Climate averages 1991–2020
Alicante weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Alicante: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Elche (21 km away). In October its highs average 23.6°C, about as warm as Alicante, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Alicante ranks joint 21st of 93 for the warmest October highs and joint 13th of 93 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 93 cities is 21.1°C; Alicante is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 18.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 36 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Elche in OctoberSpain · 21 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Benidorm in OctoberSpain · 37 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Torrevieja in OctoberSpain · 44 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Orihuela in OctoberSpain · 50 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Murcia in OctoberSpain · 69 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Gandia in OctoberSpain · 74 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 76 mm rain
- Cartagena, Spain in OctoberSpain · 94 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Torrent in OctoberSpain · 121 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 53 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.