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Mojácar climate by month
What the weather is like
Mojácar 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 30° and nights 23°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 16° and lows of 8°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 14°.
About 315 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (42 mm, 7 wet days) and July the driest (2 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 7% in July to 29% in November.
The sea reaches about 25° 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, Mojácar is 3.1° cooler on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · August
- Coldest nights
- 8° · January
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 7% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 25° · August
- Longest day
- 14 h 42 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 38 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 | 16° | 17° | 18° | 20° | 23° | 27° | 30° | 30° | 27° | 25° | 20° | 17° |
| Average low | 8° | 8° | 10° | 12° | 15° | 19° | 22° | 23° | 20° | 16° | 12° | 9° |
| Precipitation | 36 mm | 36 mm | 29 mm | 27 mm | 24 mm | 9 mm | 2 mm | 6 mm | 30 mm | 43 mm | 42 mm | 31 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 4.8 |
| Cloud cover | 26% | 28% | 27% | 26% | 25% | 14% | 7% | 11% | 21% | 27% | 29% | 29% |
| Sea temperature | 15° | 15° | 15° | 16° | 18° | 21° | 24° | 25° | 24° | 21° | 19° | 16° |
| Daylight | 9h 53 | 10h 50 | 11h 55 | 13h 08 | 14h 09 | 14h 42 | 14h 29 | 13h 37 | 12h 27 | 11h 17 | 10h 12 | 9h 38 |
| Saharan dust haze | – | – | ● | ● | – | ● | ●● | ●● | – | – | – | – |
| Month score | 80 | 83 | 88 | 88 | 92 | 89 | 80 | 74 | 80 | 87 | 84 | 84 |
Dust haze, monthly average 2015–2024: ● occasional, ●● frequent, ●●● very frequent