Majorca weather by month
Majorca weather by month has a real winter and a real summer: 16 °C by day in January, 30 °C in July, and a sea from 14 °C to 26 °C.
Majorca in November, daytime high
20 °C
| Night low | 12 °C |
| Sea surface | 19 °C |
| Rain in the month | 69 mm |
| Days with 1 mm or more | 7 days |
| Daylight | 9 h 54 min |
| October, daytime high | 24 °C |
| December, daytime high | 17 °C |
Averages 1991 to 2020 at Palma de Mallorca. A typical month, not a forecast. Method.
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Majorca, or Mallorca, has a Mediterranean climate in the textbook sense: hot, dry summers and mild, wetter winters. Our figures come from the station in Palma, on the bay, averaged over the thirty years from 1991 to 2020. The warm season is shorter than many visitors expect. The daytime high passes 23 °C in May, reaches 30 °C in July and August, and drops back below 20 °C in November. The sea lags behind the air by about a month: 18 °C in May, 26 °C in August, still 22 °C in October. Rain is low in summer, 5 mm in July, but autumn is the wettest time of year, with 73 mm in October, often in short, heavy storms rather than steady rain. That makes late September and October a trade-off between a warm sea and the risk of a wet day.
Majorca weather by month, 1991 to 2020
| Month | Daytime high | Night low | Sea | Rain | Wet days | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16 °C | 9 °C | 15 °C | 44 mm | 6 days | 9 h 42 min |
| February | 16 °C | 8 °C | 14 °C | 37 mm | 6 days | 10 h 42 min |
| March | 18 °C | 10 °C | 14 °C | 30 mm | 5 days | 11 h 48 min |
| April | 20 °C | 12 °C | 16 °C | 38 mm | 5 days | 13 h 12 min |
| May | 23 °C | 16 °C | 18 °C | 32 mm | 3 days | 14 h 18 min |
| June | 27 °C | 19 °C | 22 °C | 14 mm | 2 days | 14 h 54 min |
| July | 30 °C | 22 °C | 25 °C | 5 mm | 1 day | 14 h 42 min |
| August | 30 °C | 23 °C | 26 °C | 22 mm | 2 days | 13 h 42 min |
| September | 27 °C | 20 °C | 25 °C | 63 mm | 5 days | 12 h 24 min |
| October | 24 °C | 17 °C | 22 °C | 73 mm | 6 days | 11 h 06 min |
| November | 20 °C | 12 °C | 19 °C | 69 mm | 7 days | 9 h 54 min |
| December | 17 °C | 10 °C | 17 °C | 49 mm | 6 days | 9 h 24 min |
The autumn storms
The western Mediterranean is warmest in late summer, and when the first cold air of autumn passes over that warm water it can set off violent thunderstorms. Spanish forecasters call the pattern a DANA, a cut-off low. In Palma the result shows clearly in the averages: 63 mm in September and 73 mm in October, against 5 mm in July. The number of wet days rises less sharply, 6 days in October, because much of the rain comes in a few downpours. A week in October is usually fine; it is the odd day that is lost.
Best time to visit Majorca
Daytime high of 24 °C or more: June to October. Add a sea of at least 22 °C: June to October. For walking in the Tramuntana mountains, spring and late autumn suit better, with 20 °C by day in April and 20 °C in November. The island is cool in winter, 16 °C in January, so for winter sun look south to the Canaries. Ibiza is almost identical; Benidorm on the mainland is a little warmer in spring.