Climate averages 1991–2020
Alicante weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Alicante: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 33 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Elche (21 km away). In July its highs average 31.2°C, 1.8°C warmer than Alicante, with 3.0 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Alicante ranks joint 49th of 93 for the warmest July highs and joint 21st of 93 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 93 cities is 29.2°C; Alicante is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.9 mm to 5.9 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Alicante climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.1°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 27 | 4.4 | 9.810 h |
| February | 15.8°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 20 | 3.9 | 10.711 h |
| March | 17.8°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 25 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 26 | 4.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 18 | 2.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 6.5 | 1.3 | 14.815 h |
| July, selected | 29.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 14.615 h |
| August | 29.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 5.9 | 1.4 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 32 | 4.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 36 | 5.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 18.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 35 | 5.1 | 10.110 h |
| December | 15.8°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 25 | 4.1 | 9.610 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
July in nearby cities
- Elche in JulySpain · 21 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Benidorm in JulySpain · 37 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Torrevieja in JulySpain · 44 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Orihuela in JulySpain · 50 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Murcia in JulySpain · 69 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Gandia in JulySpain · 74 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Cartagena, Spain in JulySpain · 94 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Torrent in JulySpain · 121 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.5°C · 8.9 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 Alicante) is explained once on the Alicante year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.