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Gibraltar Climate & Temperature

⛺ Gibraltar has a hot mediterranean/ dry-summer subtropical climate (Köppen-Geiger classification: Csa) that is mild with moderate seasonality. Summers are dry and hot due to the domination of subtropical high pressure systems while winters experience moderate temperatures and changeable, rainy weather due to the polar front. These climates usually occur on the western sides of continents between the latitudes of 30° and 45°. Vegetation is adapted to the dry summers and is fragrant and oily making it susceptible to fire. The typical Mediterranean climate average monthly temperatures in excess of 22.0 °C (71.6 °F) in its warmest month and an average in the coldest month between 18 to −3 °C (64 to 27 °F) with at least four months above 10 °C (50 °F). Seasonality is moderate (Köppen-Geiger classification: Csa).Mediterranean hot climate (Csa)

⛳ Gibraltar is situated in or near the subtropical dry forest biome.

🌡️ The annual average temperature is 18.4 degrees Celsius (65.2 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.

🐬 Average monthly temperatures vary by 12 °C (21.6°F). This indicates that the continentality type is oceanic, subtype truly oceanic.

☔ Total annual precipitation averages 767 mm (30.2 inches) which is equivalent to 767 Litres/m² (18.81 Gallons/ft²).

Gibraltar Climate Graph

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In the winter time records indicate temperatures by day reach 16.7°C (62°F) on average falling to 10.7°C (51.2°F) overnight.

In spring time temperatures climb reaching 20.3°C (68.6°F) generally in the afternoon with overnight lows of 13.3°C (56°F).

During summer average high temperatures are 27.3°C (81.2°F) and average low temperatures are 19.7°C (67.4°F).

Come autumn/ fall temperatures decrease achieving average highs of 22.7°C (72.8°F) during the day and lows of 16.7°C (62°F) generally shortly after sunrise.

✨ The longest day of the year is 14:27 long on the 22 of June and the shortest day is 9:32 long on the 21 of December.

🌞 On average there are 2850 hours of sunshine per year. Visit the sunshine and daylight section to check monthly details including how high in the sky the sun reaches each month.

🐇Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Gibraltar you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Topuni, New Zealand (Warm temperate dry forest biome).

🌍Gibraltar, Gibraltar is at 36°8'N, 5°21'W, 5 m (16 ft). Check the location on the map.

Gibraltar Climate Table

Average Max Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
16 (61) 17 (63) 18 (64) 20 (68) 23 (73) 25 (77) 28 (82) 29 (84) 26 (79) 23 (73) 19 (66) 17 (63) 22 (71)
Average Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
13 (55) 14 (57) 15 (59) 17 (62) 19 (66) 22 (71) 24 (75) 25 (77) 23 (73) 20 (68) 17 (62) 14 (57) 18 (65)
Average Min Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
10 (50) 11 (52) 12 (54) 13 (55) 15 (59) 18 (64) 20 (68) 21 (70) 19 (66) 17 (63) 14 (57) 11 (52) 15 (59)
Average Precipitation mm (in)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
152 (6) 98 (4) 106 (4) 59 (2) 25 (1) 4 (0) 1 (0) 3 (0) 23 (1) 55 (2) 114 (4) 127 (5) 767 (30)
Number of Wet Days (probability of rain on a day %)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
10 (32) 7 (25) 10 (32) 6 (20) 4 (13) 1 (3) 0.5 (2) 1 (3) 2 (7) 5 (16) 7 (23) 10 (32) 63.5 (17)
Average Sunlight Hours/ Day
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
5h 29' 5h 52' 6h 09' 8h 14' 9h 42' 11h 00' 11h 13' 10h 29' 8h 50' 6h 54' 4h 58' 4h 38' 7h 48'
Average Daylight Hours/ Day
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
9h 59' 10h 49' 11h 54' 13h 05' 14h 04' 14h 34' 14h 21' 13h 30' 12h 22' 11h 11' 10h 13' 9h 44' 12h 00'
Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
56 (44) 55 (45) 52 (48) 64 (36) 70 (30) 76 (24) 79 (21) 79 (21) 72 (28) 63 (37) 49 (51) 48 (52) 65 (35)
Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°).
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
34 43.3 54.1 65.8 74.1 77.3 74.2 65.9 54.4 43 33.8 30.4 54.1


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