Best time to visit Alicante

Spain · Europe

All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Alicante

Tap a month for its page

Sweet spot
Good
OK
Avoid
Busy

Good for

Beach and sea Jul–Sep · fair Jun, Oct

Go in Apr or May — 23C max, 2 rainy days. Oct is the next best.

Plan this trip

Each site opens on its own search: choose your dates there. A few open on their home page, where you type the place too.

Links marked Ad pay us a commission if you book, at no extra cost to you; most pay nothing, and what a site pays never decides whether it is listed or where. How we rank

Flights

Choose where you fly from

Where to stay

Things to do

Car hire

Rent direct

Travel insurance

SafetyWing Ad

Mobile data (eSIM)

Each opens in a new tab, on the site's own pages.

Things to do in Alicante

Castell de la Santa Bàrbara On top of Mount Benacantil at a height of 166 metres…
Fogueres de Sant Joan The most important festival in the city, with preparations beginning a week beforehand.
Basílica de Santa Maria Begun during the 14th century on top of the remains of an old Moorish mosque…
Lucentum Archaeological Site This site, which covers over 7 acres…
Museu Arqueològic Provincial d'Alacant Founded in 1932, it was originally located in the ground floor of the Diputación Palace…
Museu de Belles Arts Gravina This local fine arts museum, housed in an 18th-century palace…

Tours and tickets in Alicante

Each site opens on its own search: choose your dates there. A few open on their home page, where you type the place too. Links marked Ad pay us a commission if you book, at no extra cost to you; most pay nothing, and what a site pays never decides whether it is listed or where. How we rank

Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Alicante), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.

Month by month

No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.

Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	16°	3d	61%	8.4h	good	16C max, 3 rainy days
Feb	17°	2d	63%	9.2h	good	17C max, 2 rainy days
Mar	18°	7d	63%	9.5h	good	18C max, 7 rainy days
Apr	20°	4d	62%	10.7h	sweet spot	20C max, 4 rainy days
May	23°	2d	62%	12.6h	sweet spot	23C max, 2 rainy days
Jun	27°	1d	62%	13.4h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Jul	30°	0d	64%	13.7h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Aug	30°	1d	63%	12.4h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Sep	28°	2d	66%	10.9h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Oct	24°	3d	65%	9.6h	good	24C max, 3 rainy days
Nov	20°	2d	61%	8.7h	good	20C max, 2 rainy days
Dec	18°	2d	64%	8.1h	good	18C max, 2 rainy days

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at the centre, 10 km from the airport (ALC): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest from June to September; quietest in November.

Then and now

Alicante's December days now average 17.7°C, 2.2°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 10 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	14.7°	15.5°	17.6°	19.0°	21.7°	25.8°	29.0°	29.0°	27.1°	22.9°	18.5°	15.6°
2017–26	16.5°	17.4°	18.4°	20.1°	23.3°	27.3°	30.1°	30.5°	27.7°	24.4°	20.5°	17.7°
Change	+1.8°	+1.9°	+0.8°	+1.1°	+1.7°	+1.5°	+1.1°	+1.5°	+0.7°	+1.5°	+2.0°	+2.2°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

How far Alicante is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Type C and F plugs at 230 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Euro. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for Spain: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

Being there

On arrival

Paying — Credit and debit cards are widely accepted. Some shops ask for ID, sometimes a passport, before taking a card.
UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
Tipping — Not expected; at better restaurants leave 5 to 10% in cash for exemplary service. Round up taxi fares if you like.

Getting around Alicante

Apps — Rides: Bolt, Cabify, FreeNow, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.

If you stay in the old town, most areas of interest are within walking distance. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Alicante, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Help

Emergency — 112 (any emergency).
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

Sources (50)

Alicante in pictures

Polop, Alicante, España, 2023 01 21, DD 28 — i

Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Vista de Alicante, España, 2014 07 04, DD 49 — i

Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Explanada de España Alicante 1 — i

kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Panorama view Alicante — i

acediscovery, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

El Corte Inglés Alicante 2023 12 26 3 — i

Keizers, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Alicante is like

Alicante (Valencian: Alacant) is a popular tourist city of 332,000 people (2018) in the Valencian Community of Spain. It is the capital of Alicante province and a historic Mediterranean port. The city has become a hub of tourism directed to the beaches of the Costa Blanca. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: The old town of Alicante is roughly the triangular area enclosed by the Rambla de Méndez Núnez, the Explanada de Espanya, and Mount Benacantil. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: Teatre Principal (Teatro Principal), Plaça de Ruperto Chapí, s/n. 12:00-14:00 17:00-21:00 (box office). More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: Aeropuerto de Alicante-Elche (ALC IATA also known as L'Altet Airport) (11 km (6.8 mi) south of the city centre). One terminal is in service, known as Terminal N or the new terminal. More on Wikivoyage
Staying safe: Alicante is generally a safe city, but visitors should take precautions in the port area, especially the neighborhoods to the west, which should be avoided at night and dawn. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Alicante, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

Around Alicante

Also in Spain

Nearby

Kind of place

Alicante is in Spain, Europe. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

Links marked Ad pay us a commission if you book through one, at no extra cost to you. That does not affect the scores on this page, which are computed from climate and fare data before any link is built.