Climate averages 1991–2020
Orihuela weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: 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 Orihuela: daytime highs average 33.2°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 7.4 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 Murcia (20 km away). In August its highs average 33.4°C, about as warm as Orihuela, with 8.9 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Orihuela ranks joint 8th of 93 for the warmest August highs and 30th of 93 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 93 cities is 29.3°C; Orihuela is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.4 mm to 37 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
Orihuela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.2°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 24 | 4.3 | 9.810 h |
| February | 17.6°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 20 | 4.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 20.3°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 30 | 4.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.8°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 30 | 4.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 26.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 23 | 3.6 | 14.214 h |
| June | 30.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 9.8 | 1.7 | 14.815 h |
| July | 33.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 2.5 | 0.5 | 14.515 h |
| August, selected | 33.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 7.4 | 1.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 29.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 37 | 4.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 25.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 32 | 5.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 19.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 31 | 5.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 16.5°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 23 | 4.0 | 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
- Murcia in AugustSpain · 20 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Torrevieja in AugustSpain · 26 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Elche in AugustSpain · 29 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Alicante in AugustSpain · 50 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Cartagena, Spain in AugustSpain · 54 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Lorca in AugustSpain · 81 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Benidorm in AugustSpain · 87 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Gandia in AugustSpain · 118 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 26 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 Orihuela) is explained once on the Orihuela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.