Polop climate by month
What the weather is like
Polop 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 21°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 16° and lows of 7°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 15°.
About 672 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. September is the wettest month (80 mm, 10 wet days) and July the driest (7 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 8% in July to 32% in November.
The sea reaches about 26° 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, Polop is 1.6° cooler on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · August
- Coldest nights
- 7° · January
- Wettest month
- September
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 8% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 26° · August
- Longest day
- 14 h 51 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 29 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° | 16° | 18° | 20° | 24° | 29° | 31° | 31° | 28° | 24° | 19° | 16° |
| Average low | 7° | 7° | 9° | 11° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 21° | 19° | 15° | 10° | 8° |
| Precipitation | 65 mm | 64 mm | 52 mm | 56 mm | 60 mm | 23 mm | 7 mm | 17 mm | 80 mm | 94 mm | 82 mm | 72 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 6.8 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 3 | 1.4 | 4.5 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 7.4 |
| Cloud cover | 28% | 29% | 28% | 28% | 28% | 17% | 8% | 14% | 24% | 30% | 32% | 30% |
| Sea temperature | 15° | 14° | 14° | 16° | 18° | 22° | 25° | 26° | 25° | 22° | 19° | 16° |
| Daylight | 9h 46 | 10h 46 | 11h 54 | 13h 12 | 14h 16 | 14h 51 | 14h 37 | 13h 42 | 12h 28 | 11h 14 | 10h 06 | 9h 29 |
| Saharan dust haze | – | – | ● | ● | – | ● | ●● | ● | – | – | – | – |
| Month score | 72 | 75 | 82 | 83 | 85 | 78 | 70 | 63 | 65 | 80 | 78 | 74 |
Dust haze, monthly average 2015–2024: ● occasional, ●● frequent, ●●● very frequent