Weekly note

Spain in September

7 of the 7 destinations in Spain are in season in September: 2 a sweet spot, 4 good, 1 ok.

September is a sweet spot at 2 of these 7 places: Madrid and Tenerife.

Ranked for September

#PlaceVerdict High Rain Fare Why
1 Madrid sweet spotbusy 27° 3d £78 busier than usual
2 Tenerife sweet spot 27° 0d — 27C max, 0 rainy days
3 Valencia good 28° 4d — 28C max, 4 rainy days
4 Málaga good 28° 2d — 28C max, 2 rainy days
5 Seville goodbusy 32° 1d — busier than usual
6 Mallorca goodbusy 28° 5d — busier than usual
7 Barcelona ok 26° 6d £138 26C max, 6 rainy days

Fares are the typical return from London for September departures, in GBP; a dash means none has been seen yet for September departures.

Other months for Spain

September elsewhere

Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. Nothing is said about Spain as a whole that was not first measured at each place in it.