The region of Murcia has the typical Mediterranean
semi-arid subtropical climate: namely an average annual temperature
of 18ºC, with hot summers (registering absolute maximum temperatures
of 40ºC) and mild winters (an average temperature of 11ºC
in the winter months of December and January).
The number of days per year with clear skies is 120-150, with
approximately 3000 sun-hours per annum. In general rain is scarce
throughout the region (approx. 300-350 mm/year), falling mainly
in the spring (April) and autumn (October), leaving the summer
an eminently dry season. The region of Murcia is characterised
by certain climatic differences which may lead to variation in
the above-mentioned figures. These variations depend on the orientation
and exposure to the dominant winds, the distance from the sea and
the configuration of relief. Due to these factors, the temperature
differences between the coast and the interior are much more extreme
in the winter. On the coast temperatures tend never to fall below
10ºC, whilst inland at higher altitudes they may not exceed 6ºC. The
latter areas show a higher average annual rainfall, which reaches 600 mm/yr.
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