Climate averages 1991–2020
Cartagena, Spain weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Cartagena, Spain: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 6.3 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 37 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Murcia (45 km away). In August its highs average 33.4°C, 4.6°C warmer than Cartagena, Spain, with 8.9 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Cartagena, Spain ranks joint 55th of 93 for the warmest August highs and 25th of 93 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 93 cities is 29.3°C; Cartagena, Spain is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.3 mm to 33 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
Cartagena, Spain climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 35 | 4.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 23 | 3.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.2°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 29 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 22 | 3.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 15 | 2.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 25.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 4.5 | 0.8 | 14.715 h |
| July | 28.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.3 | 0.1 | 14.514 h |
| August, selected | 28.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 6.3 | 1.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 33 | 3.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 36 | 4.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 39 | 5.8 | 10.210 h |
| December | 16.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 30 | 4.7 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Murcia in AugustSpain · 45 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Torrevieja in AugustSpain · 50 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Orihuela in AugustSpain · 54 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Lorca in AugustSpain · 64 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Elche in AugustSpain · 77 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Alicante in AugustSpain · 94 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Benidorm in AugustSpain · 128 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Almería in AugustSpain · 156 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 3.1 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 Cartagena) is explained once on the Cartagena, Spain year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.