Costa Blanca in October
Around 20 °C by day, sea 22.9 °C. Warm enough to swim. Quieter than the peak: 3 of 5.
October on the Costa Blanca is 20 °C by day and 22.9 °C in the sea. Swimming still works, and load has fallen from the summer 5 to 3 out of 5.
The Costa Blanca is a shore where neighbouring towns differ more than whole coasts do. Torrevieja: €2,169 a metre, 49.5% foreign residents, winter score 4 out of 5. Alicante half an hour away: €2,251 a metre, but a city of 365,586 with a university, an airport and a winter score of 5. Jávea in the north: €3,671 a metre and 95 minutes to that same airport. October is a good month to drive the lot.
Towns nearby in October
| Town | Air | Sea | Busy | Winter | €/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torrevieja | 20 | 22.9 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 2 169 |
| Alicante | 20 | 22.9 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 2 251 |
| 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 |
| Guardamar del Segura | 20 | 22.9 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3 363 |
| Altea | 20 | 22.9 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3 423 |
| Jávea / Xàbia | 20 | 22.9 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3 671 |
| Moraira | 20 | 22.9 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3 956 |
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: 35 rainy days a year, 66% humidity in winter. We have no monthly normals yet and will not invent a split.