Weather and climate in Motril (Spain)

In Motril, a city located on the southern coast of Spain, in Andalusia, in the province of Granada, the climate is Mediterranean, with mild, relatively rainy winters and hot, sunny summers.
The rains are scarce, since they slightly exceed 300 millimeters (12 inches) per year, in fact, the landscape is arid. Anyway, the rains follow the Mediterranean pattern, in fact, most of them fall from October to April, while in summer, it hardly ever rains.
The wind blows frequently: in the cold half of the year, it comes along with Atlantic depressions, while in summer, it blows as afternoon breeze.
Behind the coast of the province of Granada, called "Costa Tropical", there are elevations overlooking the sea: they are the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, the highest mountain range in the Iberian Peninsula, which is at no great distance: the highest peaks over 3,000 meters (10,000 feet) are located about 35 kilometers (20 miles) away from the coast.



Winter, from December to February, is a mild season, and it's characterized by sunny periods alternating with periods of bad weather, with wind and rain, which, however, are not very frequent.
There is a good number of sunny days, with daytime temperatures reaching 18/20 °C (64/68 °F) even in winter. With the wind from Africa, it can instead exceed 20 °C (68 °F).
Very cold days are rare: only in the coldest nights, the temperature can go down to the freezing point, but even in these cases, during the day, the temperature usually rises above 10 °C (50 °F).
Snow is extremely rare. In January 2005, snow whitened the beaches, a phenomenon that had not occurred for decades.

Spring, from March to May, is mild and sunny, with rainy days still possible but not very frequent. Starting from May, and sometimes also in April, the first hot days begin to occur, with highs around 30 °C (86 °F).

Summer, from June to mid-September, is hot and sunny. Typically, the temperature hovers around 28 °C (82 °F) in June and September and around 30/32 °C (86/90 °F) in July and August, the weather is hot and muggy, but the sea breeze blows, in short, it is the typical Mediterranean summer. However, when the wind blows from the interior of Andalusia, the heat can be intense, and the temperature can reach 35/37 °C (95/99 °F) and sometimes up to 40 °C (104 °F).

Autumn, from mid-September to November, is initially warm, and then becomes gradually milder, while Atlantic fronts become gradually more frequent. In October, there are still many warm and sunny days, especially in the first half. By November, we are well into autumn, in fact, the weather is mild, but it's also often cloudy and quite rainy.

Motril - Climate data

The average temperature of the coldest month (January) is of 13.3 °C (55.9 °F), that of the warmest month (August) is of 25.6 °C (78.2 °F). Here are the average temperatures.
Precipitation amounts to 315 millimeters (12.4 inches) per year: it is therefore scarce. It ranges from 2 mm (0.1 in) in the driest months (July, August) to 45 mm (1.8 in) in the wettest ones (January, November, December) Here is the average precipitation.
The sea temperature ranges from 15 °C (59 °F) in February, March to 23 °C (73 °F) in August. Here are the average sea temperatures.