Climate averages 1991–2020
Lorca weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the joint 9th 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 Lorca: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Murcia (61 km away). In October its highs average 24.8°C, 1.8°C warmer than Lorca, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Lorca ranks joint 23rd of 93 for the warmest October highs and 16th of 93 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 93 cities is 21.1°C; Lorca is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 17.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 35 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Murcia in OctoberSpain · 61 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Cartagena, Spain in OctoberSpain · 64 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Orihuela in OctoberSpain · 81 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Torrevieja in OctoberSpain · 96 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Elche in OctoberSpain · 110 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Almería in OctoberSpain · 114 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Roquetas de Mar in OctoberSpain · 129 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Alicante in OctoberSpain · 131 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 36 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.