Climate averages 1991–2020
Mijas weather
in September.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Mijas: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Málaga (24 km away). In September its highs average 25.4°C, 2.1°C warmer than Mijas, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Mijas ranks joint 75th of 93 for the warmest September highs and joint 22nd of 93 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 93 cities is 25.5°C; Mijas is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 19.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 56 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Málaga in SeptemberSpain · 24 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 19.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Marbella in SeptemberSpain · 24 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 31 mm rain
- Vélez-Málaga in SeptemberSpain · 52 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Gibraltar in SeptemberGibraltar · 81 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Algeciras in SeptemberSpain · 89 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Fnidek in SeptemberMorocco · 105 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Granada in SeptemberSpain · 113 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Martil in SeptemberMorocco · 123 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.4°C · 37 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.