Marbella climate

Name: Marbella
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Marbella is warmest in August, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.0 °C. December is the wettest month (115 mm) and July the driest (1.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Marbella averages 655 mm of rain and 96 days above 25 °C.

Spain · population 156,295 · 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 28 °C
Coldest month January 9.0 °C
Driest month July 1 mm
Wettest month December 115 mm
Least cloud July 9 % cloud
Hottest on record August 40 °C
Coldest on record January 1.1 °C
Warmest sea August 22 °C

What to expectMarbella through the year

Marbella has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 15 °C in January to 28 °C in August, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 96 days a year reach 25 °C, 15 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 115 mm against 1 mm in July — 98 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Marbella is warmest in August at 22 °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	14.7 °C	83 mm	46 %
February	15.2 °C	72 mm	44 %
March	16.9 °C	77 mm	45 %
April	18.6 °C	55 mm	42 %
May	21.5 °C	32 mm	37 %
June	25.3 °C	8 mm	20 %
July	28.2 °C	1 mm	9 %
August	28.5 °C	4 mm	16 %
September	25.4 °C	31 mm	32 %
October	21.7 °C	81 mm	45 %
November	17.7 °C	94 mm	46 %
December	15.4 °C	115 mm	51 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	14.7 °C	9.0 °C	11.7 °C	20.7 °C	1.1 °C	0	0
February	15.2 °C	9.3 °C	12.1 °C	21.4 °C	2.4 °C	0	0
March	16.9 °C	10.7 °C	13.8 °C	25.0 °C	2.7 °C	0	0
April	18.6 °C	12.3 °C	15.5 °C	25.8 °C	6.5 °C	0	0
May	21.5 °C	14.9 °C	18.3 °C	30.9 °C	9.0 °C	3	0
June	25.3 °C	18.3 °C	21.9 °C	34.4 °C	13.4 °C	15	1
July	28.2 °C	21.0 °C	24.8 °C	37.3 °C	15.9 °C	29	6
August	28.5 °C	21.5 °C	25.1 °C	39.8 °C	16.5 °C	30	7
September	25.4 °C	19.1 °C	22.2 °C	33.4 °C	12.9 °C	17	1
October	21.7 °C	16.0 °C	18.8 °C	32.4 °C	7.7 °C	3	0
November	17.7 °C	12.2 °C	14.9 °C	28.6 °C	4.8 °C	0	0
December	15.4 °C	10.3 °C	12.7 °C	21.9 °C	3.2 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	83 mm	9	9.9 h/day	46 %	77 %	18 km/h	15.6 °C
February	72 mm	7	11 h/day	44 %	76 %	19 km/h	15.2 °C
March	77 mm	8	12 h/day	45 %	74 %	19 km/h	15.4 °C
April	55 mm	7	13 h/day	42 %	72 %	19 km/h	16.2 °C
May	32 mm	5	14 h/day	37 %	69 %	18 km/h	17.3 °C
June	8 mm	1	15 h/day	20 %	65 %	17 km/h	19.1 °C
July	1 mm	0	14 h/day	9 %	62 %	16 km/h	21.2 °C
August	4 mm	1	14 h/day	16 %	64 %	16 km/h	22.2 °C
September	31 mm	4	12 h/day	32 %	71 %	16 km/h	21.0 °C
October	81 mm	7	11 h/day	45 %	76 %	16 km/h	19.3 °C
November	94 mm	8	10 h/day	46 %	77 %	18 km/h	17.4 °C
December	115 mm	9	9.7 h/day	51 %	78 %	18 km/h	16.3 °C

How Marbella 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
Marbella	28 °C	9.0 °C	655 mm	96
Málaga · Spain	29 °C	9.4 °C	464 mm	103
Gibraltar · Gibraltar	28 °C	10 °C	689 mm	93
Tétouan · Morocco	29 °C	8.7 °C	557 mm	106
Jerez de la Frontera · Spain	33 °C	6.4 °C	512 mm	146
Tangier · Morocco	30 °C	9.1 °C	571 mm	117

Where Marbella ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Europe in July	5thof 50	1.2 mm
Places with the best weather in Europe in May	7thof 50	96/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in March	7thof 50	15 °C
Places with the best weather in Europe in June	8thof 50	92/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in April	8thof 50	16 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in February	8thof 50	15 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Marbella’s climate

When is the best time to visit Marbella?

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 Marbella get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 15 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.0 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Marbella?

December, averaging 115 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 655 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 Marbella 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.