Marbella in December
Around 14 °C by day, sea 16.8 °C. Too cold to swim. Quieter than the peak: 2 out of 5 against 5.
December in Marbella is 14 °C by day and 16.8 °C in the sea. Too cold to swim, but the town goes about ordinary business: load 2 out of 5, shops and schools open.
The winter score is 5 out of 5. Foreign residents are 31% — that is the census, not a summer crowd, and it is why December here does not empty out the way nearby villages do. You pay for that in rent: a one-bedroom €1,500 against €1,000 in Fuengirola, a two-bedroom €2,200 against €1,350. The hospital is 9 minutes away, the airport 45.
Towns nearby in December
| Town | Air | Sea | Busy | Winter | €/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marbella | 14 | 16.8 | 2/5 | 5/5 | 4 477appraised |
| Torre del Mar | 14 | 16.4 | 1/5 | 4/5 | 1 581asking |
| Torrox | 14 | 16.4 | 1/5 | 4/5 | 2 000asking |
| Nerja | 14 | 16.4 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 2 450asking |
| Alhaurín de la Torre | 14 | 16.4 | 1/5 | 5/5 | 2 736appraised |
| Vélez-Málaga | 14 | 16.4 | 2/5 | 5/5 | 2 745appraised |
| Málaga | 14 | 16.4 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 3 283appraised |
| Mijas | 14 | 16.4 | 2/5 | 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: 41 rainy days a year, 69% humidity in winter. We have no monthly normals yet and will not invent a split.