Alicante in October
Around 20 °C by day, sea 22.9 °C. Warm enough to swim. Quieter than the peak: 3 of 4.
October in Alicante is 20 °C by day and 22.9 °C in the sea. The swimming season is still running: twenty-one degrees is above the line at which people go in.
October is the last month with the sea above twenty and the first quiet one: load falls from the summer 4 to 3 out of 4. For anyone viewing flats that is a lucky overlap: the weather still allows a full day on foot, and owners and agencies are back from holiday. What to check is dryness: 34 rainy days a year here, fewer than Málaga, Valencia or Barcelona, and winter humidity of 65%. For a flat without heating that is a noticeable difference.
Towns nearby in October
| Town | Air | Sea | Busy | Winter | €/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alicante | 20 | 22.9 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 2 251 |
| Torrevieja | 20 | 22.9 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 2 169 |
| Santa Pola | 20 | 22.9 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 2 486 |
| Dénia | 20 | 22.9 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 2 826 |
| El Campello | 20 | 22.9 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 2 906 |
| Calpe / Calp | 20 | 22.9 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3 004 |
| Benidorm | 20 | 23 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 3 079 |
| Orihuela Costa | 20 | 22.9 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3 348 |
The winter column is a 1-to-5 estimate: are places open, does transport run, is anyone about between November and March. Tourists never notice; anyone who moved does.
Rain days and humidity are annual here, not monthly: 34 rainy days a year, 65% humidity in winter. We have no monthly normals yet and will not invent a split.