October–November
Wk 43–45
The quietest stretch among this region's best weather weeks: crowd level around 32 out of 100, weather comfort near 79.
- Crowd level
- 15–47
- Comfort
- 74–83
Spain · Andalusien
Andalusia: eight provinces between the Sierra Morena and the Strait of Gibraltar
87,268 square kilometres, more than 800 kilometres of coast on two seas, and in the Mulhacén the highest mountain on the Iberian Peninsula. The name comes from al-Andalus, and the longest Islamic rule in Spain left the Alhambra, the Mezquita and the Giralda here.
Busiest week
AugustCrowd level 100
Wk 32 · 2,422,121 overnight stays
Quietest weeks
JanuaryCrowd level 0–1
Wk 2–4 · measured against the region's own year, not against other regions
Sweet spot
October–NovemberCrowd level 15–47
Wk 43–45 · quietest while the weather still holds
Warmest month
30 °CComfort 69
August · around 10 mm of rain in the month
The overnight-stay figures come from a statistical area that this destination shares with Costa del Sol. They cover the whole area, not Andalusien on its own.
Andalusien in brief
Andalusia is the southernmost autonomous community of Spain on the European mainland and, at 87,268 square kilometres, the second largest by area and the largest by population. It divides into eight provinces, reaches from the Sierra Morena across the basin of the Guadalquivir to the Sierra Nevada with the Mulhacén at 3,482 metres, and has more than 800 kilometres of coast on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Its name goes back to al-Andalus; of all Spanish regions it stood longest under Islamic rule, which ended in 1492 and left behind the Alhambra, the Mezquita and the Giralda.
When is Andalusien busy, when is it quiet?
Click a week. The panel on the right explains why it is busy or quiet.
Weather profile
Weather comfort is an absolute scale (0 = poor, 100 = ideal) and a second axis next to the season-relative crowd level.
JanuaryØ 2
FebruaryØ 15
MarchØ 24
AprilØ 45
MayØ 51
JuneØ 61
JulyØ 81
AugustØ 96
SeptemberØ 65
OctoberØ 46
NovemberØ 18
DecemberØ 10
Colour = season-relative crowd levelBar = weather comfort (Sun & warmth), absolute 0–100
Why this week?
October · Wk 43
Crowd level47/100 · moderate
quietbusy
Weather comfort53/100 · Sun & warmth
+6 % versus the region's annual average.
- Contributing months
- October (100 %)
- Overnight stays/week
- 1,480,084
- School-holiday pressure (source markets)
- 14 % of source markets on school holidays · +3 % crowding from holidays
- Main source markets
- Spain (44 %) · United Kingdom (19 %) · Germany (13 %) · 88% of guests modelled
- Region range
- 628,774–2,422,121 (avg 1,389,871)
- Base years
- 2022, 2023, 2024 (excluding 2020, 2021)
v1: Crowd-Score aus der Eurostat-Basisschicht (Übernachtungen), moduliert vom Schulferien-Druck der Quellmärkte, region-spezifisch gewichtet mit dem Quellland-Mix. Season-relativ zur Region. Event-Schichten folgen.
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The travel year in Andalusien, month by month
The year as a table to read and to cite: crowd level for every month, plus weather comfort and temperature from the climate normals.
| Month | Crowd level0–100, season-relative | Weather comfort0–100, profile “mild” | Avg temperature |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 50 | 10 °C |
| February | 15 | 56 | 12 °C |
| March | 24 | 60 | 14 °C |
| April | 45 | 75 | 17 °C |
| May | 51 | 89 | 21 °C |
| June | 61 | 86 | 25 °C |
| July | 81 | 72 | 29 °C |
| August | 96 | 69 | 30 °C |
| September | 65 | 83 | 25 °C |
| October | 46 | 86 | 21 °C |
| November | 18 | 69 | 15 °C |
| December | 10 | 53 | 12 °C |
The crowd level is season-relative: 100 is the annual peak of Andalusien itself, not the busiest destination in Europe. The figures say when it is quiet here — not where it is quieter than elsewhere.
Weather comfort 0–100 from the climate normals, profile “mild” – the same profile as the recommendation above, not the selection in the calendar. A “–” means the data for that month is missing.
Index 2.0 · As of 25/08/2026
The windows worth catching
Three windows from the model: first whether the weather suits the region, then how busy it gets.
April–May
Wk 16–18
A second option, also with usable weather: crowd level around 47, weather comfort near 81.
- Crowd level
- 43–49
- Comfort
- 77–85
August
Wk 31–33
The region's peak: crowd level around 98 out of 100. Only if the dates are fixed.
- Crowd level
- 97–100
- Comfort
- 65–67
Andalusien compared with Europe
How full the accommodation is here, measured against Europe – on the only measure on which two travel regions can be compared.
- Bed occupancy in Andalusien
- 32.5
- European median
- 23.1
per cent of bed places, annual mean
per cent of bed places, annual mean
Furthest from the median: April, at 1.7× the value. Closest to the median: July, at 1.2× the value.
Mean across 12 months, weighted by their weeks. This occupancy compares travel regions with one another. The crowding in the table above compares Andalusien with itself. The two measures are never combined.
Climate through the year
Average temperature with day/night range and precipitation across the twelve months.
- Avg temperature
- Day/night range
- Precipitation
| Month | Avg temperature (°C) | Day avg (°C) | Night avg (°C) | Precipitation (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9 | 10 | 8 | 54 |
| Feb | 11 | 12 | 10 | 47 |
| Mar | 12 | 14 | 11 | 106 |
| Apr | 15 | 17 | 14 | 56 |
| May | 19 | 21 | 18 | 32 |
| Jun | 24 | 25 | 23 | 13 |
| Jul | 28 | 29 | 26 | 2 |
| Aug | 28 | 30 | 27 | 10 |
| Sep | 24 | 25 | 23 | 27 |
| Oct | 20 | 21 | 18 | 52 |
| Nov | 14 | 15 | 13 | 70 |
| Dec | 11 | 12 | 10 | 65 |
The band shows mean daytime to nighttime temperature. Precipitation shown as monthly total (mm). Typical monthly value (climate normal), not a forecast.
How sunny?
How much sun a typical day delivers, month by month, expressed as hours of full midday sun.
Very sunny
≈ 5.1 h of full midday sun per day, annual average
Jul
Sunniest month
| Month | ≈ h of full midday sun per day |
|---|---|
| Jan | 2.6 |
| Feb | 3.6 |
| Mar | 4.6 |
| Apr | 5.8 |
| May | 7.1 |
| Jun | 7.8 |
| Jul | 8.0 |
| Aug | 7.2 |
| Sep | 5.5 |
| Oct | 4.0 |
| Nov | 2.7 |
| Dec | 2.3 |
Basis: mean daily solar irradiance in kWh/m²/day; 1 kWh/m² is roughly one hour of full midday sun (1,000 W/m²). Not the same as measured sunshine duration. Typical monthly value (climate normal), not a forecast.
Directly reachable from
Destination airports of Andalusien and every European departure airport with a direct connection to them.
Destination airports
Select a destination airport to see the direct departure airports.
“Directly reachable” means a direct connection exists according to our sources. We do not show a live timetable. Availability and flight days can vary by season and airline.
Ski areas in Andalusien
Mapped ski areas in this region with slope kilometres, lifts and elevation, plus the long-term snow average from our climate data.
- Ski areas
- 1
- Slopes in total
- 106 km
- Lifts
- 22
- Highest point
- 3,300 m
| Ski area | Slopes | Lifts | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estación de Esquí y Montaña de Sierra Nevada | 106.43 km2.44 km cross-country | 22 | 2,138–3,300 m1,162 m vertical drop |
Slope, lift and elevation figures come from open mapping and are complete to varying degrees. “Not available” means not mapped, not “does not exist”. Opening hours and season are not included. Snow figures are long-term averages for the whole region, not snow depth on the mountain and not a forecast.
Andalusien in detail
Location and shape
Andalusia is the southernmost of the 17 autonomous communities of Spain on the European mainland; the capital is Seville, and the seat of the High Court of Justice is in Granada. At 87,268 square kilometres it is the second largest autonomous community by area and the largest by population; it measures around 251 kilometres from north to south and around 535 from west to east, and divides into eight provinces, 65 comarcas and 785 municipalities. To the north the region borders Castile-La Mancha and Extremadura, to the east Murcia, to the west Portugal, and to the south the Mediterranean and the Atlantic; the British overseas territory of Gibraltar lies on the southern coast, and at Tarifa the Strait of Gibraltar, 14 kilometres wide, separates Europe from Africa. The great natural regions are the southern slope of the Sierra Morena, the basin of the Guadalquivir and the Baetic System with the Sierra Nevada, which south of Granada carries the Mulhacén at 3,482 metres, the highest mountain on the Iberian Peninsula; the coast, more than 800 kilometres long, divides into the Costa de la Luz on the Atlantic and the Costa del Sol, Costa Tropical and Costa de Almería on the Mediterranean.
From Gadir to 1492
Phoenicians sailed to this coast from the ninth century BC at the latest and founded settlements of their own from the eighth century onwards, among them Gadir, Sexi and Malaka, today's Cádiz, Almuñécar and Málaga. In its area Andalusia largely coincides with the Roman province of Baetica, named after the river Baetis, to which the Arabs later gave the name Guadalquivir. The region's name comes from al-Andalus, the Arabic term for the Moorish domain on the Iberian Peninsula; it is first attested around 715/717 on a bilingual coin. Of all Spanish regions, Andalusia stood longest under Islamic rule, which ended in 1492 with the conquest of the Kingdom of Granada. Afterwards Seville became the centre of maritime trade in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: its port held the monopoly on overseas trade, the Casa de Contratación was founded there in 1503, and the Archive of the Indies still sits in the former exchange, the Casa Lonja de Mercaderes.
What stands from those centuries
From Moorish times come the Alhambra in Granada, the Mezquita in Córdoba and the Giralda in Seville. On the UNESCO World Heritage list stand the Alhambra with the Generalife and the Albaicín, the Mezquita together with the historic centre of Córdoba, the cathedral with the tomb of Columbus and the Alcázar in Seville, the Coto de Doñana national park, and the Renaissance buildings of Úbeda and Baeza. Megalithic structures of the Neolithic stand in the surroundings of Antequera, and the dolmens are likewise World Heritage. Around Ronda, which stands on a mountain plateau and whose bridge spans the El Tajo gorge, lie the White Villages.
Olives, sherry, tropical fruit
45.64 per cent of the territory is farmed, and 50 per cent is forest. Andalusia produces close to a third of the world's olive oil, with the groves mainly around Córdoba and Jaén and almond trees on the high plains of Granada and Almería; vines grow in Marco de Jerez, in the Condado de Huelva, in Montilla-Moriles and near Málaga, and sherry carries the name of the town of Jerez. On the Costa del Sol and the Costa Tropical, avocados, mangoes, cherimoyas, passion fruit and bananas grow; there and on the Costa de Almería vegetables stand under plastic sheeting across 31,000 continuous hectares. The fishing fleet is the second largest in Spain after that of Galicia and, with 38 ports, the first by number of ports; on the Costa de la Luz tuna is still caught with the almadraba. On the table come gazpacho, tapas, fried fish and sardines grilled over wood on the beach, and flamenco comes from the region.
Wetland, golf courses, solar power
The Coto de Doñana national park near Seville is Spain's most important wetland and a habitat for rare bird species and for the Iberian lynx. Between Málaga and Gibraltar there are more than 60 golf courses, in the whole of Andalusia more than 100; in 1997 the Ryder Cup was played at Valderrama near Gibraltar. The Plataforma Solar de Almería is Europe's largest solar power station, and in 2016 Andalusia was Spain's third largest producer of wind energy, with 153 wind farms and around 3.3 gigawatts of installed capacity.
How it differs from the Costa del Sol
The Costa del Sol is a part of Andalusia: the 150 kilometre Mediterranean shore of the province of Málaga, from Manilva to Maro. Andalusia's coast runs more than 800 kilometres and takes in the Costa de la Luz on the Atlantic as well as the Costa Tropical and the Costa de Almería. In shape too the one lies inside the other: Andalusia measures 87,268 square kilometres across eight provinces, while the Costa del Sol stays within the coast of one of them. On the strip itself lie Málaga with its Alcazaba, the Castillo de Gibralfaro and the Roman theatre at the foot of the fortress, along with the watchtowers of Islamic date called atalayas above the shore, and a shoreline built up almost without a break from Málaga west to Estepona; in the hills above it lie white villages such as Mijas Pueblo and Frigiliana. Beyond it Andalusia carries the Sierra Nevada with the Mulhacén, the Alhambra in Granada, the Mezquita in Córdoba, Seville with its cathedral and Alcázar, the Coto de Doñana wetland and the olive groves around Córdoba and Jaén. The other way round, some of the region gathers on this coast: the tropical fruit grows on the Costa del Sol and the Costa Tropical, and more than 60 of Andalusia's 100-plus golf courses lie between Málaga and Gibraltar.
Frequently asked questions about the best time to visit Andalusien
Short answers on timing, weather and getting there, all from the data on this page.
When is the best time to visit Andalusien?
- The best time to visit Andalusien is October–November (Wk 43–45): it is the quietest stretch among the region's best weather weeks – crowd level around 32 out of 100, weather comfort about 79 out of 100.
When is Andalusien quietest?
- January (Wk 2–4) is the quietest time in Andalusien. Crowd levels there sit at 0–1 out of 100, the lowest across the year.
When is Andalusien busiest?
- Andalusien is busiest in August (Wk 32) with around 2,422,121 overnight stays in the peak week.
What is the weather like in Andalusien and when is it warmest?
- It is warmest in Andalusien in August with an average of 30 °C and around 10 mm of rain in the month.
How do you get to Andalusien?
- Andalusien is reachable via 6 destination airports with direct flights, including Malaga Airport (AGP), Seville Airport (SVQ) and Jerez Airport (XRY).
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Sources and data vintages
Every provenance note on this page, collected in one place.
- Cover photo
- Photo by Stefan Münz on Unsplash
- Cover video
- Video by Andrew Alston on Pexels
- Crowding figures
- Index 2.0 · As of 25/08/2026. v1 approximation, calculated from Eurostat overnight stays. Day tourism and cruises (Venice, Dubrovnik …) are still missing, so we show these destinations as quieter than they are. The crowd score is a model-based forecast, not a measurement.
- Climate data
- Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2025.
- Reachability
Data sources: direct connections from Wikipedia (“Airlines and destinations”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, aggregated and modified by us), cross-checked with Eurostat, Destatis and the UK Civil Aviation Authority; airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain). The derived connection data is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Data as of: September 2026
- Ski areas
Data sources: ski areas from OpenSkiMap, based on OpenStreetMap, licensed under ODbL 1.0; snow depths from ERA5-Land (Copernicus Climate Change Service).
- Region text
- Text by HolidayHub, written from Wikivoyage „Andalusien“ (1782565) · Wikipedia „Andalusien“ (269978153) · Wikidata Q5783. Wikivoyage and Wikipedia are licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikidata CC0.
- Data basis
- All figures are approximations derived from open data (crowd level from Eurostat overnight stays, climate from Copernicus/ERA5-Land), not measurements.