Climate and average weather in Antequera

In Antequera, the summers are hot, dry, and clear and the winters are cool and partly cloudy.

Best: late April to mid July

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Antequera typically varies from 4°C to 30°C, and is rarely below 0°C or above 34°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Antequera for warm-weather activities are from late April to mid July and late August to late October.

Hottest
Jul
30°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Nov
74 mm
Driest
Jul
3 mm
Rain / yr
523 mm
69 wet days
Daylight
9.5–14.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
519 m
37.0°N
Clearest
Jul
10% cloud

Antequera is municipal capital of Antequera, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain.

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

Antequera weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late April to mid July.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Antequera, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.1 months, from June 13 to September 13, with daily high temperatures above 26°C. The hottest month of the year in Antequera is July, with an average high of 30°C and low of 18°C.

The cool season lasts 3.9 months, from November 15 to March 12, with daily high temperatures below 16°C. The coldest month of the year in Antequera is January, with an average low of 4°C and high of 13°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 12°C) in July.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan134
Feb145
Mar167
Apr199
May2212
Jun2716
Jul3018
Aug3018
Sep2616
Oct2112
Nov168
Dec145

Average hourly temperature in Antequera

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 30°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Antequera weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 578.19.73.8
Feb14° / 517.510.64.4
Mar16° / 618.111.75.6
Apr19° / 53812.96.4
May22° / 12°376.3147.6
Jun27° / 16°131.814.58.2
Jul30° / 18°30.414.36.7
Aug30° / 18°6113.46.6
Sep26° / 16°354.512.37.9
Oct21° / 12°627.5117.1
Nov16° / 747.6105.6
Dec14° / 727.99.54.2

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Antequera gets about 523 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 7.8 months, from around Sep 24 to May 19, peaking in January at about 30% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 24.

November is the wettest month by volume, with 74 mm over about 8 wet days; July is the driest, with 3 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetJan 26 · 30%Jul 24 · 1%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan268
Feb278
Mar268
Apr278
May206
Jun72
Jul10
Aug31
Sep145
Oct258
Nov258
Dec258

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Antequera collects about 523 mm of rain across 69 wet days — roughly 44 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. November is the wettest month with 74 mm, while July is the driest at just 3 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 40% of the year’s total.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec5751615337133635627472
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan578
Feb518
Mar618
Apr538
May376
Jun132
Jul30
Aug61
Sep355
Oct628
Nov748
Dec728

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Antequera, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 15 and lasts for 4.7 months, ending around October 4. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 96% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 5 and lasts for 7.3 months, ending around May 14. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 50% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 23 · 97%Dec 21 · 50%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5347
Feb5743
Mar5644
Apr5842
May6931
Jun8614
Jul964
Aug937
Sep7723
Oct6139
Nov5644
Dec5050

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 8, brings about 14 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 30 min — a swing of roughly 5 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.78:366:19
Feb10.68:156:50
Mar11.77:377:19
Apr12.96:507:47
May14.06:158:14
Jun14.56:038:34
Jul14.36:158:33
Aug13.46:398:05
Sep12.37:067:20
Oct11.07:326:34
Nov10.08:046:03
Dec9.58:305:59

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Antequera averages about 16 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 10 and 28 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.2 months, from around May 24 to Sep 28. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 28 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is December, down near 10 sunny days — about 62% fewer than the July peak.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 2328 daysDec 2110 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan11Mixed
Feb11Mixed
Mar13Mixed
Apr12Mixed
May15Mixed
Jun22Bright
Jul28Brilliant
Aug26Brilliant
Sep18Bright
Oct13Mixed
Nov12Mixed
Dec11Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Antequera, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.5 months, from around June 16 to October 1. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 46% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 2 to June 15, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 5 · 100%Aug 22 · 51%muggyhumidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr99100
May871310
Jun5534110
Jul2839294
Aug2133379
Sep3341242
Oct633340
Nov95500
Dec99100

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Antequera is steady company: average speeds sit near 8 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeApr 3 · 9 km/hSep 30 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan8calm
Feb9calm
Mar9calm
Apr9calm
May8calm
Jun8calm
Jul8calm
Aug8calm
Sep7calm
Oct8calm
Nov8calm
Dec8calm

Best time to visit Antequera

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Antequera throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early July, Antequera is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Antequera for general outdoor tourist activities run from late April to mid July and again from mid August to late October, with a peak score in the first week of June.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 7 · 8.3

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan3.9fair
Feb4.4fair
Mar5.6good
Apr6.4good
May7.6ideal
Jun8.1ideal
Jul6.7good
Aug6.6good
Sep7.9ideal
Oct7.1good
Nov5.6good
Dec4.2fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Antequera for hot-weather activities is from early June to mid September, with a peak score in the first week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 2 · 9.3

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Antequera, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 30°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 13°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Antequera sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

Sea temperature near Antequera

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 47 km away) is warmest in August at about 23°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 19 to Oct 9 — about 3.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan15Cool
Feb15Cool
Mar15Cool
Apr16Cool
May18Cool
Jun20Cool
Jul22Refreshing
Aug23Refreshing
Sep22Refreshing
Oct20Cool
Nov17Cool
Dec16Cool

UV index (midday) in Antequera by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Antequera 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 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highVery highHighModerateJul 17UV 10Dec 19UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar7Very high
Apr8Very high
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Antequera

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar6.53
Apr7.54.5
May7.54
Jun85
Jul8.56
Aug7.55
Sep6.53
Oct50
Nov10
Dec00

Air quality in Antequera by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Antequera is worst in March — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodMar 1615 µg/m³Dec 158 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr12Good
May10Good
Jun10Good
Jul12Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct11Good
Nov8Good
Dec8Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free day

Antequera is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan9211
Feb947
Mar990
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov990
Dec960

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Antequera banks about 2,191 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

05001,0001,5002,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb1
Mar49
Apr109
May220
Jun337
Jul440
Aug440
Sep324
Oct209
Nov63
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Antequera receives about 5.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.2 and 8.0 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 22 to Sep 21. The brightest month is July, averaging about 7.9 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.3 kWh/m² — roughly 71% less than the July peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 38.0 kWhDec 212.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.6Moderate
Feb3.6Moderate
Mar4.8Bright
Apr6.0Intense
May7.0Intense
Jun7.8Intense
Jul8.0Intense
Aug7.1Intense
Sep5.5Bright
Oct4.0Moderate
Nov2.8Moderate
Dec2.3Moderate

Where is Antequera?

Antequera sits at 37.0°N, 4.6°W, 519 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Cártama, 35 km away.

Topography around Antequera

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Antequera has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 321 m around an average of 534 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,075 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,063 m.

The land around Antequera is covered by grassland (35%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, grassland (34%), cropland (31%) and trees (27%) within 16 km, and trees (39%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
321 m
16 km
1,075 m
80 km
2,063 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Cártama 35 km · Malaga 36 km · Alhaurín de la Torre 40 km · Loja 40 km · Rincón de la Victoria 42 km · Alhaurín el Grande 43 km · Coín 44 km · Lucena 44 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
Roman Catholic 58%atheist 16%agnostic 11%non-believer 11%

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 Antequera (37.0194°, -4.5612°, elevation 519 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).