Climate averages 1991–2020
Murcia weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Murcia: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 8.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Orihuela (20 km away). In August its highs average 33.2°C, about as warm as Murcia, with 7.4 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Murcia ranks 6th of 93 for the warmest August highs and 38th of 93 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 93 cities is 29.3°C; Murcia is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.9 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Murcia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.8°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 26 | 4.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 17.3°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 23 | 3.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 20.0°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 34 | 4.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 32 | 5.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 26.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 25 | 3.8 | 14.214 h |
| June | 30.6°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 12 | 2.0 | 14.815 h |
| July | 33.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 2.5 | 0.5 | 14.515 h |
| August, selected | 33.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 8.9 | 1.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 29.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 39 | 4.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 24.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 33 | 5.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 19.4°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 33 | 5.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 16.3°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 26 | 4.3 | 9.610 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
August in nearby cities
- Orihuela in AugustSpain · 20 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Torrevieja in AugustSpain · 39 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Cartagena, Spain in AugustSpain · 45 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Elche in AugustSpain · 48 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Lorca in AugustSpain · 61 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Alicante in AugustSpain · 69 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Benidorm in AugustSpain · 107 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Albacete in AugustSpain · 129 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.1°C · 18 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 Murcia) is explained once on the Murcia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.