Climate averages 1991–2020
Mijas weather
in July.
A warm, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Mijas: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 24 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Málaga (24 km away). In July its highs average 28.4°C, 2.2°C warmer than Mijas, with 1.4 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Mijas ranks 72nd of 93 for the warmest July highs and joint 6th of 93 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 93 cities is 29.2°C; Mijas is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 3.2 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Málaga in JulySpain · 24 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Marbella in JulySpain · 24 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Vélez-Málaga in JulySpain · 52 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Gibraltar in JulyGibraltar · 81 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Algeciras in JulySpain · 89 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Fnidek in JulyMorocco · 105 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.2°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Granada in JulySpain · 113 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Martil in JulyMorocco · 123 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 1.4 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.