Mallorca in October
Around 19.5 °C by day, sea 23.3 °C. Warm enough to swim. Quieter than the peak: 3 out of 5 against 5.
October on Mallorca is the month when the sea is still warm and the crowds have gone. Water at 23.3 °C, warmer than in June (22.9 °C) and still swimmable; air at 19.5 °C. Tourist load drops to 3 out of 5 against 5 in August, and in Pollença and Alcúdia in the north to 2. You can see the difference on the promenade the same day the last charter leaves.
We count rain on Mallorca by the year rather than by the month: Palma has 55 rainy days against 32 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. When it comes it is not drizzle but a short, heavy downpour, after which the sun returns. For anyone picking a month to see what the island is like out of season, October is more honest than August: prices have dropped and not everything has closed yet.
Towns nearby in October
| Town | Air | Sea | Busy | Winter | €/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palma de Mallorca | 19.5 | 23.3 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 3 792appraised |
| Pollença | 19.5 | 23.1 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 4 000asking |
| Alcúdia | 19.5 | 23.1 | 2/5 | 1/5 | 4 200asking |
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: 55 rainy days a year, 68% humidity in winter. We have no monthly normals yet and will not invent a split.