Climate averages 1991–2020
Benidorm weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Benidorm: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 40 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Alicante (37 km away). In August its highs average 29.8°C, 1.4°C cooler than Benidorm, with 5.9 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Benidorm ranks joint 35th of 93 for the warmest August highs and joint 50th of 93 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 93 cities is 29.3°C; Benidorm is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 49 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
Benidorm climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.2°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 37 | 5.4 | 9.810 h |
| February | 15.9°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 30 | 5.4 | 10.711 h |
| March | 18.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 37 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 44 | 7.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 33 | 5.5 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.0°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 14 | 2.6 | 14.815 h |
| July | 30.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 4.7 | 1.3 | 14.615 h |
| August, selected | 31.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 13 | 3.2 | 13.714 h |
| September | 27.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 49 | 6.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 48 | 6.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 18.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 47 | 6.5 | 10.110 h |
| December | 15.9°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 36 | 5.4 | 9.510 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
- Alicante in AugustSpain · 37 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Gandia in AugustSpain · 48 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Elche in AugustSpain · 58 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Torrevieja in AugustSpain · 79 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Orihuela in AugustSpain · 87 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Torrent in AugustSpain · 104 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Valencia, Spain in AugustSpain · 106 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Murcia in AugustSpain · 107 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 20.9°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 Benidorm) is explained once on the Benidorm year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.