Costa del Sol in May
Around 20 °C by day, sea 18.3 °C. Too cold to swim. Quieter than the peak: 2 of 5.
May on the Costa del Sol is 20 °C by day and 18.3 °C in the sea. Eighteen degrees is the line at which people go in: the swimming season starts here in May. Load is 2 out of 5.
May is the last month you can drive the whole coast in a day. After it the roads clog. And it is worth driving: Nerja to Manilva is a hundred and thirty kilometres as the crow flies. Along that stretch there are villages where everything shuts out of season and towns that work all year. On the appraisal basis the square metre runs from €2,529 in Vélez-Málaga to €4,292 in Marbella — 1.7 times along one shore.
Towns nearby in May
| Town | Air | Sea | Busy | Winter | €/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torre del Mar | 20 | 18.3 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 1 581 |
| Torrox | 20 | 18.4 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 2 000 |
| Nerja | 20 | 18.4 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 2 450 |
| Vélez-Málaga | 20 | 18.3 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 2 529 |
| Alhaurín de la Torre | 20 | 18.3 | 1/5 | 5/5 | 2 708 |
| Málaga | 20 | 18.3 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 3 206 |
| Mijas | 20 | 18.3 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3 231 |
| Rincón de la Victoria | 20 | 18.3 | 2/5 | 5/5 | 3 331 |
| Manilva | 20 | 17.6 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3 450 |
| Estepona | 20 | 17.6 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 3 471 |
| Fuengirola | 20 | 18.1 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3 614 |
| Benalmádena | 20 | 18.3 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3 758 |
| Torremolinos | 20 | 18.3 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3 875 |
| Marbella | 20 | 17.8 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 4 292 |
Rain days and humidity are annual here, not monthly: 44 rainy days a year, 71% humidity in winter. We have no monthly normals yet and will not invent a split.