Climate averages 1991–2020
El Ejido weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the joint 5th warmest and the 7th 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 El Ejido: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Roquetas de Mar (18 km away). In October its highs average 22.6°C, about as warm as El Ejido, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, El Ejido ranks joint 29th of 93 for the warmest October highs and joint 7th of 93 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 93 cities is 21.1°C; El Ejido is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 34 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
El Ejido climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.1°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 29 | 5.5 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.6°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 27 | 5.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 30 | 5.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 22 | 5.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 18 | 4.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 26.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 8.2 | 1.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 29.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 6.2 | 1.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 17 | 3.4 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 22.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 26 | 4.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.3°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 34 | 5.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 16.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 34 | 4.9 | 9.710 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
- Roquetas de Mar in OctoberSpain · 18 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Almería in OctoberSpain · 32 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Granada in OctoberSpain · 84 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Vélez-Málaga in OctoberSpain · 115 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Lorca in OctoberSpain · 140 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 13.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Jaén in OctoberSpain · 140 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Málaga in OctoberSpain · 143 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 16.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Mijas in OctoberSpain · 164 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 56 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 El Ejido) is explained once on the El Ejido year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.