Severe-weather warnings in Tarifa
Today: no warnings. Tomorrow: no warnings. Today's warnings in Cádiz, with hours and thresholds
In 2025, Tarifa had 56 warning days from AEMET: 47 yellow and 9 orange. Mostly rain and storms. Spain's median was 64 days.
Year by year
| Year | Warning days | Yellow | Orange | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 47 | 42 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 56 | 47 | 9 | 0 |
| 2024 | 51 | 45 | 6 | 0 |
| 2023 | 49 | 42 | 7 | 0 |
| 2022 | 49 | 40 | 9 | 0 |
| 2021 | 46 | 40 | 6 | 0 |
| 2020 | 51 | 49 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 38 | 34 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018* | 24 | 20 | 4 | 0 |
A day with several warnings counts once, at its highest level. 2018: from 18 Jun 2018. 2026: up to 26 Oct 2026.
Which warnings, since 2018
- Wind: 248 days
- Rain: 177 days
- Storms: 98 days
- Heat: 9 days
Episodes that hit the Estrecho zone
- Wind and rain in Andalucía, 4–7 February 2026 · here: red warning, 2 days at orange or red
- Storm Filomena: cold and snow across much of Spain, 6–15 January 2021 · here: orange warning, 3 days at orange or red
- Valencia DANA: rain in Comunitat Valenciana, Andalucía and elsewhere, 26 October – 4 November 2024 · here: orange warning, 3 days at orange or red
Questions about warnings in Tarifa
How many days a year does Tarifa have a weather warning?
On average, 49 days a year with an AEMET warning from 2019 to 2025, 6.1 of them orange or red. Spain's median zone has 54.
Is Tarifa one of the places in Spain with the most warnings?
It sits mid-table. Its warning zone, Estrecho, ranks 113th of Spain's 180 warning zones by warning days a year (2019–2025; 1st has the most). Each zone has its own thresholds: this measures how often AEMET warns, not the climate or the risk to a home.
Which kind of bad weather brings the most warnings to Tarifa?
Wind: 29 days a year on average (2019–2025). Then rain (20) and storms (12).
Which month has the most warnings in Tarifa?
March, with 8.3 warning days on average (2019–2025). The calmest month is June, with 1.9.
Has Tarifa ever had a red warning?
Yes: one day, 4 February 2026, for rain.
Why does Tarifa get the same warnings as Algeciras?
Because AEMET doesn't warn by town but by zone. Tarifa, Algeciras and 5 other towns are in the Estrecho zone (Cádiz) and get exactly the same warnings.
Other towns in the Estrecho zone
Warnings are issued by zone: these towns share the same warnings.
Nearby, in other zones
- Ceuta · 30 days in 2025
- Barbate · 64 days in 2025
- Vejer de la Frontera · 64 days in 2025
- Conil de la Frontera · 64 days in 2025
- Medina Sidonia · 83 days in 2025
- Estepona · 48 days in 2025
- Chiclana de la Frontera · 64 days in 2025
- San Fernando · 64 days in 2025
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Bad-weather guides
The nearest guide is Cádiz's, 84 km away. It is in a different warning zone, so its warnings are not the same.
- EuroVelo 8 weather, stage by stage
- Bad weather in Cádiz: warnings by month
- Cádiz vs Málaga
- Spain in October: where the bad weather is, and where it isn't
- Spain in November: where the bad weather is, and where it isn't
See on the map All towns in Cádiz
A warning is not damage; a zone is not a building. Data © AEMET.
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