Malaga Weather Blog

The Winds of Change

One element governing the daily weather in this area that remains almost constant is the sea temperature. This month it has been around 15 Celsius, give or take a few decimal points. The night-time wind is almost always northwesterly and the strength seldom exceeds 10 knots. There is hardly a cloud in the sky, so predicting the maximum temperature should be easy! Yes, so far this January it has been relatively easy. As a rule of thumb the sea breeze arrives when the land temperature is around 3 degrees higher than the sea temperature. Hey presto, the maximum temperature will be 18 Celsius. Fortunately, it has followed the rules on a number of occasions this month.  While the weather remains relatively mild and unsettled in northwest Europe,  pressure stays high over Iberia. However, some of the charts hint at a change to colder conditions in northwest Europe and if this occurs there will be a knock on effect in southern Spain. A change in the wind direction here usually means east to southeasterlies, and that’s not good news!