The weather in Garrucha Costa Almeria

Most Spanish visitors take their main holidays in July or August and this is the time when this area is the busiest. It is also the time when temperatures can be high and air-conditioning, especially at night, can be a great benefit. However there is often a breeze from the sea and the weather is rarely stifling.

Garrucha is located about as far south as it is possible to go in mainland Europe, approximately the same latitude as the most northerly parts of Africa, and normally enjoys exceptionally mild winter weather. The south-east corner of Spain within which it lies normally has around 322 sunny days each year and an exceptionally dry climate. This gives relief to people who suffer from rheumatism, arthritis and other maladies which are made worse in damp environments.

Visitors and property owners from northern European countries tend to holiday sometime between April - June or September - October when the weather is usually warm to hot and generally settled. Stiff sea breezes can whip up during settled days, but, as in the height of summer, this helps to avoid the climate becoming too stifling.

The weather can be fine and warm and good enough for sun-bathing throughout the winter, even in the depths of winter daytime highs of the low 70s in the shade are common in sheltered, south-oriented situations, though night temperatures can fall to single figures. In winter it is best to stay in a property which has a good southerly orientation as this catches the winter sunshine and mostly alleviates the need for heating.

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