Climate averages 1991–2020
Mijas weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th 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 Mijas: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 13.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th 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 Málaga (24 km away). In October its highs average 21.8°C, 2.2°C warmer than Mijas, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Mijas ranks joint 66th of 93 for the warmest October highs and joint 30th of 93 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 93 cities is 21.1°C; Mijas is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 72 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Málaga in OctoberSpain · 24 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 16.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Marbella in OctoberSpain · 24 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 16.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Vélez-Málaga in OctoberSpain · 52 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Gibraltar in OctoberGibraltar · 81 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 77 mm rain
- Algeciras in OctoberSpain · 89 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 86 mm rain
- Fnidek in OctoberMorocco · 105 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Granada in OctoberSpain · 113 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Martil in OctoberMorocco · 123 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 16.8°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 Mijas) is explained once on the Mijas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.