Severe-weather warnings in Málaga
Today: no warnings. Tomorrow: no warnings. Today's warnings in Málaga, with hours and thresholds
In 2025, Málaga had 48 warning days from AEMET: 37 yellow, 9 orange and 2 red. Mostly rain and storms. Spain's median was 64 days.
Bad weather in Málaga: warnings by month
Year by year
| Year | Warning days | Yellow | Orange | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 41 | 31 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 48 | 37 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 |
| 2023 | 37 | 26 | 7 | 4 |
| 2022 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 1 |
| 2021 | 36 | 25 | 9 | 2 |
| 2020 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 1 |
| 2019 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 1 |
| 2018* | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 |
A day with several warnings counts once, at its highest level. 2018: from 18 Jun 2018. 2026: up to 27 Oct 2026.
Which warnings, since 2018
- Rain: 149 days
- Heat: 116 days
- Storms: 81 days
- Wind: 55 days
Episodes that hit the Sol y Guadalhorce zone
- Rain in Comunitat Valenciana, Andalucía and elsewhere, 18–21 October 2018 · here: red warning, 3 days at orange or red
- July 2020 heatwave: heat across much of Spain, 26 July – 2 August 2020 · here: red warning, 2 days at orange or red
- Heat in Andalucía, Castilla - La Mancha and elsewhere, 9–13 July 2023 · here: red warning, 2 days at orange or red
Questions about warnings in Málaga
How many days a year does Málaga have a weather warning?
On average, 35 days a year with an AEMET warning from 2019 to 2025, 10 of them orange or red. Spain's median zone has 54.
Is Málaga one of the places in Spain with the most warnings?
No: it is among the calmest. Its warning zone, Sol y Guadalhorce, ranks 160th of Spain's 180 warning zones by warning days a year (2019–2025; 1st has the most). Each zone has its own thresholds: this measures how often AEMET warns, not the climate or the risk to a home.
Which kind of bad weather brings the most warnings to Málaga?
Rain: 17 days a year on average (2019–2025). Then heat (13) and storms (9.1).
Which month has the most warnings in Málaga?
July, with 5.9 warning days on average (2019–2025). The calmest month is April, with 0.9.
Has Málaga ever had a red warning?
Yes: 19 red-warning days since 18 June 2018. The last was on 4 January 2026, for rain.
Why does Málaga get the same warnings as Marbella?
Because AEMET doesn't warn by town but by zone. Málaga, Marbella and 29 other towns are in the Sol y Guadalhorce zone (Málaga) and get exactly the same warnings.
Other towns in the Sol y Guadalhorce zone
Warnings are issued by zone: these towns share the same warnings.
- Marbella
- Fuengirola
- Estepona
- Arroyo de la Miel-Benalmádena Costa
- Torremolinos
- Alhaurín de la Torre
- Cártama
- Estación de Cártama
- Alhaurín el Grande
- Coín
- Álora
- Pizarra
- San Pedro Alcántara
Nearby, in other zones
- Rincón de la Victoria · 30 days in 2025
- Vélez-Málaga · 30 days in 2025
- Antequera · 31 days in 2025
- Archidona · 31 days in 2025
- Torrox · 30 days in 2025
- Nerja · 30 days in 2025
- Campillos · 31 days in 2025
- Loja · 70 days in 2025
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A warning is not damage; a zone is not a building. Data © AEMET.
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