Costa de la Luz in October
Around 20.5 °C by day, sea 20.6 °C. Warm enough to swim. Quieter than the peak: 2 of 5.
October on the Costa de la Luz is 20.5 °C by day and 20.6 °C in the sea. The Atlantic cools more slowly than the air, so swimming still works. Load is 2 out of 5.
This shore runs from the Portuguese border to Tarifa and is nothing like the Mediterranean one. The beaches are wide because of the tides, the wind is constant, there is less building. Foreign residents are few: 10.4% in Isla Cristina, 3% in Cádiz, 2.3% in Sanlúcar — against 54.1% in Calpe on the Costa Blanca. Hence the main point: life here happens in Spanish.
Towns nearby in October
| Town | Air | Sea | Busy | Winter | €/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isla Cristina | 20.5 | 20.6 | 2/5 | 3/5 | 1 425 |
| Huelva | 19.7 | 20.8 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 1 572 |
| Jerez de la Frontera | 19.6 | 21 | 2/5 | 5/5 | 1 734 |
| Ayamonte | 20.5 | 20.6 | 2/5 | 3/5 | 2 024 |
| Sanlúcar de Barrameda | 20.5 | 21 | 2/5 | 5/5 | 2 073 |
| Chiclana de la Frontera | 20.5 | 21 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 2 160 |
| Punta Umbría | 20.5 | 20.8 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2 226 |
| Seville | 20.6 | 21 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 2 488 |
| El Puerto de Santa María | 20.5 | 21 | 2/5 | 5/5 | 2 502 |
| Cádiz | 20.5 | 21 | 2/5 | 5/5 | 3 095 |
| Conil de la Frontera | 20.5 | 21 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 3 202 |
| Tarifa | 18.6 | 20.2 | 3/5 | 2/5 | 4 466 |
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: 50 rainy days a year, 71% humidity in winter. We have no monthly normals yet and will not invent a split.