Last June has positioned itself as the third warmest June in the history of Málaga capital since records began in 1942, according to data from the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) collected at the airport. This first month of the climatological summer has been marked by a notable number of tropical nights, a total of 24 out of the 30 that make up the month, meaning that thermometers only dropped below 20 degrees on six dawns.
Despite the province avoiding the first heatwave that affected northern Spain, with temperatures reaching up to 43 degrees in Bilbao, and registering few terral days, the average temperature at Málaga capital's airport reached 25.9 degrees. This figure is only surpassed by two previous Junes: 2025, the warmest with an average of 26.2 degrees, and 2022, which with 26.1 ranks as the second warmest.
The hottest day last June was June 2nd, with a maximum of 38.2 degrees and a yellow alert for terral. That night, many municipalities in the province recorded minimums of 30 degrees after midnight. At the airport, the highest minimum occurred on June 24th, reaching 23.4 degrees.
Tropical nights, defined as those where the minimum temperature does not drop below 20 degrees, are increasingly frequent in the province of Málaga, even outside the summer months. The director of the Málaga Meteorological Center, Jesús Riesco, noted that no equatorial nights (minimums not below 26 degrees) were recorded at the airport in June, although they did occur punctually in the province. Riesco stated that it is common to have many tropical nights in June in recent years, and warned that in July and August most nights will be tropical, with the possibility of some equatorial nights, especially linked to intense terral temperature episodes.
Aemet forecasts a rise in temperatures across Spain starting Saturday, with particular impact on Sunday, and does not rule out a new heatwave that could affect the province of Málaga. Prediction models indicate that the climatological summer in Málaga, which spans June, July, and August, will be one of the hottest in the last six decades, ranking among the worst in the historical record that began in 1961, currently led by the summers of 2025 and 2023.
