Climate averages 1991–2020
Lorca weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd 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 Lorca: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 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 37 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Murcia (61 km away). In August its highs average 33.4°C, 1.8°C warmer than Lorca, with 8.9 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Lorca ranks joint 27th of 93 for the warmest August highs and joint 53rd of 93 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 93 cities is 29.3°C; Lorca is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.4°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 45 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
Lorca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.3°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 30 | 5.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.5°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 29 | 5.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 18.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 39 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 37 | 6.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.1°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 35 | 5.7 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 17 | 3.2 | 14.715 h |
| July | 31.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 5.4 | 1.2 | 14.514 h |
| August, selected | 31.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 14 | 3.2 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 45 | 5.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 37 | 5.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.9°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 35 | 6.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 14.9°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 30 | 5.0 | 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 · 61 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Cartagena, Spain in AugustSpain · 64 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Orihuela in AugustSpain · 81 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Torrevieja in AugustSpain · 96 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Elche in AugustSpain · 110 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Almería in AugustSpain · 114 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Roquetas de Mar in AugustSpain · 129 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Alicante in AugustSpain · 131 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 5.9 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 Lorca) is explained once on the Lorca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.