Málaga is one of the typical Spanish cities. It’s also amongst the municipalities within the Autonomous Spanish Community of Andalusia. According to the data of 2009, Málaga has a population size of 568,305. This makes it the 2^nd most populous Spanish city in Andalusia. But in whole Spain, Málaga is ranked the 6^th largest. Putting it the other way around, this city happens to be the southernmost among the large cities in Europe. Today, it lies along the Costa del Sol (which means - Coast of the Sun) by the Mediterranean Sea. Málaga is thus around a hundred kilometers (62 miles) east of the Strait of Gibraltar. If you gauge from the northern Africa, this city is just about 130 kilometers (80 miles) north.

Málaga, besides all other treasures, has a unique subtropical climate. You could feel Europe’s warmest winters. The temperature on an average is over 17.2 °C (or 63.0 °F) in the daytime from December through February. And the season in the summer lasts for around eight months, from April through November, despite the fact that during December and March, there’re temperatures beyond 20 °C (or 68.0 °F). Accompanied by neighboring towns or municipalities like Rincon de la Victoria, Benalmadena, Alhaurin de la Torre, Mijas or Marbella, Spain has the exotic metropolitan region of Málaga. Currently it has a large population that has reached the 1,000,000 level. The population now occupies around 827.33 square kilometers (319.43 square miles) (with an average density of 1,264 inhabitants per square kilometers – as confirmed by the 2009 data.

And talking of temperatures, Málaga has some of the highest in the whole Europe. On an average the annual temperature remains at 18 °C (or 64 °F). During the coolest months like January, the gross temperature usually ranges between 12 and 18 °C (or 54 and 64 °F). But in some rare instances, you see the temperature varying between 11 °C (52 °F) and 19 °C (66 °F) in the daytime. Whereas, the temperature of the sea level on an average is 16 °C (61 °F). During the hottest months like August – average temperature generally ranges between 26 and 32 °C (79 and 90 °F) in the daytime. And temperature remains above the 20 °C (68 °F) in the nighttime. In the hot seasons, on an average the level temperature stands at 23 °C (73 °F). In Málaga, the record highest temperature during the daytime was 43.3 °C (109.9 °F).

However, the record coldest temperature was −0.9 °C (30 °F) during the night. Málaga’s highest wind pace recorded was 119 kilometers per hour (73.94 miles per hour). No one ever saw any kind of snowfall in Málaga city. However, the yearly average comparative humidity happens to be 66%, which range from the 59% in June till the 73% in December. And the annual sunshine hours is around 2,800, which happens to be among the highest in Europe. Actually, this is nearly double of what Europe’s northern half gets. At least that’s what it appears if you look at London’s 1,461, Warsaw’s 1,571 and Paris’s 1,630 yearly sunshine records. In Málaga, you get between 5 and 6 hrs of clear sunshine everyday. This hikes to the average level of 11 hours of clear sunshine during the daytime in July. The Instituto Nacional de Estadística informed the media that in 2007 there was a total of 3,000+ hours of sunshine in Málaga.

In Málaga, you usually need to wait for rain in winter. Málaga summer is generally dry. In fact, you won’t commonly experience large variations in temperature. Usually – the season in summer lasts for around eight months, from April through November. However, December and March happen to be the two months which are transitional. There are times when you see temperatures hiking beyond 20°C (68°F), like said before.