The climate is without doubt the determining
factor for the appearance and formation of the Costa del Sol as a first class international tourist area. The
more than 300 days of sun per year, and the rest up to 365 which are also pleasant, plus
the good average annual temperature, are the best identity cards to define the mildness of
the coastal Málaga climate, protected as it is from the cold meseta winds by the mountain
chain near the coast, with mild winters, pleasant springs and autumns, and summers (with
some exceptions) which are generally fresh for the sea breeze. But also, the average
temperature of the sea oscillates between 15 or 16ºC in the winter months, and around
20ºC during the summer. It is not risky therefore to state that the Costa del Sol has the
best climate in Europe with the singularity of adding that the visitor can get a tan in
the winter and be skiing in Sierra Nevada, only two hours away, in Granada which is the
most southern winter ski resort in the European continent.
Sol as a first class international tourist area. The
more than 300 days of sun per year, and the rest up to 365 which are also pleasant, plus
the good average annual temperature, are the best identity cards to define the mildness of
the coastal Málaga climate, protected as it is from the cold meseta winds by the mountain
chain near the coast, with mild winters, pleasant springs and autumns, and summers (with
some exceptions) which are generally fresh for the sea breeze. But also, the average
temperature of the sea oscillates between 15 or 16ºC in the winter months, and around
20ºC during the summer. It is not risky therefore to state that the Costa del Sol has the
best climate in Europe with the singularity of adding that the visitor can get a tan in
the winter and be skiing in Sierra Nevada, only two hours away, in Granada which is the
most southern winter ski resort in the European continent.
