Climate guideThirty-year normals for Elda
Elda climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest Mar–May
Annual mean17°day and night
Seasonal swing16°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation284 mm57 wet days a year
38.48° N, 0.79° WElevation 412 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goElda · weather score
Best timeMar–May
October: high / low25° / 12°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Elda has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 33° and nights 19°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 15° and lows of 4°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 16°.
About 284 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (34 mm, 7 wet days) and July the driest (5 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 8% in July to 30% in November.
Compared with Madrid, the capital, Elda is 0.7° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 33° · July
- Coldest nights
- 4° · January
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 8% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 50 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 30 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 | 15° | 16° | 19° | 21° | 25° | 30° | 33° | 33° | 29° | 25° | 18° | 16° |
| Average low | 4° | 4° | 6° | 9° | 11° | 15° | 19° | 19° | 16° | 12° | 7° | 4° |
| Precipitation | 20 mm | 22 mm | 23 mm | 32 mm | 32 mm | 18 mm | 5 mm | 9 mm | 37 mm | 34 mm | 31 mm | 21 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 6.2 | 7 | 6.5 | 5.3 |
| Cloud cover | 27% | 27% | 27% | 28% | 27% | 16% | 8% | 13% | 22% | 28% | 30% | 28% |
| Daylight | 9h 46 | 10h 46 | 11h 55 | 13h 11 | 14h 15 | 14h 50 | 14h 36 | 13h 41 | 12h 28 | 11h 14 | 10h 06 | 9h 30 |
| Saharan dust haze | – | – | ● | ● | – | ● | ●● | ● | – | – | – | – |
| Month score | 72 | 79 | 87 | 86 | 87 | 74 | 65 | 61 | 70 | 84 | 85 | 74 |
Dust haze, monthly average 2015–2024: ● occasional, ●● frequent, ●●● very frequent
ivMonth by month
Elda in every month
January72
15° / 4°
20 mm · 4.8 wet days
February79
16° / 4°
22 mm · 4.4 wet days
March87
19° / 6°
23 mm · 5.5 wet days
April86
21° / 9°
32 mm · 6.1 wet days
May87
25° / 11°
32 mm · 4.8 wet days
June74
30° / 15°
18 mm · 2.5 wet days
July65
33° / 19°
5 mm · 0.8 wet day
August61
33° / 19°
9 mm · 2.8 wet days
September70
29° / 16°
37 mm · 6.2 wet days
October84
25° / 12°
34 mm · 7 wet days
November85
18° / 7°
31 mm · 6.5 wet days
December74
16° / 4°
21 mm · 5.3 wet days