Málaga weather by month & the best time to visit
🇪🇸 Spain · coastal city break · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Málaga is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with July and August close behind. Málaga averages about 3,106 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 3 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,106
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 97/100
- Rain / year
- 506 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 27°C / 81°F
- Population
- 592k
- Elevation
- 11 m
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When is the best time to visit Málaga?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Málaga is June, then July and August. The dullest month is December (56/100, 71 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Málaga?
Málaga is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,106 hours of sunshine a year. June (97/100) is noticeably better than December (56). It ranks #8 of 40 destinations in Spain for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,914 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around November, carries about 42% of the annual 506 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58 | 16° / 61°F | 12° / 54°F | 56 mm | 2 | 15° / 59°F |
| February | 58 | 16° / 61°F | 12° / 54°F | 57 mm | 3 | 16° / 61°F |
| March | 64 | 17° / 63°F | 13° / 55°F | 69 mm | 5 | 16° / 61°F |
| April | 81 | 19° / 66°F | 15° / 59°F | 51 mm | 6 | 17° / 63°F |
| May | 93 | 21° / 70°F | 17° / 63°F | 24 mm | 8 | 18° / 64°F |
| June | 97 | 25° / 77°F | 20° / 68°F | 3 mm | 9 | 21° / 70°F |
| July | 97 | 27° / 81°F | 22° / 72°F | 1 mm | 9 | 23° / 73°F |
| August | 97 | 28° / 82°F | 23° / 73°F | 3 mm | 8 | 27° / 81°F |
| September | 92 | 25° / 77°F | 21° / 70°F | 29 mm | 6 | 24° / 75°F |
| October | 86 | 22° / 72°F | 19° / 66°F | 60 mm | 4 | 20° / 68°F |
| November | 69 | 18° / 64°F | 15° / 59°F | 82 mm | 3 | 20° / 68°F |
| December | 56 | 16° / 61°F | 13° / 55°F | 71 mm | 2 | 18° / 64°F |
Sea temperature in Málaga by month
The sea off Málaga is warmest in August at around 27°C / 81°F, and coolest in January at 15°C / 59°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 4 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
- Granada Spain · 86 km · best in Jun · 3,197 h sun/yr
- Gibraltar Gibraltar · 96 km · best in Jun · 3,134 h sun/yr
- Jerez de la Frontera Spain · 139 km · best in Jun · 3,263 h sun/yr
- Tétouan Morocco · 141 km · best in Jun · 3,005 h sun/yr
- Seville Spain · 149 km · best in May · 3,167 h sun/yr
- Tangier Morocco · 165 km · best in Jun · 3,005 h sun/yr
Head-to-head
How Málaga compares month by month: Málaga vs Seville · Málaga vs Tétouan · Málaga vs Granada · Málaga vs Tenerife · all comparisons
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