The weather in Seville

 

Weather by en.tutiempo.net

Seville is characterized by a Mediterranean climate of the Csa type in the Köppen climate classification. Summers tend to be very dry and scorching in contrast to the rainy and mild winters. The heat of Seville is characteristic of Andalusia, with an average annual temperature that can reach almost 20ºC—the highest in continental Europe. This makes Seville the hottest provincial capital in Spain.

The scorching Sevillian summers are usually extremely dry, with an average temperature of 25ºC, though sometimes reaching up to 46ºC, with extreme heat from June to August.

Being such a hot city, Seville registers a very high average of almost 3,000 hours of sunshine per year. This translates into more than 150 sunny days.

Seville gets about 540 mm of annual precipitation. That is why it is considered a relatively dry city, with an average of 51 days of rain per year, concentrated during autumn/winter, from October to April. December is the driest month.

Winters are usually mild but humid, with a maximum of 10ºC and a minimum of about -5ºC. February is the coldest month of the year. Due to its topography and geographical location, frosts are rare, with a maximum of three recorded per year. In Seville, it does not usually snow. In fact, in 2010 a very light snowfall was recorded—the first in 56 years.