Theclimate of Gibraltar isMediterranean/Subtropical with mildwinters and warmsummers.Gibraltar has two mainprevailing winds, an easterly one known as theLevante coming from theSahara inAfrica which brings humid weather and warmer sea currents and the other asPoniente which is westerly and brings fresher air and colder sea. Its terrain consists of the 430-metre (1,411 ft)[1] highRock of Gibraltar and the narrow coastal lowland surrounding it. Rain occurs mainly in winter; the summers are generally dry.
Average morningrelative humidity: 82%, evening relative humidity: 64%.[2] Sunshine hours are up to 2,778 per year, from 150 in November (~5 hours of sunshine per day) to 341 in July (~11 hours of sunshine per day).[3]
Its average annual temperature is 18.8 °C (65.8 °F): 21.7 °C (71.1 °F) during the day and 15.8 °C (60.4 °F) at night. In the coldest month - January - the typical temperature ranges from 11–18 °C (52–64 °F) during the day and 9–14 °C (48–57 °F) at night (sometimes above and below these temperatures). The average sea temperature is 15–16 °C (59–61 °F). In the warmest month - August - the typical temperature ranges from 25–31 °C (77–88 °F) during the day, and averages 21.2 °C (70.2 °F) at night, and the average sea temperature is 22 °C (72 °F). The average number of days above 21 °C (70 °F) is 181, average number of days above 32 °C (90 °F) is 5-6 (2 in July, 3 in August). The highest temperature ever recorded was 40.6 °C (105.1 °F) on 5 July 1994 while the lowest temperature ever recorded was 0.0 °C (32.0 °F) on 13 January 1978.[4]
| Climate data forGibraltar International Airport (GIB)weather station (ICAO indicator[a]:LXGB,WMO identifier[b]:08495), 5mamsl[c], 1991−2020 normals (except dewpoints and humidity), 1985-2015 dewpoints and humidity, extremes 1958−present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 24.0 (75.2) | 24.1 (75.4) | 30.3 (86.5) | 32.0 (89.6) | 33.2 (91.8) | 38.0 (100.4) | 40.6 (105.1) | 40.2 (104.4) | 34.5 (94.1) | 33.7 (92.7) | 29.6 (85.3) | 25.0 (77.0) | 40.6 (105.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 16.3 (61.3) | 16.7 (62.1) | 18.3 (64.9) | 20.0 (68.0) | 22.6 (72.7) | 25.6 (78.1) | 28.1 (82.6) | 28.4 (83.1) | 25.9 (78.6) | 22.5 (72.5) | 19.1 (66.4) | 17.0 (62.6) | 21.7 (71.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.8 (56.8) | 14.2 (57.6) | 15.6 (60.1) | 17.0 (62.6) | 19.3 (66.7) | 22.1 (71.8) | 24.3 (75.7) | 24.8 (76.6) | 22.8 (73.0) | 19.9 (67.8) | 16.6 (61.9) | 14.7 (58.5) | 18.8 (65.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11.2 (52.2) | 11.5 (52.7) | 12.7 (54.9) | 13.9 (57.0) | 16.0 (60.8) | 18.5 (65.3) | 20.5 (68.9) | 21.2 (70.2) | 19.7 (67.5) | 17.3 (63.1) | 14.1 (57.4) | 12.4 (54.3) | 15.8 (60.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0.0 (32.0) | 0.6 (33.1) | 2.0 (35.6) | 0.0 (32.0) | 9.0 (48.2) | 9.0 (48.2) | 14.4 (57.9) | 13.9 (57.0) | 12.3 (54.1) | 9.0 (48.2) | 5.7 (42.3) | 0.8 (33.4) | 0.0 (32.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 97.5 (3.84) | 93.6 (3.69) | 83.4 (3.28) | 68.8 (2.71) | 26.9 (1.06) | 8.5 (0.33) | 0.7 (0.03) | 1.1 (0.04) | 25.6 (1.01) | 84.9 (3.34) | 99.1 (3.90) | 150.7 (5.93) | 740.8 (29.16) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.20 | 6.36 | 6.64 | 6.51 | 3.74 | 0.94 | 0.23 | 0.20 | 2.66 | 6.25 | 7.34 | 7.94 | 56.01 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 75 | 75 | 74 | 72 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 76 | 79 | 77 | 77 | 74 |
| Averagedew point °C (°F) | 9 (48) | 9 (48) | 11 (52) | 11 (52) | 13 (55) | 16 (61) | 18 (64) | 19 (66) | 18 (64) | 16 (61) | 12 (54) | 11 (52) | 14 (56) |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 147 | 143 | 204 | 233 | 289 | 319 | 326 | 309 | 240 | 197 | 135 | 134 | 2,676 |
| Source 1:Deutscher Wetterdienst (February, July and August record lows only)[5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2:Meteoclimat (normals except dewpoints and humidity)[6] Source 3:Meteoclimat (records except February, July and August record lows)[7] Source 4:Time and Date (dewpoints and humidity)[8] | |||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
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| 16.3 °C (61.3 °F) | 15.8 °C (60.4 °F) | 15.7 °C (60.3 °F) | 16.9 °C (62.4 °F) | 18.5 °C (65.3 °F) | 21.0 °C (69.8 °F) | 22.8 °C (73.0 °F) | 23.3 °C (73.9 °F) | 21.8 °C (71.2 °F) | 20.5 °C (68.9 °F) | 18.3 °C (64.9 °F) | 16.8 °C (62.2 °F) | 19.0 °C (66.2 °F) |
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