Alicante
City in Spain: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Tossal-plantagral: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Alicante is a city in Spain, in Valencia. About 348,901 people live in the city proper, making it the 10th largest city of Spain in our atlas.
It lies at 38.35° N, 0.48° W, about 18 m (59 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Madrid time zone.
Location
Red dot: Alicante. Green dots: other major cities of Spain. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Alicante has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 32°C (89°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 4°C (40°F). Around 329 mm (13 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Sep.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in SpainNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Murcia · 69 km
- Valencia · 126 km
- Palma · 305 km
- Madrid · 363 km
- Zaragoza · 369 km
- Córdoba · 377 km
- Málaga · 387 km
- Barcelona · 409 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2521978 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q3555926 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Tossal-plantagral: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)