Climate averages 1991–2020
Mijas weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Mijas: daytime highs average 13.0°C and nights cool to about 6.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 49 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Málaga (24 km away). In February its highs average 15.4°C, 2.4°C warmer than Mijas, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Mijas ranks joint 50th of 93 for the warmest February highs and joint 71st of 93 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 93 cities is 13.6°C; Mijas is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 14.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 55 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Mijas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 64 | 7.5 | 10.010 h |
| February, selected | 13.0°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 54 | 6.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 55 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 35 | 5.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 19.5°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 20 | 3.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 23.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 5.2 | 0.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 26.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 26.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 3.2 | 0.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 23 | 2.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 56 | 6.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 72 | 7.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.2°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 79 | 7.9 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Málaga in FebruarySpain · 24 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 9.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Marbella in FebruarySpain · 24 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 9.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Vélez-Málaga in FebruarySpain · 52 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 9.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Gibraltar in FebruaryGibraltar · 81 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 10.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Algeciras in FebruarySpain · 89 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 11.3°C · 77 mm rain
- Fnidek in FebruaryMorocco · 105 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Granada in FebruarySpain · 113 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 2.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Martil in FebruaryMorocco · 123 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 10.1°C · 63 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 Mijas) is explained once on the Mijas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.