Marbella in October
Around 20.5 °C by day, sea 19.6 °C. Too cold to swim. Quieter than the peak: 3 out of 5 against 5.
October in Marbella is 20.5 °C by day and 19.6 °C in the sea. The water is already too cool for swimming — September had 21.3 °C — and load has fallen from the summer 5 to 3 out of 5.
October is a good time to work out what Marbella means by price. The average appraised square metre is €4,477, but that is an average across a town where the area around Puerto Banús and an ordinary neighbourhood are two different markets. It can only be compared with other appraisals: Barcelona €4,595, Málaga €3,283, Estepona €3,453 half an hour away. There are 9 international schools — in our base only Barcelona has more (12). No railway: the nearest station is in Fuengirola and the airport is 45 minutes off.
Towns nearby in October
| Town | Air | Sea | Busy | Winter | €/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marbella | 20.5 | 19.6 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 4 477appraised |
| 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: 41 rainy days a year, 69% humidity in winter. We have no monthly normals yet and will not invent a split.