Costa del Sol in October
Around 20.5 °C by day, sea 20.4 °C. Warm enough to swim. Quieter than the peak: 2 out of 5 against 5.
October on the Costa del Sol is 20.5 °C by day and 20.4 °C in the sea. Swimming is still possible, and load has fallen from the summer 5 to 2 out of 5.
October is the month to drive the whole coast and see how different it is from end to end. Fourteen places in our base, winter scores from 4 to 5. On the appraisal basis the square metre runs from €2,736 in Alhaurín de la Torre to €4,477 in Marbella; on asking prices from €1,581 in Torre del Mar to €3,450 in Manilva. Only figures on the same basis can be compared — otherwise Marbella looks dearer than Barcelona when on the ministry's appraisal it is cheaper: €4,477 against €4,595. Rain comes next: by AEMET's normals half of Málaga's annual total falls between November and January.
Towns nearby in October
| Town | Air | Sea | Busy | Winter | €/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torre del Mar | 20.5 | 20.4 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 1 581asking |
| Torrox | 20.5 | 20.5 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 2 000asking |
| Nerja | 20.5 | 20.5 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 2 450asking |
| Alhaurín de la Torre | 20.5 | 20.2 | 1/5 | 5/5 | 2 736appraised |
| Vélez-Málaga | 20.5 | 20.4 | 2/5 | 5/5 | 2 745appraised |
| Málaga | 20.5 | 20.2 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 3 283appraised |
| Mijas | 20.5 | 20.2 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3 339appraised |
| Manilva | 20.5 | 19.2 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3 450asking |
| Estepona | 20.5 | 19.2 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 3 453appraised |
| Rincón de la Victoria | 20.5 | 20.2 | 2/5 | 5/5 | 3 498appraised |
| Fuengirola | 20.5 | 20.1 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3 711appraised |
| Torremolinos | 20.5 | 20.2 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3 736appraised |
| Benalmádena | 20.5 | 20.2 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3 779appraised |
| Marbella | 20.5 | 19.6 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 4 477appraised |
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: 44 rainy days a year, 71% humidity in winter. We have no monthly normals yet and will not invent a split.