Málaga in October
Around 20.5 °C by day, sea 20.2 °C. Warm enough to swim. Quieter than the peak: 3 out of 5 against 4.
October in Málaga is 20.5 °C by day and 20.2 °C in the sea: the last comfortable swimming month. In November the water drops to 17.6 °C, in December to 16.4 °C.
October is the best month to look the city over with a move in mind. The summer heat has gone, tourist load is down to 3 out of 5, and everything people come here to live for is working: the university, the technology park, the port, the airport with direct flights across most of Europe. The square metre costs €3,283 — less than in Marbella (€4,477) or Benalmádena (€3,779) next door, though this is a city with year-round work rather than a resort.
Towns nearby in October
| Town | Air | Sea | Busy | Winter | €/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Málaga | 20.5 | 20.2 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 3 283appraised |
| 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 |
| Mijas | 20.5 | 20.2 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3 339appraised |
| Manilva | 20.5 | 19.2 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3 450asking |
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: 46 rainy days a year, 71% humidity in winter. We have no monthly normals yet and will not invent a split.