Dénia climate by month
What the weather is like
Dénia has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 31° and nights 23°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 17° and lows of 8°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 15°.
About 770 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. September is the wettest month (105 mm, 10 wet days) and July the driest (7 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 8% in July to 30% in November.
The sea reaches about 26° in August. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Madrid, the capital, Dénia is 2.1° cooler on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · August
- Coldest nights
- 8° · January
- Wettest month
- September
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 8% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 26° · August
- Longest day
- 14 h 52 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 28 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 17° | 17° | 19° | 21° | 24° | 28° | 31° | 31° | 28° | 25° | 20° | 17° |
| Average low | 8° | 8° | 10° | 12° | 15° | 19° | 22° | 23° | 19° | 16° | 11° | 9° |
| Precipitation | 64 mm | 66 mm | 57 mm | 68 mm | 58 mm | 22 mm | 7 mm | 26 mm | 105 mm | 116 mm | 97 mm | 84 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 8.8 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 5.5 | 10.4 | 9.2 | 10.3 | 9.1 |
| Cloud cover | 27% | 27% | 26% | 27% | 28% | 16% | 8% | 13% | 22% | 28% | 30% | 29% |
| Sea temperature | 15° | 14° | 14° | 16° | 18° | 21° | 25° | 26° | 25° | 22° | 19° | 16° |
| Daylight | 9h 44 | 10h 45 | 11h 54 | 13h 12 | 14h 17 | 14h 52 | 14h 38 | 13h 42 | 12h 29 | 11h 14 | 10h 05 | 9h 28 |
| Saharan dust haze | – | – | ● | ● | – | ● | ● | ● | – | – | – | – |
| Month score | 72 | 76 | 79 | 82 | 85 | 81 | 72 | 62 | 63 | 78 | 76 | 75 |
Dust haze, monthly average 2015–2024: ● occasional, ●● frequent, ●●● very frequent