Climate averages 1991–2020
Orihuela weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Orihuela: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 32 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Murcia (20 km away). In July its highs average 33.4°C, about as warm as Orihuela, with 2.5 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Orihuela ranks 12th of 93 for the warmest July highs and joint 26th of 93 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 93 cities is 29.2°C; Orihuela is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.5 mm to 7.4 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
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, selected | 33.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 2.5 | 0.5 | 14.515 h |
| August | 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
July in nearby cities
- Murcia in JulySpain · 20 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Torrevieja in JulySpain · 26 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Elche in JulySpain · 29 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Alicante in JulySpain · 50 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Cartagena, Spain in JulySpain · 54 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Lorca in JulySpain · 81 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Benidorm in JulySpain · 87 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Gandia in JulySpain · 118 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 9.4 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 Orihuela) is explained once on the Orihuela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.