Fuengirola in October
Around 20.5 °C by day, sea 20.1 °C. Warm enough to swim. Quieter than the peak: 3 out of 5 against 5.
October in Fuengirola is 20.5 °C by day and 20.1 °C in the sea. Load has fallen from the summer 5 to 3 out of 5, and the town returns to ordinary life.
Fuengirola is the most town-like of the three resorts west of Málaga. Winter score 4 out of 5, living without a car 5 out of 5, hospital 22 minutes away, 4 international schools — level with its neighbours on winter and ahead on schools: Benalmádena has 3, Torremolinos 2. Foreign residents are 37.5%, and a good share of them stay for the winter. The metre is €3,711 on the ministry's appraisal, against €3,736 in Torremolinos and €3,779 in Benalmádena. The airport is 20 minutes away, and a train runs there and on to Málaga.
Towns nearby in October
| Town | Air | Sea | Busy | Winter | €/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuengirola | 20.5 | 20.1 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3 711appraised |
| 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 |
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: 43 rainy days a year, 70% humidity in winter. We have no monthly normals yet and will not invent a split.