Alicante climate

Name: Alicante
Address: ES

Alicante is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.9 °C. September is the wettest month (47 mm) and July the driest (5.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Alicante averages 384 mm of rain, 122 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Spain · population 348,901 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 30 °C
Coldest month January 7.9 °C
Driest month July 5 mm
Wettest month September 47 mm
Least cloud July 17 % cloud
Hottest on record July 38 °C
Coldest on record January -1.4 °C
Warmest sea August 26 °C

What to expectAlicante through the year

Alicante has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 15 °C in January to 30 °C in August, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 122 days a year reach 25 °C, 28 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 47 mm against 5 mm in July — 8.9 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Alicante is warmest in August at 26 °C and coldest in February at 14 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	15.2 °C	34 mm	44 %
February	15.8 °C	29 mm	43 %
March	17.8 °C	39 mm	45 %
April	19.9 °C	45 mm	45 %
May	22.8 °C	35 mm	43 %
June	26.7 °C	16 mm	28 %
July	29.3 °C	5 mm	17 %
August	29.7 °C	14 mm	26 %
September	26.8 °C	47 mm	42 %
October	23.2 °C	45 mm	47 %
November	18.7 °C	42 mm	46 %
December	15.9 °C	32 mm	47 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	15.2 °C	7.9 °C	11.3 °C	23.5 °C	-1.4 °C	0	0
February	15.8 °C	8.3 °C	11.9 °C	26.2 °C	0.5 °C	0	0
March	17.8 °C	10.1 °C	13.9 °C	27.6 °C	2.5 °C	0	0
April	19.9 °C	12.1 °C	16.1 °C	28.9 °C	6.0 °C	0	0
May	22.8 °C	15.2 °C	19.2 °C	33.6 °C	8.8 °C	6	0
June	26.7 °C	19.1 °C	23.1 °C	34.4 °C	13.1 °C	23	2
July	29.3 °C	21.9 °C	25.7 °C	37.7 °C	16.4 °C	30	10
August	29.7 °C	22.6 °C	26.2 °C	36.6 °C	17.3 °C	31	13
September	26.8 °C	20.0 °C	23.4 °C	35.8 °C	13.9 °C	23	2
October	23.2 °C	16.4 °C	19.7 °C	31.2 °C	7.8 °C	8	0
November	18.7 °C	11.9 °C	15.1 °C	28.6 °C	3.4 °C	1	0
December	15.9 °C	9.0 °C	12.2 °C	24.0 °C	0.3 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	34 mm	5	9.8 h/day	44 %	71 %	16 km/h	14.7 °C
February	29 mm	5	11 h/day	43 %	69 %	16 km/h	14.1 °C
March	39 mm	6	12 h/day	45 %	67 %	17 km/h	14.5 °C
April	45 mm	7	13 h/day	45 %	65 %	18 km/h	15.9 °C
May	35 mm	6	14 h/day	43 %	66 %	16 km/h	18.4 °C
June	16 mm	3	15 h/day	28 %	64 %	16 km/h	21.8 °C
July	5 mm	1	15 h/day	17 %	65 %	16 km/h	24.9 °C
August	14 mm	3	14 h/day	26 %	68 %	16 km/h	26.2 °C
September	47 mm	7	12 h/day	42 %	70 %	15 km/h	24.8 °C
October	45 mm	7	11 h/day	47 %	72 %	15 km/h	22.0 °C
November	42 mm	6	10 h/day	46 %	71 %	15 km/h	18.9 °C
December	32 mm	5	9.5 h/day	47 %	73 %	15 km/h	16.3 °C

How Alicante compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Alicante	30 °C	7.9 °C	384 mm	122
Elche · Spain	31 °C	6.5 °C	283 mm	142
Murcia · Spain	33 °C	5.2 °C	305 mm	163
Cartagena · Spain	29 °C	9.5 °C	269 mm	108

Where Alicante ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in May	3rd of 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in Europe in June	4th of 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in Europe in January	4th of 50	76/100
Places with the best weather in Europe year-round	4th of 50	85/100
Best beach destinations in Europe in July	5th of 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in Europe in December	5th of 50	80/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Alicante.

QuestionsCommon questions about Alicante’s climate

When is the best time to visit Alicante?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Alicante get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 28 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.9 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Alicante?

September, averaging 47 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is July with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 384 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Alicante rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 38.345°, -0.481° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.