Climate guideThirty-year normals for Murcia
Murcia climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest Feb–Apr
Annual mean19°day and night
Seasonal swing17°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation270 mm57 wet days a year
37.99° N, 1.13° WElevation 53 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
When to goMurcia · weather score
Best timeFeb–Apr
October: high / low27° / 14°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Murcia has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 35° and nights 21°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 17° and lows of 5°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 17°.
About 270 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (31 mm, 8 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, Murcia is 1° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 35° · July
- Coldest nights
- 5° · January
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 7% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 47 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 33 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° | 19° | 21° | 24° | 28° | 32° | 35° | 35° | 31° | 27° | 21° | 18° |
| Average low | 5° | 6° | 8° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 21° | 18° | 14° | 9° | 6° |
| Precipitation | 24 mm | 26 mm | 25 mm | 27 mm | 25 mm | 14 mm | 2 mm | 8 mm | 30 mm | 34 mm | 31 mm | 24 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 4 | 2 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 5.5 |
| Cloud cover | 26% | 27% | 27% | 27% | 26% | 15% | 7% | 12% | 22% | 28% | 30% | 28% |
| Daylight | 9h 49 | 10h 48 | 11h 55 | 13h 10 | 14h 13 | 14h 47 | 14h 33 | 13h 39 | 12h 28 | 11h 15 | 10h 08 | 9h 33 |
| Saharan dust haze | – | – | ● | ● | – | ● | ● | ● | – | – | – | – |
| Month score | 84 | 89 | 87 | 86 | 80 | 67 | 58 | 53 | 61 | 76 | 82 | 84 |
Dust haze, monthly average 2015–2024: ● occasional, ●● frequent, ●●● very frequent
ivMonth by month
Murcia in every month
January84
17° / 5°
24 mm · 5.1 wet days
February89
19° / 6°
26 mm · 4.5 wet days
March87
21° / 8°
25 mm · 5.4 wet days
April86
24° / 10°
27 mm · 5.9 wet days
May80
28° / 14°
25 mm · 4 wet days
June67
32° / 18°
14 mm · 2 wet days
July58
35° / 21°
2 mm · 0.8 wet day
August53
35° / 21°
8 mm · 2.8 wet days
September61
31° / 18°
30 mm · 6.3 wet days
October76
27° / 14°
34 mm · 7.3 wet days
November82
21° / 9°
31 mm · 7.7 wet days
December84
18° / 6°
24 mm · 5.5 wet days