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Rocafort climate by month
What the weather is like
Rocafort has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 31° and nights 22°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 16° and lows of 6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 15°.
About 501 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. September is the wettest month (70 mm, 9 wet days) and July the driest (9 mm, 3 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 10% in July to 30% 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, Rocafort is 2° cooler on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · August
- Coldest nights
- 6° · January
- Wettest month
- September
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 10% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 26° · August
- Longest day
- 14 h 57 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 24 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 | 16° | 17° | 19° | 21° | 25° | 28° | 31° | 31° | 28° | 25° | 20° | 17° |
| Average low | 6° | 7° | 9° | 11° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 22° | 19° | 15° | 10° | 7° |
| Precipitation | 39 mm | 38 mm | 31 mm | 47 mm | 41 mm | 21 mm | 9 mm | 22 mm | 70 mm | 78 mm | 56 mm | 49 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 6.3 | 5.5 | 7 | 8 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 3 | 5.8 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 7 | 6.3 |
| Cloud cover | 28% | 29% | 28% | 29% | 29% | 19% | 10% | 16% | 24% | 29% | 30% | 30% |
| Sea temperature | 14° | 14° | 14° | 16° | 18° | 22° | 25° | 26° | 25° | 22° | 19° | 16° |
| Daylight | 9h 41 | 10h 43 | 11h 54 | 13h 14 | 14h 20 | 14h 57 | 14h 42 | 13h 45 | 12h 29 | 11h 12 | 10h 02 | 9h 24 |
| Saharan dust haze | – | – | – | – | – | – | ● | ● | – | – | – | – |
| Month score | 77 | 82 | 84 | 81 | 85 | 76 | 70 | 61 | 65 | 81 | 84 | 80 |
Dust haze, monthly average 2015–2024: ● occasional, ●● frequent, ●●● very frequent