Climate averages 1991–2020
Orihuela weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Orihuela: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Murcia (20 km away). In October its highs average 24.8°C, about as warm as Orihuela, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Orihuela ranks joint 1st of 93 for the warmest October highs and 9th of 93 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 93 cities is 21.1°C; Orihuela is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 19.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 31 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Murcia in OctoberSpain · 20 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Torrevieja in OctoberSpain · 26 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Elche in OctoberSpain · 29 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Alicante in OctoberSpain · 50 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Cartagena, Spain in OctoberSpain · 54 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Lorca in OctoberSpain · 81 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 13.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Benidorm in OctoberSpain · 87 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Gandia in OctoberSpain · 118 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 76 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.