Marbella
Elevation 22 m36.51° N, 4.88° W
When to go?
Mean 13 °C, 9 rain days in the month (87 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 13 °C, 7 rain days in the month (63 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 15 °C, 9 rain days in the month (90 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 17 °C, 7 rain days in the month (51 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 19 °C, 5 rain days in the month (31 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 23 °C, 1 rain day in the month (6 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 25 °C, it hardly ever rains (2 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
Mean 26 °C, 1 rain day in the month (5 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
Mean 23 °C, 4 rain days in the month (31 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 20 °C, 7 rain days in the month (71 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 16 °C, 8 rain days in the month (93 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 14 °C, 9 rain days in the month (113 mm).
Nothing against it.
The best months are March–June, September–November. Avoid July–August (hot).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Temperatures brought to the town's elevation: +0.9 °C (cells at 156 m).
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Sea temperature: Alboran Sea
Monthly mean sea temperature: Alboran Sea (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: Alboran Sea (°C)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.8 °C; in the last ten years by +1.4 °C. Warmest year: 2023 (+2.1 °C), coldest: 1972 (−0.9 °C).
June and July warmed the most (+1.6 and +1.2 °C), February the least (+0.3 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 18 °C) begins 10 days earlier and ends 6 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.
The sea, then and now
≈no clear change of the sea compared with 1961–1990