Climate averages 1991–2020
Marbella weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Marbella: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 8th 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 Mijas (24 km away). In October its highs average 19.6°C, 2.0°C cooler than Marbella, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Marbella ranks joint 39th of 93 for the warmest October highs and 64th of 93 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 93 cities is 21.1°C; Marbella is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 17.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 77 mm to 93 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
Marbella climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.6°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 84 | 9.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 73 | 7.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.8°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 80 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.5°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 54 | 7.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 33 | 5.3 | 14.114 h |
| June | 25.2°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 8.7 | 1.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 14.414 h |
| August | 28.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 4.5 | 0.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 31 | 3.7 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 21.6°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 77 | 7.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 93 | 8.1 | 10.310 h |
| December | 15.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 116 | 9.1 | 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
- Mijas in OctoberSpain · 24 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Málaga in OctoberSpain · 47 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 16.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Gibraltar in OctoberGibraltar · 59 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 77 mm rain
- Algeciras in OctoberSpain · 66 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 86 mm rain
- Vélez-Málaga in OctoberSpain · 76 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Fnidek in OctoberMorocco · 85 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Martil in OctoberMorocco · 106 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Tétouan in OctoberMorocco · 113 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 16.0°C · 71 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 Marbella) is explained once on the Marbella year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.