Climate in costa almeria: temperature, precipitation, when you should go

In Costa de Almería, the area of the Spanish southern coast within the province of Almería, the weather can be viewed as Mediterranean, with mild and comparatively wet winters, and hot and sunny summers, even though the aridity is outstanding, so the landscape is desert. There are many beaches that come in a rocky and arid atmosphere.

Geographically it’s divided inside a western part (Poniente Almeriense, where you can find places like Adra, El Ejido, Berja, Roquetas de Marly, Almerimar, Enix and also the nature reserve of Punta Entinas-Sabinar), a main part (where we discover the Bay of Almería using the capital, additionally to Cabo de Gata and Nijar), as well as an eastern part (Levante Almeriense, where we are able to find Carboneras, Mojacar, Garrucha, Vera, Pulpí, Cuevas del Almanzora, Villaricos). Within the east, ten or twenty yards from Carboneras, there is the small island known as Isla de San Andrés.

Within the central part we discover the Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park. Within the interior, north-west of Almería, we discover the Tabernas Desert.

There are lots of sunshine, where the daytime temperature reaches or exceeds 20 °C (68 °F), even just in winter. In the winter months, cold days are rare, but on cooler periods the minimum temperature can drop to around °C (32 °F) used, it never snows. In summer time heat is usually bearable and ocean breezes blow, but there might be periods of intense heat, where temperatures can touch even 38/40 °C (100/104 °F).

Listed here are the typical temperatures of Almería.

Average temperatures – Almería

AlmeríaJanFebruaryMarlyAprMayJunJulAugustSepMarchNovember12 ,AlmeríaJFMAMJJASOND

Min (°C)	8	9	11	13	15	19	22	22	20	16	12	10
Max (°C)	17	18	20	21	24	28	31	31	28	25	21	18
Min (°F)	46	48	52	55	59	66	72	72	68	61	54	50
Max (°F)	63	64	68	70	75	82	88	88	82	77	70	64

The rains in Costa Almería are decidedly scarce, because they are usually less than 300 millimetres (one foot) each year, and stick to the Mediterranean pattern, actually many of them fall from October to April, during summer time it rarely rains. Unsurprisingly, the landscape is frequently desert even around the coast. In Almería, within the wettest month, December, just 30 mm (1.2 in) of rain. Within the Cabo de Gata area, precipitation drops below 200 mm (8 in) each year.

This is actually the average rain fall of Almería.

Average precipitation – Almería

AlmeríaJanFebruaryMarlyAprMayJunJulAugustSepMarchNovember12 ,YearAlmeríaJFMAMJJASONDY

200

7.9

Prec. (mm)	24	25	16	17	12	5	1	1	14	27	28	30
Prec. (in)	.9	1	.6	.7	.5	.2			.6	1.1	1.1	1.2
Days	3	3	3	3	2				2	3	4	3

The quantity of sunshine in Costa Almería is excellent in summer time, when obvious skies prevail, it is good in spring, when cloudy periods continue to be possible, even though it is still decent in fall and winter, when additionally to sunny periods, which however they are not missing, cloudy days occur often. You may still find typically six hrs regarding each day even just in December and The month of january.

Playa de los Muertos

In Costa Almería, the ocean is slightly cooler within the western part compared to the east: water temperature within the capital is 24 °C (75 °F) in August, during This summer will still be "only" 22 °C (72 °F).

Listed here are the typical ocean temperatures.

Ocean temperature – Almería

AlmeríaJanFebruaryMarlyAprMayJunJulAugustSepMarchNovember12 ,AlmeríaJFMAMJJASOND

Ocean (°C)	15	15	15	16	17	20	22	24	23	20	18	16
Ocean (°F)	59	59	59	61	63	68	72	75	73	68	64	61

Within the eastern part, in which the coast is uncovered towards the southeast, the ocean within the summer time turns into a bit warmer, so much in fact that in Mojacar it reaches 25 °C (77 °F) in August.

Listed here are the typical ocean temperatures.

Ocean temperature – Mojacar

MojacarJanFebruaryMarlyAprMayJunJulAugustSepMarchNovember12 ,MojacarJFMAMJJASOND