Climate averages 1991–2020
Algeciras weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Algeciras: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 4.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gibraltar (9 km away). In August its highs average 28.2°C, 0.5°C warmer than Algeciras, with 3.6 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Algeciras ranks joint 64th of 93 for the warmest August highs and 17th of 93 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 93 cities is 29.3°C; Algeciras is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.2 mm to 36 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Algeciras climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 88 | 8.8 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 77 | 8.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.1°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 82 | 8.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 62 | 7.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 32 | 5.3 | 14.114 h |
| June | 24.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 6.4 | 1.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 27.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 27.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 4.2 | 0.6 | 13.514 h |
| September | 25.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 36 | 4.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 86 | 8.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 98 | 8.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 16.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 117 | 9.9 | 9.810 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Gibraltar in AugustGibraltar · 9 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Fnidek in AugustMorocco · 33 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Tangier in AugustMorocco · 51 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Martil in AugustMorocco · 60 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Tétouan in AugustMorocco · 62 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Marbella in AugustSpain · 66 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Chiclana de la Frontera in AugustSpain · 70 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 3.3 mm rain
- San Fernando, Spain in AugustSpain · 77 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 3.3 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Algeciras) is explained once on the Algeciras year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.