Alcalá la Real weather in October

In October, Alcalá la Real sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 63 mm of rain across 8.4 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of October to 10 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Alcalá la Real's 6th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alcalá la Real's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 63 mm; 8.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 7:30 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover: 50%; 6th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 3.9 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.9; out of 10

Alcalá la Real is capital of Alcalá la Real Municipality, Spain.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical October day in Alcalá la Real reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 6°C cooler than September and about 6°C warmer than November.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	12
2	24	12
3	24	12
4	23	12
5	23	12
6	23	12
7	23	12
8	23	12
9	23	11
10	22	11
11	22	11
12	22	11
13	22	11
14	22	11
15	21	11
16	21	11
17	21	10
18	21	10
19	21	10
20	21	10
21	20	10
22	20	10
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	20	9
26	20	9
27	19	9
28	19	9
29	19	9
30	19	9
31	19	8

How October really feels in Alcalá la Real

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

October sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Alcalá la Real weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 2°	67	8.7	0.8	9.7	3.2
Feb	13° / 3°	64	9	0.6	10.6	3.9
Mar	16° / 5°	71	9.4	0.2	11.7	5.3
Apr	18° / 7°	68	10.2	0	12.9	6.0
May	23° / 11°	52	7.8	0	14	7.3
Jun	28° / 15°	22	3.5	0	14.5	7.5
Jul	32° / 18°	3	1.2	0	14.3	5.6
Aug	32° / 18°	8	2.2	0	13.4	5.5
Sep	27° / 15°	38	5.4	0	12.3	7.4
Oct	21° / 11°	63	8.4	0	11	6.9
Nov	15° / 6°	75	9.2	0.1	10	4.9
Dec	13° / 3°	79	8.9	0.2	9.5	3.6

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	64	64	64	64	64	63	62	62	60	59	58	57	56	54	53	52	52	51	51	51	51	51	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	54	54
Cloudier (%)	36	36	36	36	36	37	38	38	40	41	42	43	44	46	47	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	46	46

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	60	40
10	59	41
11	58	42
12	57	43
13	56	44
14	54	46
15	53	47
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	54	46
31	54	46

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Alcalá la Real gets around 63 mm of rain over 8.4 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 28% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	22
2	22
3	22
4	22
5	22
6	22
7	23
8	23
9	23
10	24
11	25
12	26
13	27
14	28
15	29
16	30
17	31
18	32
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	32
30	32
31	32

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 87% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	78	79	79	81	82	82	83	84	84	85	85	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	88	89	89	90	90	91	91	92	92	93	94	94	95
Comfortable (%)	20	19	19	18	17	17	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	5
Humid (%)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	78	20	2
2	79	19	2
3	79	19	2
4	81	18	1
5	82	17	1
6	82	17	1
7	83	16	1
8	84	15	1
9	84	15	1
10	85	14	1
11	85	14	1
12	86	14	0
13	86	14	0
14	87	13	0
15	87	13	0
16	87	13	0
17	87	13	0
18	87	13	0
19	88	12	0
20	89	11	0
21	89	11	0
22	90	10	0
23	90	10	0
24	91	9	0
25	91	9	0
26	92	8	0
27	92	8	0
28	93	7	0
29	94	6	0
30	94	6	0
31	95	5	0

Wind in October

Winds average 7 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
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29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of October to 10 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 7:16 AM to 7:45 AM, and sunset from 6:53 PM to 6:13 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:45
Sunset (PM)	6:53	6:52	6:50	6:49	6:47	6:46	6:44	6:43	6:41	6:40	6:38	6:37	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	7:16	6:53
2	11.6	7:17	6:52
3	11.5	7:18	6:50
4	11.5	7:19	6:49
5	11.5	7:20	6:47
6	11.4	7:21	6:46
7	11.4	7:22	6:44
8	11.3	7:23	6:43
9	11.3	7:23	6:41
10	11.3	7:24	6:40
11	11.2	7:25	6:38
12	11.2	7:26	6:37
13	11.1	7:27	6:35
14	11.1	7:28	6:34
15	11.1	7:29	6:33
16	11.0	7:30	6:31
17	11.0	7:31	6:30
18	10.9	7:32	6:29
19	10.9	7:33	6:27
20	10.9	7:34	6:26
21	10.8	7:35	6:25
22	10.8	7:36	6:23
23	10.7	7:37	6:22
24	10.7	7:38	6:21
25	10.7	7:39	6:20
26	10.6	7:40	6:19
27	10.6	7:41	6:17
28	10.6	7:42	6:16
29	10.5	7:43	6:15
30	10.5	7:44	6:14
31	10.5	7:45	6:13

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 3.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.22 kWh/m² to a high of 7.97 kWh/m² in July across the year — October's 3.9 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.6	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.2	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.1	Bright
12	4.1	Bright
13	4.0	Bright
14	3.9	Moderate
15	3.9	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.7	Moderate
19	3.7	Moderate
20	3.6	Moderate
21	3.6	Moderate
22	3.6	Moderate
23	3.5	Moderate
24	3.5	Moderate
25	3.5	Moderate
26	3.4	Moderate
27	3.4	Moderate
28	3.4	Moderate
29	3.3	Moderate
30	3.3	Moderate
31	3.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Alcalá la Real?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.9

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Alcalá la Real for sightseeing.

What to pack for Alcalá la Real in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Alcalá la Real sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Alcalá la Real in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Alcalá la Real peaks around July 17 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	3	7	8	8	9	10	9	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Alcalá la Real?

Alcalá la Real sits at 37.5°N, 3.9°W, 918 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Priego de Córdoba, 24 km away.

Topography around Alcalá la Real

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Alcalá la Real.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alcalá la Real has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 249 m around an average of 918 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,137 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,447 m.

The land around Alcalá la Real is covered by trees (51%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, trees (71%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

249 m

trees 51%

16 km

1,137 m

trees 71%

80 km

3,447 m

trees 56%

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← September Alcalá la Real year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Priego de Córdoba 24 km · Martos 29 km · Atarfe 34 km · Albolote 35 km · Santafé 35 km · Jaén 36 km · Maracena 38 km · Loja 38 km

Spain travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 65% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $38,627; 2025
Happiness: 6.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 99%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 3.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 540
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Alcalá la Real (37.4614°, -3.923°, elevation 918 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	12
2	24	12
3	24	12
4	23	12
5	23	12
6	23	12
7	23	12
8	23	12
9	23	11
10	22	11
11	22	11
12	22	11
13	22	11
14	22	11
15	21	11
16	21	11
17	21	10
18	21	10
19	21	10
20	21	10
21	20	10
22	20	10
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	20	9
26	20	9
27	19	9
28	19	9
29	19	9
30	19	9
31	19	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	60	40
10	59	41
11	58	42
12	57	43
13	56	44
14	54	46
15	53	47
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	54	46
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	22
2	22
3	22
4	22
5	22
6	22
7	23
8	23
9	23
10	24
11	25
12	26
13	27
14	28
15	29
16	30
17	31
18	32
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	32
30	32
31	32

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	78	20	2
2	79	19	2
3	79	19	2
4	81	18	1
5	82	17	1
6	82	17	1
7	83	16	1
8	84	15	1
9	84	15	1
10	85	14	1
11	85	14	1
12	86	14	0
13	86	14	0
14	87	13	0
15	87	13	0
16	87	13	0
17	87	13	0
18	87	13	0
19	88	12	0
20	89	11	0
21	89	11	0
22	90	10	0
23	90	10	0
24	91	9	0
25	91	9	0
26	92	8	0
27	92	8	0
28	93	7	0
29	94	6	0
30	94	6	0
31	95	5	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	12
2	24	12
3	24	12
4	23	12
5	23	12
6	23	12
7	23	12
8	23	12
9	23	11
10	22	11
11	22	11
12	22	11
13	22	11
14	22	11
15	21	11
16	21	11
17	21	10
18	21	10
19	21	10
20	21	10
21	20	10
22	20	10
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	20	9
26	20	9
27	19	9
28	19	9
29	19	9
30	19	9
31	19	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	60	40
10	59	41
11	58	42
12	57	43
13	56	44
14	54	46
15	53	47
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	54	46
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	22
2	22
3	22
4	22
5	22
6	22
7	23
8	23
9	23
10	24
11	25
12	26
13	27
14	28
15	29
16	30
17	31
18	32
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	32
30	32
31	32

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	78	20	2
2	79	19	2
3	79	19	2
4	81	18	1
5	82	17	1
6	82	17	1
7	83	16	1
8	84	15	1
9	84	15	1
10	85	14	1
11	85	14	1
12	86	14	0
13	86	14	0
14	87	13	0
15	87	13	0
16	87	13	0
17	87	13	0
18	87	13	0
19	88	12	0
20	89	11	0
21	89	11	0
22	90	10	0
23	90	10	0
24	91	9	0
25	91	9	0
26	92	8	0
27	92	8	0
28	93	7	0
29	94	6	0
30	94	6	0
31	95	5	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	12
2	24	12
3	24	12
4	23	12
5	23	12
6	23	12
7	23	12
8	23	12
9	23	11
10	22	11
11	22	11
12	22	11
13	22	11
14	22	11
15	21	11
16	21	11
17	21	10
18	21	10
19	21	10
20	21	10
21	20	10
22	20	10
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	20	9
26	20	9
27	19	9
28	19	9
29	19	9
30	19	9
31	19	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	60	40
10	59	41
11	58	42
12	57	43
13	56	44
14	54	46
15	53	47
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	54	46
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	22
2	22
3	22
4	22
5	22
6	22
7	23
8	23
9	23
10	24
11	25
12	26
13	27
14	28
15	29
16	30
17	31
18	32
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	32
30	32
31	32

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	78	20	2
2	79	19	2
3	79	19	2
4	81	18	1
5	82	17	1
6	82	17	1
7	83	16	1
8	84	15	1
9	84	15	1
10	85	14	1
11	85	14	1
12	86	14	0
13	86	14	0
14	87	13	0
15	87	13	0
16	87	13	0
17	87	13	0
18	87	13	0
19	88	12	0
20	89	11	0
21	89	11	0
22	90	10	0
23	90	10	0
24	91	9	0
25	91	9	0
26	92	8	0
27	92	8	0
28	93	7	0
29	94	6	0
30	94	6	0
31	95	5	0