Córdoba has a Mediterranean climate with mild winters and isolated frost. Summers can get very hot with temperatures occasionally exceeding 40C, and thereby the highest maximum temperatures in Spain. Local minimum summer temperature is 27C which is also the highest in Spain and Europe. As Sevilla is one of the hottest places in Spain during the summer months, and if you are renting a villa or apartment in Sevilla in the summer, you may well want to look for something with air conditioning or at least with fans, otherwise you may have trouble sleeping at night.

Rainfall is concentrated in the coldest months, with annual rainfall exceeding 500 mm. During the summer months there is almost no rainfall.

The best times of the year to visit Córdoba is in the spring and early summer, March through mid-June, and in the autumn, September through November/mid-December.