Níjar is blessed with nearly 3,000 hours of sunlight over an average of more than 320 sunny days per year (six hours of sunlight in January and twelve in July).

It has an arid sub-tropical climate with less than 200 mm per annum of rainfall and is the only large European city with this climatic type. Mean annual temperature is above 19 ºC. It has hot summers with no rain between June and September and the warmest winters of any place in Europe.

It is blessed with nearly 3,000 hours of sunlight over an average of more than 320 sunny days per year (6 hours of sunlight in January and 12 in July). The city has a mean annual temperature of 19 ºC and an average of only 26 rainy days.

During winter the daily maximum temperatures tend to remain at around 18 °C and rarely drop below 8 °C at night. Rainfall is a rare event, even during the wettest months. Clear, sunny skies are the rule during the hottest months (July and August) and rainy days are extremely rare. The average temperature during the day is around 33 ºC.