monthly average 2015–2024: ● occasional, ●● frequent, ●●● very frequent