Málaga or Porto: which climate?
Málaga (Spain) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate, whereas Porto (Portugal) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate, according to the Köppen-Geiger classification.
The values compared here are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme. The same method and the same period apply to Málaga and to Porto.
Málaga is warmer than Porto by 1.7 °C in annual average: 16.5 °C against 14.8 °C.
Porto gets more rain than Málaga: 1,278 mm per year against 474 mm.
Málaga gets 10.8 hours of sunshine per day on average, against 10.0 hours in Porto.
Málaga has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, against +1.3 °C in Porto. Málaga is therefore warming faster than Porto. Both trends are statistically significant.
Málaga averages 16 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 0 frost days per year; Porto averages 11 and 1.
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
| Indicator | Málaga | Porto | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean daily temperature | 16.5 °C | 14.8 °C | -1.7 °C |
| Average daily high | 20.3 °C | 18.5 °C | -1.8 °C |
| Average daily low | 12.8 °C | 11.5 °C | -1.3 °C |
| Annual rainfall | 474 mm | 1,278 mm | +804 mm |
| Sunshine / day | 10.8 h | 10.0 h | -0.8 h |
| Hot days (≥ 30 °C) | 16 d/yr | 11 d/yr | -5 d/yr |
| Frost days (< 0 °C) | 0 d/yr | 1 d/yr | negligible |
| Rainy days (≥ 1 mm) | 66 d/yr | 120 d/yr | +54 d/yr |
| Mean relative humidity | 71 % | 79 % | +8 % |
| Average peak wind | 13.3 km/h | 17.4 km/h | +4.1 km/h |
A difference is only reported when it exceeds the resolution of the data. ERA5 is a reanalysis on a grid of about 31 km: two nearby cities often fall in the same cell, and below half a degree you are reading the grid, not the climate.