Almunecar climate

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Spain	7	7	11	13	16	22	24	24	20	16	10	7
Almunecar	15	13	17	19	22	27	29	29	26	21	17	15

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Spain	50	48	55	44	47	13	8	18	39	78	60	55
Almunecar	31	42	38	33	8	0	0	3	4	38	76	65

Weather data supplied by the Spanish Institute of Meteorology

Almuñecar is slap-bang in the middle of the Costa Tropical - sandwiched between the Costa del Sol to its west and the Costa Almeria to the east. It really does have a distinct climate from either of these costas due to the proximity of the Sierra Nevada mountain range just a handful of kilometers inland. In just 100km of driving distance, the land rises from sea level to over 3,000m. This provides a cocoon which produces milder summers and warmer winters than either of its neighbours.

In the summer, the sea breeze keeps Almuñecar cooler than inland towns and in the winter, the mountains break the harsh weather before it reaches the coast. This works well enough to enable tropical fruit to grow naturally, without the aid of greenhouses.

That doesn't mean that it never rains or it's never scorching - just that, on average, it's a little less extreme than its neighbouring costas.

The other thing to remember is that climate changes with altitude as well as distance from the sea. At approximately 800m above sea level, and 100km inland, the city of Granada has a vastly different climate to Almuñecar. It can be cold and snowing in Granada, and at the same time warm and sunny in Almuñecar.

From January to March, it really is possible to go ski-ing in the morning at the Sol y Nieve resort above Granada and drive to the beach in the afternoon for a spot of sunbathing. (not every day of course)

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