La Rambla, Córdoba
City in Andalusia, Spain
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La Rambla is a municipality in the province of Córdoba, Spain.
La Rambla | |
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  La Rambla Location of La Rambla in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 37°36′N 4°44′W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Andalusia |
| Province | Córdoba |
| Area | |
• Total | 138 km2 (53 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 358 m (1,175 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 7,412 |
| • Density | 53.7/km2 (139/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | www.larambla.es |
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Climate
La Rambla has a hot summer mediterranean climate with very hot, dry summers and mild to cool wet winters. Due to its location in the Guadalquivir valley, summers are some of the hottest in Europe, with average mean maximum temperature exceeding 37 °C (99 °F), despite having relatively cool nightly temperatures.[2]
The lowest temperature ever recorded was −6.4 °C (20 °F) on 10 February 2012 and 13 February 2012. On August 14, 2021 La Rambla recorded 47.6 °C (118 °F), setting a new national-wide record for temperature high in Spain and the highest ever recorded in Continental Europe during the 21st century.[3]
| Climate data for La Rambla (2009-2025), extremes (2008-present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 24.8 (76.6) |
26.0 (78.8) |
31.8 (89.2) |
37.9 (100.2) |
38.8 (101.8) |
42.8 (109.0) |
46.8 (116.2) |
47.6 (117.7) |
44.9 (112.8) |
37.2 (99.0) |
29.3 (84.7) |
23.3 (73.9) |
47.6 (117.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.9 (58.8) |
17.0 (62.6) |
19.6 (67.3) |
23.0 (73.4) |
28.2 (82.8) |
33.2 (91.8) |
37.5 (99.5) |
37.6 (99.7) |
31.9 (89.4) |
26.9 (80.4) |
19.5 (67.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
25.4 (77.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) |
10.8 (51.4) |
12.9 (55.2) |
15.9 (60.6) |
19.8 (67.6) |
24.1 (75.4) |
27.7 (81.9) |
28.4 (83.1) |
24.1 (75.4) |
19.9 (67.8) |
13.7 (56.7) |
10.6 (51.1) |
18.1 (64.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.9 (39.0) |
4.6 (40.3) |
6.2 (43.2) |
8.7 (47.7) |
11.4 (52.5) |
15.0 (59.0) |
17.9 (64.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
16.3 (61.3) |
13.0 (55.4) |
8.0 (46.4) |
5.1 (41.2) |
10.8 (51.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.8 (23.4) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
0.9 (33.6) |
2.3 (36.1) |
8.3 (46.9) |
10.7 (51.3) |
12.5 (54.5) |
8.7 (47.7) |
1.1 (34.0) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 51.7 (2.04) |
56.3 (2.22) |
87.7 (3.45) |
53.1 (2.09) |
23.1 (0.91) |
5.8 (0.23) |
0.4 (0.02) |
5.0 (0.20) |
23.8 (0.94) |
61.2 (2.41) |
71.9 (2.83) |
69.8 (2.75) |
509.8 (20.09) |
| Source: Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET OpenData)[4] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
- Alfonso Cabello, a paralympic cyclist, was born here in 1993.[5]
- Alejandro Lerroux (4 March 1864 – Madrid, 25 June 1949) was a Spanish politician who was the leader of the Radical Republican Party during the Second Spanish Republic.
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