Climate guideThirty-year normals for Elche
Elche climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest Feb–Apr
Annual mean19°day and night
Seasonal swing15°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation274 mm57 wet days a year
38.26° N, 0.70° WElevation 96 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goElche · weather score
Best timeFeb–Apr
October: high / low26° / 15°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Elche has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 33° and nights 21°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 17° and lows of 6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 15°.
About 274 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (36 mm, 7 wet days) and July the driest (4 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 7% in July to 29% in November.
Compared with Madrid, the capital, Elche is 0.1° cooler on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 33° · August
- Coldest nights
- 6° · January
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 7% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 49 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 31 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 17° | 18° | 20° | 23° | 26° | 30° | 33° | 33° | 30° | 26° | 21° | 18° |
| Average low | 6° | 7° | 9° | 11° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 21° | 19° | 15° | 10° | 7° |
| Precipitation | 22 mm | 21 mm | 21 mm | 31 mm | 27 mm | 15 mm | 4 mm | 7 mm | 37 mm | 36 mm | 32 mm | 21 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 6.2 | 7 | 6.5 | 5.3 |
| Cloud cover | 26% | 26% | 27% | 27% | 26% | 15% | 7% | 12% | 21% | 27% | 29% | 28% |
| Daylight | 9h 47 | 10h 47 | 11h 55 | 13h 11 | 14h 14 | 14h 49 | 14h 35 | 13h 40 | 12h 28 | 11h 15 | 10h 07 | 9h 31 |
| Saharan dust haze | – | – | ● | ● | – | ● | ●● | ● | – | – | – | – |
| Month score | 84 | 90 | 87 | 86 | 84 | 72 | 65 | 60 | 65 | 80 | 85 | 86 |
Dust haze, monthly average 2015–2024: ● occasional, ●● frequent, ●●● very frequent
ivMonth by month
Elche in every month
January84
17° / 6°
22 mm · 4.8 wet days
February90
18° / 7°
21 mm · 4.4 wet days
March87
20° / 9°
21 mm · 5.5 wet days
April86
23° / 11°
31 mm · 6.1 wet days
May84
26° / 14°
27 mm · 4.8 wet days
June72
30° / 18°
15 mm · 2.5 wet days
July65
33° / 21°
4 mm · 0.8 wet day
August60
33° / 21°
7 mm · 2.8 wet days
September65
30° / 19°
37 mm · 6.2 wet days
October80
26° / 15°
36 mm · 7 wet days
November85
21° / 10°
32 mm · 6.5 wet days
December86
18° / 7°
21 mm · 5.3 wet days