Costa del Sol in October
Around 20.5 °C by day, sea 20.4 °C. Warm enough to swim. Quieter than the peak: 2 of 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 3 to 5. On the appraisal basis the square metre runs from €2,529 in Vélez-Málaga to €4,292 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 a single basis it is cheaper. Rain comes next: in Málaga half the 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 | 1 581 |
| Torrox | 20.5 | 20.5 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 2 000 |
| Nerja | 20.5 | 20.5 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 2 450 |
| Vélez-Málaga | 20.5 | 20.4 | 2/5 | 5/5 | 2 529 |
| Alhaurín de la Torre | 20.5 | 20.2 | 1/5 | 5/5 | 2 708 |
| Málaga | 20.5 | 20.2 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 3 206 |
| Mijas | 20.5 | 20.2 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3 231 |
| Rincón de la Victoria | 20.5 | 20.2 | 2/5 | 5/5 | 3 331 |
| Manilva | 20.5 | 19.2 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3 450 |
| Estepona | 20.5 | 19.2 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 3 471 |
| Fuengirola | 20.5 | 20.1 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3 614 |
| Benalmádena | 20.5 | 20.2 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3 758 |
| Torremolinos | 20.5 | 20.2 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3 875 |
| Marbella | 20.5 | 19.6 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 4 292 |
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: 44 rainy days a year, 71% humidity in winter. We have no monthly normals yet and will not invent a split.