Jerez de la Frontera climate

Name: Jerez de la Frontera
Address: ES

Jerez de la Frontera is warmest in August, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 6.4 °C. December is the wettest month (80 mm) and July the driest (1.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Jerez de la Frontera averages 512 mm of rain, 146 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Spain · population 212,879 · 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 August 33 °C
Coldest month January 6.4 °C
Driest month July 1 mm
Wettest month December 80 mm
Least cloud July 9 % cloud
Hottest on record August 44 °C
Coldest on record January -2.6 °C
Warmest sea August 23 °C

What to expectJerez de la Frontera through the year

Jerez de la Frontera has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in January to 33 °C in August, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 146 days a year reach 25 °C, 80 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 80 mm against 1 mm in July — 58 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Jerez de la Frontera is warmest in August at 23 °C and coldest in February at 15 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	15.7 °C	58 mm	44 %
February	16.9 °C	53 mm	43 %
March	19.4 °C	58 mm	44 %
April	21.2 °C	48 mm	43 %
May	24.9 °C	30 mm	37 %
June	29.4 °C	7 mm	21 %
July	32.8 °C	1 mm	9 %
August	32.8 °C	3 mm	14 %
September	28.9 °C	27 mm	31 %
October	24.4 °C	76 mm	44 %
November	19.2 °C	70 mm	45 %
December	16.5 °C	80 mm	49 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	15.7 °C	6.4 °C	10.7 °C	21.3 °C	-2.6 °C	0	0
February	16.9 °C	7.2 °C	11.8 °C	24.7 °C	-1.7 °C	0	0
March	19.4 °C	9.3 °C	14.2 °C	28.5 °C	0.5 °C	1	0
April	21.2 °C	11.1 °C	16.1 °C	30.8 °C	4.0 °C	5	0
May	24.9 °C	14.1 °C	19.5 °C	36.8 °C	5.8 °C	15	4
June	29.4 °C	17.7 °C	23.4 °C	41.2 °C	12.5 °C	25	14
July	32.8 °C	19.9 °C	26.2 °C	41.6 °C	13.5 °C	31	24
August	32.8 °C	20.3 °C	26.3 °C	44.0 °C	14.5 °C	31	24
September	28.9 °C	18.2 °C	23.2 °C	42.3 °C	11.3 °C	25	12
October	24.4 °C	14.9 °C	19.3 °C	33.6 °C	6.5 °C	13	2
November	19.2 °C	10.5 °C	14.5 °C	27.9 °C	2.2 °C	1	0
December	16.5 °C	7.9 °C	11.8 °C	24.0 °C	-0.7 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	58 mm	7	9.9 h/day	44 %	78 %	17 km/h	15.7 °C
February	53 mm	6	11 h/day	43 %	74 %	18 km/h	15.2 °C
March	58 mm	7	12 h/day	44 %	69 %	20 km/h	15.6 °C
April	48 mm	7	13 h/day	43 %	66 %	20 km/h	16.6 °C
May	30 mm	5	14 h/day	37 %	60 %	19 km/h	18.3 °C
June	7 mm	1	15 h/day	21 %	55 %	19 km/h	20.6 °C
July	1 mm	0	14 h/day	9 %	53 %	18 km/h	22.5 °C
August	3 mm	1	14 h/day	14 %	55 %	17 km/h	23.2 °C
September	27 mm	3	12 h/day	31 %	63 %	17 km/h	22.2 °C
October	76 mm	7	11 h/day	44 %	70 %	17 km/h	20.4 °C
November	70 mm	7	10 h/day	45 %	75 %	17 km/h	18.2 °C
December	80 mm	7	9.7 h/day	49 %	79 %	17 km/h	16.7 °C

How Jerez de la Frontera 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
Jerez de la Frontera	33 °C	6.4 °C	512 mm	146
Sevilla · Spain	35 °C	6.1 °C	479 mm	162
Gibraltar · Gibraltar	28 °C	10 °C	689 mm	93
Tangier · Morocco	30 °C	9.1 °C	571 mm	117
Marbella · Spain	28 °C	9.0 °C	655 mm	96

Where Jerez de la Frontera ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Europe in February	4th of 50	34/100
The driest places in Europe in August	5th of 50	3.1 mm
The warmest places in Europe in February	5th of 50	17 °C
The warmest places in Europe in January	5th of 50	16 °C
The warmest places in Europe in March	5th of 50	19 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in April	5th of 50	17 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Jerez de la Frontera.

QuestionsCommon questions about Jerez de la Frontera’s climate

When is the best time to visit Jerez de la Frontera?

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

How hot does Jerez de la Frontera get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 80 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 6.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Jerez de la Frontera?

December, averaging 80 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 512 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 Jerez de la Frontera 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: 36.686°, -6.136° (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.