Córdoba climate

Name: Córdoba
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Córdoba is warmest in July, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 4.7 °C. December is the wettest month (74 mm) and July the driest (2.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Córdoba averages 506 mm of rain, 157 days above 25 °C and 3 days below freezing.

Spain · population 325,708 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 36 °C
Coldest month January 4.7 °C
Driest month July 3 mm
Wettest month December 74 mm
Least cloud July 10 % cloud
Hottest on record July 45 °C
Coldest on record December -2.8 °C

What to expectCórdoba through the year

Córdoba has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 14 °C in January to 36 °C in July, a swing of 20 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 157 days a year reach 25 °C, 110 of them reach 30 °C, 3 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 74 mm against 3 mm in July — 26 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	14.2 °C	53 mm	47 %
February	16.1 °C	47 mm	45 %
March	19.4 °C	60 mm	47 %
April	21.8 °C	54 mm	48 %
May	26.4 °C	38 mm	43 %
June	32.2 °C	13 mm	26 %
July	36.1 °C	3 mm	10 %
August	35.7 °C	6 mm	15 %
September	30.4 °C	29 mm	33 %
October	24.5 °C	63 mm	45 %
November	18.2 °C	68 mm	47 %
December	15.0 °C	74 mm	51 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	14.2 °C	4.7 °C	9.1 °C	20.4 °C	-2.7 °C	0	0	1
February	16.1 °C	5.6 °C	10.7 °C	23.9 °C	-2.4 °C	0	0	1
March	19.4 °C	8.0 °C	13.7 °C	29.7 °C	-2.0 °C	2	0	0
April	21.8 °C	10.5 °C	16.2 °C	31.0 °C	3.5 °C	7	0	0
May	26.4 °C	14.2 °C	20.5 °C	39.3 °C	5.3 °C	18	8	0
June	32.2 °C	18.9 °C	25.8 °C	41.9 °C	11.7 °C	28	21	0
July	36.1 °C	21.7 °C	29.2 °C	44.8 °C	14.1 °C	31	30	0
August	35.7 °C	21.9 °C	28.9 °C	44.2 °C	14.1 °C	31	30	0
September	30.4 °C	18.5 °C	24.4 °C	43.9 °C	10.4 °C	26	18	0
October	24.5 °C	14.1 °C	19.2 °C	34.1 °C	4.3 °C	14	3	0
November	18.2 °C	8.8 °C	13.3 °C	28.6 °C	0.4 °C	1	0	0
December	15.0 °C	6.0 °C	10.2 °C	22.7 °C	-2.8 °C	0	0	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	53 mm	7	9.8 h/day	47 %	77 %	14 km/h
February	47 mm	6	11 h/day	45 %	72 %	15 km/h
March	60 mm	7	12 h/day	47 %	66 %	15 km/h
April	54 mm	8	13 h/day	48 %	61 %	16 km/h
May	38 mm	6	14 h/day	43 %	54 %	16 km/h
June	13 mm	2	15 h/day	26 %	44 %	16 km/h
July	3 mm	0	15 h/day	10 %	37 %	16 km/h
August	6 mm	1	14 h/day	15 %	40 %	15 km/h
September	29 mm	4	12 h/day	33 %	52 %	14 km/h
October	63 mm	7	11 h/day	45 %	63 %	14 km/h
November	68 mm	7	10 h/day	47 %	73 %	13 km/h
December	74 mm	7	9.6 h/day	51 %	78 %	13 km/h

How Córdoba compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Córdoba	36 °C	4.7 °C	506 mm	157
Sevilla · Spain	35 °C	6.1 °C	479 mm	162
Granada · Spain	33 °C	2.0 °C	529 mm	131
Málaga · Spain	29 °C	9.4 °C	464 mm	103
Marbella · Spain	28 °C	9.0 °C	655 mm	96

Where Córdoba ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Europe in July	1st of 50	36 °C
The warmest places in Europe in August	2nd of 50	36 °C
The warmest places in Europe in June	2nd of 50	32 °C
The warmest places in Europe in May	3rd of 50	26 °C
The warmest places in Europe year-round	3rd of 50	24 °C
The warmest places in Europe in March	4th of 50	19 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Córdoba.

QuestionsCommon questions about Córdoba’s climate

When is the best time to visit Córdoba?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Córdoba get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 110 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 4.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 3 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Córdoba?

December, averaging 74 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is July with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 506 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Córdoba rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 37.892°, -4.773° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.