Climate averages 1991–2020
Vélez-Málaga 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 Vélez-Málaga: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 3.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Málaga (29 km away). In August its highs average 28.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than Vélez-Málaga, with 4.4 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Vélez-Málaga ranks joint 52nd of 93 for the warmest August highs and joint 10th of 93 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 93 cities is 29.3°C; Vélez-Málaga is level with that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.1 mm to 19 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
Vélez-Málaga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 56 | 7.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 48 | 7.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 51 | 6.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 38 | 6.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.0°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 24 | 4.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 25.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 8.7 | 1.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 29.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 3.1 | 0.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 19 | 3.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 54 | 6.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.1°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 67 | 7.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 72 | 7.6 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Málaga in AugustSpain · 29 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Mijas in AugustSpain · 52 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Granada in AugustSpain · 63 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Marbella in AugustSpain · 76 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Jaén in AugustSpain · 113 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 13 mm rain
- El Ejido in AugustSpain · 115 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Gibraltar in AugustGibraltar · 132 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Roquetas de Mar in AugustSpain · 133 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 3.1 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 Vélez-Málaga) is explained once on the Vélez-Málaga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.