Weather / August
Marbella weather in August
The hottest month on every measure AEMET publishes: daytime high, overnight low and monthly mean all peak here.
Photo: Zarateman, Wikimedia Commons, CC0In August, Marbella averages a daytime high of 30.8°C, 316 hours of sunshine and 0.5 days of rain, on the AEMET 1981-2010 climate normals as read by Marbella Wire.
August tops AEMET's normal on every temperature column at once: a 30.8°C daytime high, a 21.1°C overnight low, and an 18.5°C-beating monthly mean of 26°C, each the highest figure any month in the record carries. Rain stays essentially absent, 6mm over half a day on average, and 17.1 days are recorded fully clear. Sunshine, at 316 hours, sits just behind July and June rather than leading the year.
The sea in August
Marbella's inshore water averages 23.9°C in August, a model reanalysis for 2023-2025 rather than a buoy reading: day to day it typically ranges between 18.2°C and 28.2°C.
What to pack for August
Days average 30.8°C and nights settle near 21.1°C, still essentially dry, alongside June and July, with rain falling on 0.5 days of the month and 316 hours of sunshine to plan around.
Questions
What's the weather like in Marbella in August?
Expect a daytime high around 30.8°C and an overnight low near 21.1°C, averaging 26°C across the month, AEMET's 1981–2010 normal for the Málaga Airport station, the nearest full weather station to Marbella.
Does it rain in Marbella in August?
August averages 0.5 days with at least 1mm of rain and 6mm in total, still essentially dry, alongside June and July.
How much sunshine does Marbella get in August?
AEMET's normal for August is 316 hours of sunshine across the month, just behind July and June for the year's highest totals.
Every figure on this page is AEMET's own published 1981–2010 climate normal for the Málaga Airport station, the nearest station to Marbella with a full climate record; Marbella itself has none. Nothing here is forecast, estimated, or extrapolated.
AEMET (Spain's State Meteorological Agency), Málaga Airport station, 1981-2010 normals. Read 20 August 2026. View the data at AEMET · AEMET's data licence