Climate
Jerez de la Frontera and rest of Cadiz metropolitan area has Subtropical-Mediterranean climate with oceanic influences, characterized by very mild and wet winters and long warm to hot and dry summers. The average annual temperature is 24 °C (75 °F) during the day and 12 °C (54 °F) at night. The average annual precipitation are 598 mm per year, concentrated in the months of October through April. December is the wettest month with 109 mm. There are 54 rainy days per year, 137 clear days and 2,966 hours of sunshine a year.
| Climate data for Jerez de la Frontera (Jerez Airport on the outskirts of the city) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 15.9 (60.6) |
17.5 (63.5) |
20.2 (68.4) |
21.5 (70.7) |
24.6 (76.3) |
28.8 (83.8) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.1 (91.6) |
30.2 (86.4) |
25.0 (77.0) |
20.1 (68.2) |
16.8 (62.2) |
23.9 (75.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.7 (51.3) |
12.0 (53.6) |
14.0 (57.2) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.4 (65.1) |
22.0 (71.6) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.7 (78.3) |
23.5 (74.3) |
19.1 (66.4) |
14.7 (58.5) |
11.9 (53.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 5.4 (41.7) |
6.6 (43.9) |
7.7 (45.9) |
9.4 (48.9) |
12.1 (53.8) |
15.3 (59.5) |
18.0 (64.4) |
18.4 (65.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
13.3 (55.9) |
9.2 (48.6) |
7.1 (44.8) |
11.6 (52.9) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 89 (3.5) |
60 (2.36) |
42 (1.65) |
54 (2.13) |
37 (1.46) |
13 (0.51) |
2 (0.08) |
6 (0.24) |
22 (0.87) |
67 (2.64) |
86 (3.39) |
109 (4.29) |
598 (23.54) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 54 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 181 | 181 | 233 | 243 | 297 | 310 | 353 | 337 | 258 | 228 | 187 | 162 | 2,966 |
| Source: Agencia Estatal de Meteorología | |||||||||||||
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