Climate averages 1991–2020
Lorca weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Lorca: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 5.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 30 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Murcia (61 km away). In July its highs average 33.4°C, 1.6°C warmer than Lorca, with 2.5 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Lorca ranks joint 29th of 93 for the warmest July highs and 37th of 93 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 93 cities is 29.2°C; Lorca is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.4 mm to 14 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 31.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 5.4 | 1.2 | 14.514 h |
| August | 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
July in nearby cities
- Murcia in JulySpain · 61 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Cartagena, Spain in JulySpain · 64 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Orihuela in JulySpain · 81 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Torrevieja in JulySpain · 96 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Elche in JulySpain · 110 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Almería in JulySpain · 114 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Roquetas de Mar in JulySpain · 129 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Alicante in JulySpain · 131 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 1.9 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.