Costa del Sol Weather Forecast

Costa del Sol Weather Forecast. Find out what the weather will be like for your holiday.

The Costa del Sol has a wonderful Mediterranean climate with relatively high temperatures for Europe and is blessed with more than 300 guaranteed days of sunshine per annum.

The average annual temperature is a very respectable 18 degrees celsius with summers ranging from 25- 35c degrees and winter daytime temperatures rarely falling below 14c on the coast.

Further inland however, particuarly in the mountains, it does of course get colder and the occasional frost is not unheard of. The other lovely thing about the winter in Andalucia is the number of hours of daylight with it rarely getting dark before 6.30 p.m. even in the depths of winter.

All in all the weather on the Costa del Sol is something that the rest of Europe can indeed by envious of and and it is one area you don't have to concern yourself with when planning a holiday here.

2006 Hottest Year on Record in Spain.

2006 is set to become Spain's warmest year on record. The average temperature for the year up to 16 December is 1.46�C higher than the yearly average since 1961, the first year Spain's Meteorological Institute has statistics for. The increase was most marked from April to November: 2 degrees above average. The data "confirms that an increase of temperatures due to climate change is being shown with intensity in Spain", according to Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri, secretary general for Prevention of Pollution and Climate Change. Date: December 20, 2006 Source: El Mundo

A Further Appraisal of the Costa del Sol Weather by Jack Blacksmith.