This month
Marbella in October
The film festival opens, the summer crowds close, and the sea is still warm enough to swim for most of the month.
Weather in October
AEMET's normal for October also counts 6 clear days out of the month and 70% average humidity, both published on the month's own weather page.
Full October weather, day by day normals: October
Sea temperature in October
cooling from the summer peak at 20.3°C, still swimmable for most
Sea temperature, bathing water and jellyfish reports: Average sea temperature
October is the month the summer season properly ends and the cultural one starts. Starlite's season and the town's summer fairs are both over by the end of August, the September lull is behind, and the Marbella Film Festival opens on the calendar, usually in the first or second week. AEMET's normal puts the daytime high at 24.1°C and the overnight low at 15°C, with rain returning over 4.4 days, the wettest month since spring. The sea has cooled from its August peak to 20.3°C on Open-Meteo's reanalysis, still swimmable for most, though a light wetsuit or rash vest helps on the cooler mornings later in the month. Pack layers for the evenings, a rain jacket for the showers, and book restaurants around the festival dates ahead if you want a table in the old town. Golf courses and beach clubs stay open through October at lower shoulder-season rates, and it is one of the better months for hiking La Concha before the winter rain makes the trail muddy.
What's on in October
- 2026 dates
- 7–12 October 2026
The full calendar, every date sourced: Marbella's events calendar
More on October
Questions
What's the weather like in Marbella in October?
A daytime high around 24.1°C, an overnight low near 15°C, 4.4 days of rain and 215 hours of sunshine, AEMET's 1981–2010 normal for the Málaga Airport station, the nearest full weather station to Marbella.
Is the sea warm enough to swim in Marbella in October?
Marbella's sea averages 20.3°C in October, an Open-Meteo marine reanalysis for 2023–2025 at the nearest modelled point to the coast, not an in-situ buoy reading.
What's on in Marbella in October?
See the dated town events on this page, each read from the organiser's own listing or the Ayuntamiento de Marbella's own calendar rather than guessed at.
How this page is built
Every weather and sea figure on this page is a published normal, not a forecast for this year; every event date is read from the organiser's own listing or the Ayuntamiento's own calendar on the date shown. Nothing here is estimated or carried over from a previous year without saying so.
AEMET (Málaga Airport, 1981-2010): https://www.aemet.es/es/serviciosclimaticos/datosclimatologicos/valoresclimatologicos?l=6155A&k=and · Open-Meteo marine (2023-2025): https://marine-api.open-meteo.com/v1/marine
Planning Marbella in October
Use the monthly climate figures to prepare, not as a forecast for a particular week. Decide which parts of the trip depend on the weather and keep an alternative for them. A beach afternoon, an Old Town walk and a restaurant booking do not have the same requirements.
Check the short-range forecast near departure, then confirm seasonal opening and event dates with the venue or organiser. The month guide helps compare the kind of trip you want; it does not guarantee that a beach service, boat trip or outdoor event will operate on your chosen day.