Melilla weather by month & the best time to visit
🇪🇸 Spain · beach resort · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Melilla is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with July and August close behind. Melilla averages about 2,944 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 5 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,944
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 96/100
- Rain / year
- 451 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 26°C / 79°F
- Population
- 86k
- Elevation
- 46 m
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When is the best time to visit Melilla?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Melilla is June, then July and August. The dullest month is January (50/100, 55 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Melilla?
Melilla gets a lot of sun: around 2,944 hours a year. 46 Sunshine Score points separate June (96) from January (50), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #18 of 40 destinations in Spain for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,914 hours. The year's 451 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 | 50 | 15° / 59°F | 13° / 55°F | 55 mm | 2 | 17° / 63°F |
| February | 51 | 15° / 59°F | 13° / 55°F | 50 mm | 3 | 17° / 63°F |
| March | 58 | 16° / 61°F | 14° / 57°F | 51 mm | 5 | 17° / 63°F |
| April | 66 | 17° / 63°F | 15° / 59°F | 45 mm | 6 | 18° / 64°F |
| May | 91 | 20° / 68°F | 17° / 63°F | 27 mm | 8 | 19° / 66°F |
| June | 96 | 22° / 72°F | 20° / 68°F | 5 mm | 9 | 21° / 70°F |
| July | 96 | 25° / 77°F | 22° / 72°F | 2 mm | 9 | 24° / 75°F |
| August | 95 | 26° / 79°F | 23° / 73°F | 8 mm | 8 | 26° / 79°F |
| September | 91 | 24° / 75°F | 22° / 72°F | 28 mm | 7 | 24° / 75°F |
| October | 86 | 22° / 72°F | 20° / 68°F | 58 mm | 5 | 21° / 70°F |
| November | 70 | 18° / 64°F | 16° / 61°F | 71 mm | 3 | 19° / 66°F |
| December | 58 | 16° / 61°F | 14° / 57°F | 51 mm | 2 | 18° / 64°F |
Sea temperature in Melilla by month
The sea off Melilla is warmest in August at around 26°C / 79°F, and coolest in January at 17°C / 63°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
- Nador Morocco · 33 km · best in Jun · 3,343 h sun/yr
- Oujda Morocco · 108 km · best in Jul · 3,356 h sun/yr
- Almería Spain · 182 km · best in Jun · 3,132 h sun/yr
- Málaga Spain · 208 km · best in Jun · 3,106 h sun/yr
- Oran Algeria · 215 km · best in Jun · 3,094 h sun/yr
- Tétouan Morocco · 217 km · best in Jun · 3,005 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Tlemcen Algeria · 140 km · 3,012 h sun/yr · best in Jun
Head-to-head
How Melilla compares month by month: Melilla vs Oran · Melilla vs Oujda · Melilla vs Almería · Melilla vs Nador · all comparisons
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