Climate guideThirty-year normals for Lorca
Lorca climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest Mar–Apr · Oct
Annual mean18°day and night
Seasonal swing17°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation263 mm45 wet days a year
37.67° N, 1.70° WElevation 339 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goLorca · weather score
Best timeMar–Apr · Oct
October: high / low25° / 13°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Lorca has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 34° and nights 20°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 16° and lows of 5°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 17°.
About 263 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (29 mm, 6 wet days) and July the driest (2 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 7% in July to 30% in November.
Compared with Madrid, the capital, Lorca is 0.1° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 34° · July
- Coldest nights
- 5° · January
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 7% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 45 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 35 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 | 16° | 17° | 19° | 22° | 26° | 31° | 34° | 34° | 29° | 25° | 19° | 16° |
| Average low | 5° | 5° | 7° | 10° | 13° | 17° | 20° | 20° | 17° | 13° | 8° | 5° |
| Precipitation | 24 mm | 25 mm | 25 mm | 25 mm | 26 mm | 15 mm | 2 mm | 8 mm | 29 mm | 34 mm | 29 mm | 21 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 3.9 |
| Cloud cover | 26% | 28% | 28% | 28% | 27% | 16% | 7% | 13% | 23% | 28% | 30% | 29% |
| Daylight | 9h 50 | 10h 48 | 11h 55 | 13h 09 | 14h 11 | 14h 45 | 14h 32 | 13h 38 | 12h 28 | 11h 16 | 10h 10 | 9h 35 |
| Saharan dust haze | – | – | ● | ● | – | ● | ●● | ●● | – | – | – | – |
| Month score | 79 | 85 | 90 | 88 | 87 | 72 | 62 | 60 | 72 | 88 | 86 | 82 |
Dust haze, monthly average 2015–2024: ● occasional, ●● frequent, ●●● very frequent
ivMonth by month
Lorca in every month
January79
16° / 5°
24 mm · 3.9 wet days
February85
17° / 5°
25 mm · 3.5 wet days
March90
19° / 7°
25 mm · 4.4 wet days
April88
22° / 10°
25 mm · 5.2 wet days
May87
26° / 13°
26 mm · 3.7 wet days
June72
31° / 17°
15 mm · 2.1 wet days
July62
34° / 20°
2 mm · 0.6 wet day
August60
34° / 20°
8 mm · 1.8 wet days
September72
29° / 17°
29 mm · 4.5 wet days
October88
25° / 13°
34 mm · 5.3 wet days
November86
19° / 8°
29 mm · 5.8 wet days
December82
16° / 5°
21 mm · 3.9 wet days