Climate averages 1991–2020
Benidorm weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 11th driest 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 Benidorm: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Alicante (37 km away). In October its highs average 23.1°C, about as warm as Benidorm, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Benidorm ranks joint 14th of 93 for the warmest October highs and 20th of 93 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 93 cities is 21.1°C; Benidorm is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 18.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 47 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Alicante in OctoberSpain · 37 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Gandia in OctoberSpain · 48 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 76 mm rain
- Elche in OctoberSpain · 58 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Torrevieja in OctoberSpain · 79 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Orihuela in OctoberSpain · 87 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Torrent in OctoberSpain · 104 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Valencia, Spain in OctoberSpain · 106 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Murcia in OctoberSpain · 107 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.1°C · 33 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.