Málaga climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Málaga?

Málaga has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 474 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Málaga?

The hottest day measured in Málaga between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1946, reaching 38.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Málaga?

The coldest day measured in Málaga between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1954, at -8.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Málaga?

Almost never: Málaga sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Málaga warmed?

Yes: Málaga warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Málaga?

The wettest day measured in Málaga between 1940 and 2025 was 7 November 1982, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Málaga?

The windiest day measured in Málaga between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1958, with winds reaching 45.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Málaga?

The warmest month in Málaga is August (24.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Málaga?

Málaga receives on average 474 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 66 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Málaga?

Málaga gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Málaga (Spain) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 474 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is August (24.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Málaga averages 0 frost days, 16 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 66 rainy days per year.

Málaga has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.9 °C (on 13 July 1946) and the coldest -8.5 °C (on 4 February 1954).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

MálagaAndalusia

coords: 36.72°, -4.42°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

16.5°C

Average daily high

20.3°C

Average daily low

12.8°C

Annual rainfall

474mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

13.3km/h

Seasonal range

14.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

16 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

66 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.9 cm

Average feels-like high

20.1 °C

Average feels-like low

11.8 °C

Average peak gust

32.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

28 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

38.9 °C

13 July 1946

Coldest day

-8.5 °C

4 February 1954

Wettest day

82 mm

7 November 1982

Windiest day

45.0 km/h

22 December 1958

Strongest gust

113.0 km/h

22 December 1958

Hottest feels-like

40.9 °C

10 August 2023

Coldest feels-like

-12.9 °C

4 February 1954

Snowiest day

15.4 cm

3 February 1954

Sunniest day

14.3 h

22 June 1950

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	34.3 °C28 July 2025	3.5 °C15 January 2025	17.9 °C	582 mm	33	0
2024	35.9 °C1 August 2024	4.5 °C10 December 2024	18.1 °C	508 mm	26	0
2023	38.0 °C12 July 2023	1.9 °C29 January 2023	18.2 °C	235 mm	46	0
2022	35.7 °C25 July 2022	5.4 °C8 January 2022	18.1 °C	453 mm	37	0
2021	36.2 °C16 August 2021	1.8 °C4 January 2021	17.5 °C	349 mm	27	0
2020	36.4 °C2 August 2020	3.3 °C31 December 2020	17.4 °C	446 mm	24	0
2019	33.9 °C9 August 2019	2.9 °C3 February 2019	17.2 °C	307 mm	16	0
2018	33.0 °C28 July 2018	1.9 °C9 February 2018	16.8 °C	638 mm	20	0
2017	34.6 °C24 July 2017	1.7 °C19 January 2017	17.3 °C	329 mm	30	0
2016	35.3 °C29 August 2016	1.6 °C17 February 2016	17.4 °C	488 mm	30	0
2015	36.4 °C22 July 2015	1.3 °C6 February 2015	17.7 °C	321 mm	45	0
2014	34.0 °C11 August 2014	3.2 °C30 December 2014	17.6 °C	399 mm	32	0
2013	32.4 °C7 August 2013	2.3 °C10 February 2013	16.6 °C	419 mm	6	0
2012	36.8 °C11 August 2012	0.2 °C14 February 2012	16.8 °C	447 mm	34	0
2011	33.9 °C8 August 2011	3.4 °C3 March 2011	17.2 °C	450 mm	26	0
2010	35.5 °C27 August 2010	0.9 °C10 January 2010	16.8 °C	784 mm	16	0
2009	35.5 °C24 July 2009	0.6 °C10 January 2009	17.1 °C	514 mm	26	0
2008	34.0 °C7 August 2008	2.8 °C16 December 2008	16.8 °C	454 mm	26	0
2007	33.7 °C4 July 2007	1.4 °C27 January 2007	16.8 °C	355 mm	19	0
2006	35.2 °C22 July 2006	1.6 °C29 January 2006	17.2 °C	577 mm	21	0
2005	33.2 °C17 July 2005	-2.1 °C28 January 2005	16.4 °C	273 mm	14	2
2004	33.6 °C24 July 2004	1.6 °C2 March 2004	16.7 °C	503 mm	16	0
2003	34.0 °C27 July 2003	1.8 °C13 January 2003	17.1 °C	583 mm	28	0
2002	32.4 °C28 June 2002	4.5 °C7 December 2002	17.1 °C	393 mm	13	0
2001	33.6 °C3 June 2001	3.4 °C16 November 2001	17.4 °C	417 mm	24	0
2000	35.8 °C7 July 2000	3.4 °C24 January 2000	16.8 °C	434 mm	19	0
1999	35.4 °C3 July 1999	1.9 °C15 February 1999	16.8 °C	433 mm	12	0
1998	32.1 °C14 July 1998	2.3 °C7 December 1998	16.9 °C	326 mm	6	0
1997	30.0 °C13 June 1997	4.1 °C6 January 1997	17.2 °C	659 mm	1	0
1996	32.5 °C11 August 1996	1.6 °C23 February 1996	16.4 °C	894 mm	6	0
1995	33.3 °C22 July 1995	2.5 °C14 January 1995	17.4 °C	374 mm	18	0
1994	38.1 °C5 July 1994	1.4 °C26 December 1994	17.0 °C	253 mm	23	0
1993	33.9 °C25 July 1993	-0.6 °C2 March 1993	15.8 °C	425 mm	12	2
1992	32.2 °C27 August 1992	0.7 °C24 January 1992	16.2 °C	306 mm	11	0
1991	35.8 °C14 July 1991	2.3 °C14 January 1991	16.1 °C	468 mm	19	0
1990	31.9 °C25 August 1990	2.2 °C10 December 1990	16.9 °C	366 mm	8	0
1989	35.3 °C2 July 1989	3.8 °C5 January 1989	17.1 °C	720 mm	27	0
1988	35.4 °C3 August 1988	2.8 °C28 February 1988	16.6 °C	418 mm	12	0
1987	33.3 °C17 August 1987	0.1 °C16 January 1987	16.7 °C	499 mm	5	0
1986	33.8 °C22 August 1986	1.7 °C10 February 1986	16.2 °C	405 mm	12	0
1985	33.0 °C9 July 1985	-1.1 °C16 January 1985	16.5 °C	392 mm	6	1
1984	35.5 °C25 July 1984	1.7 °C25 February 1984	15.8 °C	419 mm	11	0
1983	34.2 °C12 June 1983	-0.3 °C11 February 1983	16.7 °C	368 mm	12	1
1982	34.0 °C27 July 1982	3.4 °C1 December 1982	16.2 °C	539 mm	12	0
1981	33.2 °C18 July 1981	-1.0 °C12 January 1981	16.4 °C	330 mm	6	1
1980	35.9 °C23 August 1980	-0.4 °C2 December 1980	16.1 °C	406 mm	22	1
1979	34.8 °C29 July 1979	-0.8 °C22 December 1979	16.0 °C	548 mm	12	1
1978	36.9 °C17 July 1978	0.5 °C14 January 1978	16.2 °C	431 mm	11	0
1977	29.8 °C25 July 1977	2.4 °C7 January 1977	16.0 °C	502 mm	0	0
1976	34.8 °C9 August 1976	0.6 °C26 January 1976	15.5 °C	544 mm	8	0
1975	34.3 °C16 July 1975	3.6 °C8 January 1975	15.8 °C	450 mm	13	0
1974	35.0 °C7 August 1974	2.1 °C5 March 1974	15.8 °C	360 mm	10	0
1973	32.5 °C25 July 1973	2.6 °C19 February 1973	15.7 °C	458 mm	7	0
1972	32.9 °C24 July 1972	2.1 °C24 January 1972	15.3 °C	783 mm	2	0
1971	33.7 °C1 August 1971	-2.4 °C2 January 1971	15.5 °C	659 mm	8	1
1970	34.8 °C8 August 1970	-1.1 °C25 December 1970	16.2 °C	586 mm	14	1
1969	31.3 °C15 August 1969	1.4 °C16 February 1969	15.7 °C	864 mm	4	0
1968	32.0 °C2 July 1968	2.1 °C5 February 1968	16.3 °C	518 mm	23	0
1967	35.4 °C22 July 1967	-0.5 °C13 December 1967	16.1 °C	481 mm	15	1
1966	33.5 °C4 August 1966	3.3 °C24 February 1966	16.2 °C	417 mm	11	0
1965	33.3 °C22 June 1965	0.8 °C5 January 1965	16.1 °C	531 mm	14	0
1964	32.8 °C9 August 1964	2.1 °C27 December 1964	16.2 °C	441 mm	10	0
1963	32.4 °C9 July 1963	0.4 °C3 February 1963	15.7 °C	804 mm	5	0
1962	35.1 °C21 August 1962	2.3 °C14 December 1962	16.2 °C	615 mm	22	0
1961	32.3 °C11 July 1961	2.6 °C13 January 1961	16.6 °C	526 mm	7	0
1960	31.4 °C22 June 1960	0.8 °C12 January 1960	16.1 °C	699 mm	9	0
1959	32.1 °C29 July 1959	3.7 °C5 January 1959	15.9 °C	389 mm	6	0
1958	32.9 °C11 August 1958	1.5 °C24 January 1958	16.3 °C	392 mm	5	0
1957	35.1 °C10 July 1957	-0.4 °C17 January 1957	15.6 °C	478 mm	12	2
1956	32.2 °C14 September 1956	-1.6 °C13 February 1956	15.0 °C	510 mm	11	3
1955	35.3 °C11 August 1955	0.7 °C11 March 1955	16.8 °C	641 mm	13	0
1954	33.5 °C29 July 1954	-8.5 °C4 February 1954	15.8 °C	280 mm	16	8
1953	36.3 °C9 August 1953	-0.6 °C16 February 1953	16.1 °C	422 mm	18	1
1952	35.0 °C8 July 1952	0.1 °C23 January 1952	16.1 °C	396 mm	20	0
1951	34.9 °C22 July 1951	2.1 °C31 January 1951	15.6 °C	550 mm	7	0
1950	34.2 °C10 July 1950	1.7 °C31 December 1950	16.3 °C	304 mm	19	0
1949	35.2 °C18 August 1949	2.1 °C15 December 1949	16.5 °C	361 mm	15	0
1948	32.6 °C12 August 1948	3.5 °C18 January 1948	16.4 °C	489 mm	14	0
1947	33.1 °C4 August 1947	-1.4 °C27 January 1947	16.6 °C	562 mm	8	2
1946	38.9 °C13 July 1946	-1.8 °C17 January 1946	16.0 °C	422 mm	24	3
1945	33.8 °C19 July 1945	0.3 °C10 January 1945	16.6 °C	254 mm	16	0
1944	34.5 °C2 August 1944	0.0 °C24 February 1944	15.7 °C	320 mm	11	0
1943	31.2 °C8 July 1943	1.6 °C1 January 1943	15.9 °C	457 mm	6	0
1942	36.1 °C18 July 1942	-0.6 °C13 January 1942	16.1 °C	645 mm	21	1
1941	38.8 °C20 July 1941	-0.5 °C17 January 1941	15.9 °C	481 mm	30	3
1940	37.3 °C27 July 1940	-1.1 °C23 January 1940	15.6 °C	568 mm	23	3

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

21.6 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

33 d/yr

+17

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

582 mm

+108 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	15.4 °C	+1.8 °C	42 mm	-18 mm
Feb	15.8 °C	+1.4 °C	37 mm	-17 mm
Mar	16.0 °C	-0.2 °C	192 mm	+133 mm
Apr	19.2 °C	+1.1 °C	52 mm	+9 mm
May	23.1 °C	+1.8 °C	30 mm	+2 mm
Jun	28.2 °C	+3.1 °C	0 mm	-11 mm
Jul	29.2 °C	+0.9 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Aug	29.8 °C	+1.5 °C	1 mm	-3 mm
Sep	26.5 °C	+1.2 °C	7 mm	-11 mm
Oct	23.7 °C	+2.5 °C	28 mm	-22 mm
Nov	17.9 °C	+0.9 °C	70 mm	-2 mm
Dec	14.3 °C	0.0 °C	123 mm	+49 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.3 °C

28 Jul 2025

Coldest day

3.5 °C

15 Jan 2025

Wettest day

45.2 mm

8 Mar 2025

Windiest day

35.8 km/h

18 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

76.3 km/h

18 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.8 °C

17 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-0.2 °C

16 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.2 h

22 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Málaga?

Málaga has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 474 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Málaga?

The hottest day measured in Málaga between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1946, reaching 38.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Málaga?

The coldest day measured in Málaga between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1954, at -8.5 °C.

Does it snow in Málaga?

Almost never: Málaga sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Málaga warmed?

Yes: Málaga warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Málaga?

The wettest day measured in Málaga between 1940 and 2025 was 7 November 1982, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Málaga?

The windiest day measured in Málaga between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1958, with winds reaching 45.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Málaga?

The warmest month in Málaga is August (24.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Málaga?

Málaga receives on average 474 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 66 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Málaga?

Málaga gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Málaga?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Málaga between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1954, with 15.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Málaga?

Yes: Málaga has on average 28 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Málaga?

In Málaga, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.9 °C on 10 August 2023, and the lowest was -12.9 °C on 4 February 1954.

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