The Costa del Sol weather is exactly what you would expect from the name "Sunny Coast", sun, sun and more sun. It is one of the best, most reliable and healthiest climates in the world with more than 300 days of sunshine per year.

In the winter months the climate is temperate with average daytime temperatures of about 16ºC. There can be some rainy days during this period but when tends to vary from year to year and it seldom lasts more than a few days. It is a perfect climate during these months for playing golf.
At the height of the summer in July and August the daytime temperatures reach about 30ºC and there is no rain - perhaps there may be one or two summer storms but nothing that will last too long. Due to the number of hours and the intensity of the sun people should have sun cream on at all times during the day to prevent burning.
Note: sunburn does not show straight away so you may feel fine out in the sun but by the evening you could become bright red and feel very, very uncomfortable.

The Costa del Sol has a Mediterranean climate with relatively high temperatures for Europe. The eastern regions have a subtropical nature and has hotter summers than the western regions. The western regions are defined as having a mediterranean-oceanic climate and both the summer and the winter seasons have lower temperatures than the eastern regions.

One of the most attractive features of this is its three hundred days of sunshine that the Costa del Sol receives each year.

Although the Andalusian summer has intense temperatures ranging from 25 to 30C, it is not noticeably that hot. The annual average temperature is 18C and during the winter the lowest expected temperature during the day is 14C. The coastal areas receive under 400mm of rainfall a year and even the most humid areas of the interior receive an average of about 600-800mm.