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Climate in Almeria


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Almería has a subtropical Semi-arid climate of "Syrian" type (and even arid climate in Köppen climate classification BWh) (see Georges Viers, Éléments de climatologie, Paris, Nathan, 1990). The "Syrian" type is the semi-arid and subtropical degradation of theMediterranean climate. This means that a) the dry season occurs during the hot season (= 6 hottest months of the year) as in the Mediterranean climate, and b) the climate is subtropical because a) the mean annual temperature of 18.7 °C (65.7 °F), is superior or equal to 18°C, and b) the mean monthly temperature of the coldest month (12, 5°C) is below 18°C.

The only area in Europe with this climate is the coastline around Almeria, from approximately Almerimar to the west, to Carboneras to the east. Beyond this very small area (for instance in the lowlands of the Tabernas desert) the climate is still semi-arid but temperate (mean annual temperature below 18°C) and therefore not subtropical anymore.

Almería has hot summers and warm winters; it has one of the sunniest, warmest and driest climates in Europe. It experiences the warmest winters of any European city with a population over 100,000, and hot and dry summers with no precipitation between June and September.

Almería enjoys about 3000 hours of sunshine annually with over 320 sunny days a year on average (6 hours of sunshine in January and 12 in July). The city has an average of only 26 days with precipitation annually.

During the winter, daily maximum temperatures tend to stay around 18 °C (64 °F). At night, the temperature rarely drops below 8 °C (46 °F). Precipitation even during the wettest months is rare, this falls in short showers or thunderstorms.

During the warmest months - July and August, the sky is clear and sunny and no rainfall occurs. The typical daily temperatures are around 33 °C (91 °F) during the heat of the day. However, this is often influenced by the Levante wind, a hot dry easterly
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