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One of the reasons why people love to come to San José and Southern Spain generally is because the climate is fantastic, of course. However, this end of the Costa del Sol is different, since the influence of the Atlantic lessens as you travel East along the coast, until you reach our local Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata – Níjar, where we have the only official desert in Europe.
Daylight
One of the most noticeable features of this region is the quality and duration of daylight here. It is a pure, intense light which gives Almería, along with St John of Acre, Athens and Syracuse, the highest number of daylight hours in the world (3100 hours of sunshine per year).
Here are the statistics for the average hours of sunlight per day. Particularly interesting are the relatively high numbers in Spring, Autumn and Winter, when Northern Europe is so depressingly dark.
Rainfall (lack of)
As mentioned before, this is a desert region, which means that the rivers don’t reach the sea. Of course it rains occasionally, sometimes heavily but generally the days are dry and bright. It’s a lot drier here than even Madrid. Once again, Spring, Autumn and Winter show a big difference from Northern Europe.
Statistics for 2009
The year of 2009 was quite unusual. For more information and statistics provided by Howard Headworth, a local author who has been measuring temperature and rainfall for more than 15 years, click here.
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