Murcia climate

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Murcia is warmest in August, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 5.2 °C. September is the wettest month (42 mm) and July the driest (2.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Murcia averages 305 mm of rain, 163 days above 25 °C and 3 days below freezing.

Spain · population 471,982 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month January 5.2 °C
Driest month July 2 mm
Wettest month September 42 mm
Least cloud July 16 % cloud
Hottest on record July 44 °C
Coldest on record January -4.0 °C

What to expectMurcia through the year

Murcia has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in January to 33 °C in August, a swing of 17 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 163 days a year reach 25 °C, 91 of them reach 30 °C, 3 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 2 mm in July to 42 mm in September. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	15.8 °C	28 mm	41 %
February	17.2 °C	24 mm	41 %
March	20.0 °C	37 mm	43 %
April	22.5 °C	33 mm	43 %
May	26.1 °C	24 mm	41 %
June	30.6 °C	12 mm	27 %
July	33.3 °C	2 mm	16 %
August	33.4 °C	10 mm	24 %
September	29.2 °C	42 mm	40 %
October	24.7 °C	34 mm	45 %
November	19.4 °C	33 mm	44 %
December	16.3 °C	26 mm	44 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	15.8 °C	5.2 °C	10.0 °C	23.6 °C	-4.0 °C	0	0	1
February	17.2 °C	5.9 °C	11.2 °C	28.1 °C	-2.8 °C	0	0	1
March	20.0 °C	7.7 °C	13.7 °C	32.8 °C	-1.9 °C	3	0	0
April	22.5 °C	10.1 °C	16.3 °C	34.2 °C	2.9 °C	7	0	0
May	26.1 °C	13.4 °C	19.9 °C	38.7 °C	5.4 °C	20	4	0
June	30.6 °C	17.5 °C	24.1 °C	40.6 °C	10.7 °C	29	17	0
July	33.3 °C	20.3 °C	26.8 °C	43.5 °C	14.1 °C	31	28	0
August	33.4 °C	20.9 °C	26.9 °C	42.0 °C	15.4 °C	31	28	0
September	29.2 °C	18.0 °C	23.4 °C	42.8 °C	9.9 °C	27	12	0
October	24.7 °C	14.1 °C	19.1 °C	33.7 °C	4.7 °C	14	1	0
November	19.4 °C	9.2 °C	13.9 °C	29.1 °C	0.2 °C	2	0	0
December	16.3 °C	6.2 °C	10.7 °C	24.4 °C	-3.0 °C	0	0	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	28 mm	5	9.8 h/day	41 %	70 %	13 km/h
February	24 mm	4	11 h/day	41 %	66 %	15 km/h
March	37 mm	5	12 h/day	43 %	62 %	16 km/h
April	33 mm	5	13 h/day	43 %	59 %	16 km/h
May	24 mm	4	14 h/day	41 %	57 %	16 km/h
June	12 mm	2	15 h/day	27 %	54 %	16 km/h
July	2 mm	1	15 h/day	16 %	57 %	16 km/h
August	10 mm	2	14 h/day	24 %	60 %	15 km/h
September	42 mm	5	12 h/day	40 %	65 %	14 km/h
October	34 mm	5	11 h/day	45 %	69 %	13 km/h
November	33 mm	5	10 h/day	44 %	69 %	13 km/h
December	26 mm	4	9.6 h/day	44 %	72 %	13 km/h

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

Where Murcia ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in March	2nd of 50	91/100
The warmest places in Europe in April	2nd of 50	23 °C
The warmest places in Europe in February	2nd of 50	17 °C
The warmest places in Europe in March	2nd of 50	20 °C
Places with the best weather in Europe in April	3rd of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Europe in February	3rd of 50	81/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Murcia’s climate

When is the best time to visit Murcia?

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 Murcia get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 91 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 5.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 3 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Murcia?

September, averaging 42 mm over 5 days with rain. The driest month is July with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 305 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 Murcia 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: 37.987°, -1.130° (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.