Benalmádena in December
Around 14 °C by day, sea 16.4 °C. Too cold to swim. Quieter than the peak: 2 out of 5 against 5.
December in Benalmádena is 14 °C by day and 16.4 °C in the sea. Load is 2 out of 5: the town is back with its residents.
December looks unusual in a town whose residents are 29.2% foreign: the English-speaking community is the largest here, and its Christmas shows in the streets. The winter score is 4 out of 5: some places by the water are shut while Arroyo de la Miel below goes about ordinary business. A one-bedroom rents at €1,000, a two-bedroom at €1,320. The train reaches the airport in 15 minutes and runs on to central Málaga.
Towns nearby in December
| Town | Air | Sea | Busy | Winter | €/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benalmádena | 14 | 16.4 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 3 779appraised |
| Torre del Mar | 14 | 16.4 | 1/5 | 4/5 | 1 581asking |
| Torrox | 14 | 16.4 | 1/5 | 4/5 | 2 000asking |
| Nerja | 14 | 16.4 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 2 450asking |
| Alhaurín de la Torre | 14 | 16.4 | 1/5 | 5/5 | 2 736appraised |
| Vélez-Málaga | 14 | 16.4 | 2/5 | 5/5 | 2 745appraised |
| Málaga | 14 | 16.4 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 3 283appraised |
| Mijas | 14 | 16.4 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 3 339appraised |
The winter column is a 1-to-5 score: how many cafés, hotels and shops run in January compared with the best month of the year. Where a village has no government figure of its own, it is our estimate. Tourists never notice; anyone who moved does.
Rain days and humidity are annual here, not monthly: 43 rainy days a year, 70% humidity in winter. We have no monthly normals yet and will not invent a split.