Elche climate

Name: Elche
Address: ES

Elche is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 6.5 °C. September is the wettest month (36 mm) and July the driest (2.9 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Elche averages 283 mm of rain, 142 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Spain · 96 m elevation · population 234,765 · 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 31 °C
Coldest month January 6.5 °C
Driest month July 3 mm
Wettest month September 36 mm
Least cloud July 15 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record January -3.6 °C
Warmest sea August 26 °C

What to expectElche through the year

Elche has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 15 °C in January to 31 °C in August, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 142 days a year reach 25 °C, 60 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 3 mm in July to 36 mm in September. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Elche 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	15.3 °C	26 mm	41 %
February	16.4 °C	20 mm	41 %
March	18.8 °C	31 mm	42 %
April	21.1 °C	32 mm	43 %
May	24.3 °C	23 mm	40 %
June	28.5 °C	11 mm	26 %
July	31.1 °C	3 mm	15 %
August	31.3 °C	9 mm	23 %
September	27.7 °C	36 mm	38 %
October	23.7 °C	35 mm	43 %
November	18.6 °C	33 mm	43 %
December	15.8 °C	23 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	15.3 °C	6.5 °C	10.5 °C	24.8 °C	-3.6 °C	0	0
February	16.4 °C	7.0 °C	11.3 °C	26.4 °C	-0.7 °C	0	0
March	18.8 °C	8.9 °C	13.6 °C	31.1 °C	0.0 °C	1	0
April	21.1 °C	11.0 °C	15.9 °C	33.8 °C	3.7 °C	3	0
May	24.3 °C	14.1 °C	19.3 °C	37.6 °C	7.3 °C	13	1
June	28.5 °C	18.0 °C	23.3 °C	38.4 °C	11.7 °C	27	9
July	31.1 °C	20.8 °C	25.9 °C	41.1 °C	15.0 °C	31	21
August	31.3 °C	21.5 °C	26.2 °C	41.1 °C	16.1 °C	31	22
September	27.7 °C	18.7 °C	22.9 °C	40.0 °C	12.3 °C	24	6
October	23.7 °C	14.9 °C	19.0 °C	32.7 °C	6.8 °C	10	1
November	18.6 °C	10.4 °C	14.2 °C	27.9 °C	0.8 °C	1	0
December	15.8 °C	7.5 °C	11.2 °C	24.3 °C	-1.2 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	26 mm	4	9.8 h/day	41 %	68 %	16 km/h	14.8 °C
February	20 mm	4	11 h/day	41 %	65 %	17 km/h	14.2 °C
March	31 mm	4	12 h/day	42 %	62 %	18 km/h	14.6 °C
April	32 mm	5	13 h/day	43 %	59 %	18 km/h	15.9 °C
May	23 mm	4	14 h/day	40 %	59 %	18 km/h	18.3 °C
June	11 mm	2	15 h/day	26 %	57 %	18 km/h	21.7 °C
July	3 mm	1	15 h/day	15 %	59 %	17 km/h	24.8 °C
August	9 mm	2	14 h/day	23 %	62 %	17 km/h	26.2 °C
September	36 mm	5	12 h/day	38 %	67 %	16 km/h	24.8 °C
October	35 mm	5	11 h/day	43 %	69 %	15 km/h	21.9 °C
November	33 mm	5	10 h/day	43 %	69 %	15 km/h	18.8 °C
December	23 mm	4	9.5 h/day	44 %	71 %	15 km/h	16.3 °C

How Elche 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
Elche	31 °C	6.5 °C	283 mm	142
Alicante · Spain	30 °C	7.9 °C	384 mm	122
Murcia · Spain	33 °C	5.2 °C	305 mm	163
Cartagena · Spain	29 °C	9.5 °C	269 mm	108
Albacete · Spain	33 °C	1.2 °C	360 mm	119

Where Elche ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in October	2ndof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Europe in April	4thof 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Europe in March	4thof 50	89/100
Places with the best weather in Europe in May	4thof 50	96/100
Best beach destinations in Europe in May	5thof 50	74/100
Best beach destinations in Europe in October	5thof 50	83/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Elche’s climate

When is the best time to visit Elche?

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

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 60 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 6.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Elche?

September, averaging 36 mm over 5 days with rain. The driest month is July with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 283 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 Elche 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.