Weather in Málaga in November

A good month. November works. It is not the peak, but nothing about it fights you. Highs average 18.4 °C, lows 15 °C, and rain falls on 9 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

November ranks 8 of 12 in Málaga: past the worst of the year but short of July, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 9 days, 3 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Nothing specialised needed — this is the month you pack for the trip rather than for the weather.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: it never really gets hot: not one day in an average November reaches 30 °C; the day barely swings — 3.5 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 24.3 °C and the coldest night fell to 8.6 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 69 mm — roughly 84% of the month's rain in one day.

November is moderately variable: 13 mm in the driest year against 168 mm in the wettest, around an average of 82 mm. Roughly two Novembers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 14 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 77%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How November sits in the year

The month is on the way down: 3.8 °C cooler than October, with December dropping another 2 °C. The first week and the last are not the same trip.

Daylight in November

November sits at the dark end of Málaga's year — 10.2 hours of daylight against 14.7 at midsummer, losing 0.9 hours across the month. Sightseeing days are genuinely shorter, and an itinerary built for summer will not fit.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 18.1 °C in November — swimmable, but it takes a moment to commit. The sea peaks at 23.6 °C in August and bottoms out at 15.3 °C — water lags the air by a month or two, which is why the best swimming often comes after the best weather.

How busy it gets

Off season. The genuine off season: cheapest by a distance, with the caveat that some tours and restaurants close entirely.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

November in Málaga versus nearby

If Málaga is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Granada is close enough to be a coin toss — 2.1 °C cooler, 2 days less rain. Sevilla is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day less rain.

So: November is a compromise. July is 23 points better and is what Málaga is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

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