What the averages say
The mean annual temperature is 18.4 °C. The warmest month is August, averaging 24.2 °C with highs around 27.1 °C; the coldest is January, averaging 13.6 °C with lows of 10.1 °C. The 17 degrees between the mean high of August and the mean low of January are the real measure of how continental this climate is.
Heat, cold and extremes
On average, 4 days a year reach 30 °C or more and 0 bring frost. Neither heat nor cold dominates the year. The highest reading in the series is 40.3 °C, set in August, and the lowest 1.3 °C, in January.
Rain, sun and wind
542 mm fall each year over 61 days with measurable rain, an amount all but absent in summer: November is the wettest month with 93 mm and July the driest with 0 mm. The sky is clear on — days a year. Mean wind speed is around 0 km/h and mean annual relative humidity 0 %.
Month by month
AEMET climate normals 1991-2020. Marbella, Puerto observatory, 6.9 km from the centre at 2 m above sea level.| Monthly mean | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Mean temperature | 13.6 | 13.8 | 15.0 | 16.6 | 18.9 | 21.6 | 23.7 | 24.2 | 22.6 | 19.9 | 16.5 | 14.5 |
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| Mean high | 17.1 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 21.9 | 24.6 | 26.7 | 27.1 | 25.2 | 22.7 | 19.6 | 17.7 |
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| Mean low | 10.1 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.7 | 15.9 | 18.5 | 20.7 | 21.4 | 19.9 | 17.0 | 13.3 | 11.3 |
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| Rainfall (mm) | 47 | 61 | 82 | 48 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 77 | 93 | 92 |
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| Rain days | 6.3 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 6.8 |
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| Days ≥ 30 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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| Frost days | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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Where this data comes from
These are the 1991-2020 climate normals published by AEMET, the Spanish state meteorological agency, for the Marbella, Puerto observatory — the nearest official station with a complete series to Marbella today. A normal is not a forecast: it describes a thirty-year average, and any given day can depart from it widely. For tomorrow, use the forecast at the top of this page.