Alicante weather by month & the best time to visit
🇪🇸 Spain · beach resort · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Alicante is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with May and April close behind. Alicante averages about 2,939 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 12 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,939
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 94/100
- Rain / year
- 330 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 29°C / 84°F
- Population
- 349k
- Elevation
- 26 m
When is the best time to visit Alicante?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Alicante is June, then May and April. The dullest month is January (60/100, 31 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Alicante?
Alicante gets a lot of sun: around 2,939 hours a year. June (94/100) is noticeably better than January (60). It ranks #19 of 40 destinations in Spain for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,914 hours. The year's 330 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60 | 16° / 61°F | 6° / 43°F | 31 mm | 2 | 14° / 57°F |
| February | 62 | 16° / 61°F | 7° / 45°F | 19 mm | 3 | 15° / 59°F |
| March | 82 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 35 mm | 4 | 16° / 61°F |
| April | 90 | 22° / 72°F | 12° / 54°F | 37 mm | 6 | 17° / 63°F |
| May | 92 | 26° / 79°F | 15° / 59°F | 25 mm | 7 | 20° / 68°F |
| June | 94 | 31° / 88°F | 19° / 66°F | 12 mm | 8 | 25° / 77°F |
| July | 77 | 34° / 93°F | 22° / 72°F | 4 mm | 9 | 27° / 81°F |
| August | 75 | 34° / 93°F | 22° / 72°F | 15 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
| September | 89 | 29° / 84°F | 20° / 68°F | 42 mm | 6 | 26° / 79°F |
| October | 90 | 25° / 77°F | 16° / 61°F | 36 mm | 4 | 23° / 73°F |
| November | 81 | 19° / 66°F | 11° / 52°F | 41 mm | 2 | 20° / 68°F |
| December | 60 | 16° / 61°F | 8° / 46°F | 33 mm | 2 | 16° / 61°F |
Sea temperature in Alicante by month
The sea off Alicante is warmest in August at around 29°C / 84°F, and coolest in January at 14°C / 57°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 5 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Murcia Spain · 73 km · best in Jun · 3,093 h sun/yr
- Valencia Spain · 134 km · best in Jun · 2,894 h sun/yr
- Ibiza (Eivissa) Spain · 180 km · best in Jul · 2,950 h sun/yr
- Castellón de la Plana Spain · 222 km · best in Jul · 2,816 h sun/yr
- Almería Spain · 226 km · best in Jun · 3,132 h sun/yr
- Oran Algeria · 296 km · best in Jun · 3,094 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Chlef Algeria · 285 km · 2,897 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Alicante compares month by month: Alicante vs Valencia · Alicante vs Murcia · Alicante vs Ibiza (Eivissa) · all comparisons
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