Almería climate

Name: Almería
Address: ES

Almería is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.7 °C. November is the wettest month (29 mm) and July the driest (0.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Almería averages 213 mm of rain and 149 days above 25 °C.

Spain · population 196,851 · 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 32 °C
Coldest month January 7.7 °C
Driest month July 1 mm
Wettest month November 29 mm
Least cloud July 11 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record February 0.9 °C
Warmest sea August 24 °C

What to expectAlmería through the year

Almería has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in January to 32 °C in August, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 149 days a year reach 25 °C, 73 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 1 mm in July to 29 mm in November. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Almería is warmest in August at 24 °C and coldest in February at 15 °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	16.2 °C	25 mm	41 %
February	17.1 °C	24 mm	38 %
March	19.3 °C	26 mm	39 %
April	21.6 °C	19 mm	37 %
May	25.1 °C	12 mm	35 %
June	29.2 °C	4 mm	20 %
July	32.1 °C	1 mm	11 %
August	32.2 °C	4 mm	17 %
September	28.3 °C	17 mm	32 %
October	24.2 °C	23 mm	39 %
November	19.6 °C	29 mm	41 %
December	17.0 °C	29 mm	44 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	16.2 °C	7.7 °C	11.7 °C	23.2 °C	1.1 °C	0	0
February	17.1 °C	8.2 °C	12.6 °C	26.3 °C	0.9 °C	0	0
March	19.3 °C	10.3 °C	14.9 °C	29.4 °C	1.2 °C	1	0
April	21.6 °C	12.6 °C	17.3 °C	31.9 °C	5.7 °C	4	0
May	25.1 °C	16.2 °C	21.0 °C	36.2 °C	8.6 °C	16	2
June	29.2 °C	20.3 °C	25.1 °C	37.6 °C	13.3 °C	28	12
July	32.1 °C	23.1 °C	27.8 °C	40.7 °C	17.7 °C	31	25
August	32.2 °C	23.4 °C	27.9 °C	40.1 °C	17.7 °C	31	26
September	28.3 °C	20.2 °C	24.3 °C	37.7 °C	13.5 °C	27	8
October	24.2 °C	16.3 °C	20.3 °C	31.6 °C	7.9 °C	12	0
November	19.6 °C	11.7 °C	15.5 °C	27.3 °C	3.7 °C	1	0
December	17.0 °C	9.0 °C	12.7 °C	24.1 °C	2.2 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	25 mm	4	9.9 h/day	41 %	71 %	22 km/h	15.2 °C
February	24 mm	4	11 h/day	38 %	68 %	24 km/h	14.9 °C
March	26 mm	4	12 h/day	39 %	64 %	24 km/h	15.1 °C
April	19 mm	4	13 h/day	37 %	60 %	25 km/h	16.0 °C
May	12 mm	2	14 h/day	35 %	55 %	23 km/h	17.7 °C
June	4 mm	1	15 h/day	20 %	52 %	21 km/h	20.4 °C
July	1 mm	0	14 h/day	11 %	52 %	20 km/h	23.0 °C
August	4 mm	1	14 h/day	17 %	55 %	20 km/h	24.4 °C
September	17 mm	2	12 h/day	32 %	63 %	21 km/h	23.0 °C
October	23 mm	4	11 h/day	39 %	68 %	21 km/h	20.6 °C
November	29 mm	4	10 h/day	41 %	70 %	22 km/h	18.0 °C
December	29 mm	4	9.7 h/day	44 %	73 %	22 km/h	16.3 °C

How Almería 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
Almería	32 °C	7.7 °C	213 mm	149
Granada · Spain	33 °C	2.0 °C	529 mm	131
Cartagena · Spain	29 °C	9.5 °C	269 mm	108
Murcia · Spain	33 °C	5.2 °C	305 mm	163
Málaga · Spain	29 °C	9.4 °C	464 mm	103
Nador · Morocco	32 °C	7.3 °C	332 mm	151

Where Almería ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Europe year-round	1stof 50	18 mm
Best beach destinations in Europe in September	2ndof 50	97/100
The driest places in Europe in July	2ndof 50	0.7 mm
The warmest places in Europe in January	2ndof 50	16 °C
Best beach destinations in Europe in February	3rdof 50	36/100
Best beach destinations in Europe in January	3rdof 50	34/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Almería’s climate

When is the best time to visit Almería?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, 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 Almería get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 73 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.7 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Almería?

November, averaging 29 mm over 4 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 213 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 Almería 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
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.