Geography & Climate

Alcoy is situated in valley 35 kilometres (22 m) inland from the Mediterranean Sea at an altitude of 562 m (1,844 ft.). Surrounded by mountains, Alcoy is a nature lover’s paradise that gets over 320 days of sunshine per year.

Fed by the River Serpis, a mere trickle of a stream during the summer, Alcoy has a mostly dry Mediterranean climate that gets rain during the months of April and November.

Due to the city’s elevation and lack of humidity, the hot summer days, cool down in the evening from an average of 27°C (80°F) during the daytime in July to 17°C (62°F) degrees at night.

This fluctuation in temperature between day and night makes Alcoy the almost perfect place to live as you can enjoy the pool during the day and sleep comfortably at night.

A word of warning, however, is that during a cold snap, it is not unusual to see snow once and awhile.