Malaga weather by month
Malaga weather by month runs from 17 °C by day in January to 32 °C in August, with 0 mm of rain in July and a sea that never passes 23 °C.
Malaga and the Costa del Sol in November, daytime high
20 °C
| Night low | 11 °C |
| Sea surface | 17 °C |
| Rain in the month | 77 mm |
| Days with 1 mm or more | 5 days |
| Daylight | 10 h 12 min |
| October, daytime high | 24 °C |
| December, daytime high | 18 °C |
Averages 1991 to 2020 at Malaga airport. A typical month, not a forecast. Method.
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Malaga sits on the Costa del Sol, sheltered to the north by the mountains of the Serranía, and that shelter gives it the mildest winters of any large city on the Spanish mainland. The figures here come from Malaga airport, a few kilometres inland from the beach, averaged over 1991 to 2020. In January the afternoon reaches 17 °C and the night falls to 8 °C, cool enough for a jacket after dark. Spring warms steadily, 22 °C in April and 25 °C in May. July and August are hot and almost rainless, at 31 °C and 32 °C. The surprise for many visitors is the water: the Alboran Sea is fed by Atlantic water flowing in through the Strait of Gibraltar, so it peaks at only 23 °C in August, two or three degrees below the Balearics. The wet season is late autumn and winter, with 77 mm in November and 88 mm in December.
Malaga weather by month: the full year
| Month | Daytime high | Night low | Sea | Rain | Wet days | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17 °C | 8 °C | 15 °C | 62 mm | 5 days | 9 h 54 min |
| February | 18 °C | 8 °C | 15 °C | 57 mm | 5 days | 10 h 48 min |
| March | 20 °C | 10 °C | 15 °C | 66 mm | 5 days | 11 h 54 min |
| April | 22 °C | 12 °C | 16 °C | 41 mm | 4 days | 13 h 06 min |
| May | 25 °C | 15 °C | 18 °C | 23 mm | 3 days | 14 h 06 min |
| June | 29 °C | 19 °C | 20 °C | 4 mm | 1 day | 14 h 42 min |
| July | 31 °C | 21 °C | 22 °C | 0 mm | 0 days | 14 h 24 min |
| August | 32 °C | 22 °C | 23 °C | 3 mm | 0 days | 13 h 36 min |
| September | 28 °C | 19 °C | 22 °C | 25 mm | 2 days | 12 h 24 min |
| October | 24 °C | 16 °C | 20 °C | 61 mm | 5 days | 11 h 12 min |
| November | 20 °C | 11 °C | 17 °C | 77 mm | 5 days | 10 h 12 min |
| December | 18 °C | 9 °C | 16 °C | 88 mm | 6 days | 9 h 42 min |
A winter break on the Costa del Sol
From December to February the coast averages 18 °C, 17 °C and 18 °C by day. That is not beach weather, but it is the warmest you will find on mainland Europe at that time of year, and rain comes on about 5 days in January. Compared with Tenerife, which averages 22 °C in January, Malaga is about five degrees cooler by day and its nights are noticeably colder, but the flight is shorter and the towns of Andalusia are within reach.
Summer heat and the sea that stays cool
A daytime high of 25 °C or more lasts from May to September. The sea reaches 22 °C only in July to September, so the best swimming weeks are the second half of summer. The Costa del Sol rarely sees rain from June to August: 1 day in June, 0 days in July. For a hotter sea on a Spanish holiday, the Balearics warm up more; for a quieter coast with the same climate, Benidorm on the Costa Blanca is close behind.