Weather on the Costa del Sol

Spain is in the south west of Europe and covers over half a million sq km, the vast majority of which are in the Iberian Peninsula. The Costa del Sol is located in the far south of Spain in the Andalucia region and benefits from a dry Mediterranean climate with hot summers and mild winters.

The weather inland from the coast is more extreme, being hotter in the summer and colder in the winter. In the Sierra Nevada mountains snow is found almost all year round above 3000m.

Rainfall is highest in the winter months but there is little rain between June and September. Western Andalucia is wetter than Eastern Andalucia thanks to the prevailing winds from the Atlantic Ocean.

The villa accommodation is in Malaga province in Western Andalucia 5-10 minutes drive from La Cala beach as shown below.

Daily sunshine hours in Malaga (the nearest weather station to the apartment) range from an average of 5 hours in the winter to as many as 11 hours in the summer.

With over 320 sunny days a year you can see why they call this part of Spain the Costa del Sol!

Water temperature in the Mediterranean along most of the Costa del Sol is typically around a pleasant 68F/ 20C from July to October and around 59F/15C from December to April.

Average Day Time Temperature in Malaga / UK

The chart above compares day time temperatures in Malaga with those in the UK. As you can see the Costa del Sol is warmer than the UK all year round with average temperatures from June to September between 78F/ 23C and 86F/28C.