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Málaga climate by month
What the weather is like
Málaga 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 18° and lows of 9°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 13°.
About 530 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (49 mm, 9 wet days) and July the driest (1 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 7% in July to 33% in December.
The sea reaches about 23° 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, Málaga is 1.7° cooler on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · August
- Coldest nights
- 9° · January
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 7% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 23° · August
- Longest day
- 14 h 40 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 40 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 | 18° | 18° | 20° | 22° | 25° | 28° | 31° | 31° | 28° | 25° | 21° | 18° |
| Average low | 9° | 10° | 11° | 13° | 16° | 19° | 22° | 23° | 20° | 17° | 13° | 11° |
| Precipitation | 65 mm | 61 mm | 49 mm | 46 mm | 25 mm | 8 mm | 1 mm | 6 mm | 24 mm | 56 mm | 90 mm | 99 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 7.8 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 7.5 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 4.2 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 6.8 |
| Cloud cover | 29% | 30% | 29% | 26% | 23% | 13% | 7% | 10% | 19% | 27% | 31% | 33% |
| Sea temperature | 15° | 15° | 15° | 16° | 18° | 20° | 22° | 23° | 22° | 20° | 17° | 16° |
| Daylight | 9h 55 | 10h 51 | 11h 55 | 13h 07 | 14h 07 | 14h 40 | 14h 26 | 13h 35 | 12h 27 | 11h 17 | 10h 14 | 9h 40 |
| Saharan dust haze | – | – | ● | – | – | ● | ● | ● | – | – | – | – |
| Month score | 80 | 82 | 79 | 82 | 88 | 84 | 76 | 72 | 76 | 82 | 81 | 83 |
Dust haze, monthly average 2015–2024: ● occasional, ●● frequent, ●●● very frequent