The entire town falls into the Mediterranean Andalusia
Basin. Rivers are short,
which often leads to torrents in heavy rains. Among them are the Guadalmina,
the Guadaiza, Rio Verde, and Rio Real, which collect the most water in the
municipality.
Erratic rainfall that result in watercourses are
intermittent, often being dry in summer. The many streams that run through the
city have been blocked off.
The reservoir of La Concepcion and swamps of the New Angel,
the Turtles, and Medrano supply of drinking water.
Marbella
is protected in the northern coastal mountains of the Cordillera Penibetica,
and this makes the city enjoy a microclimate that creates an annual average
temperature of 18° C.
Sometimes, though increasingly common, the highest
peaks of the mountains are covered with snow, which usually melt in a day or
two. The average rainfall is around 628 l/mē, while thenumber of hours of
sunshine a year are 2900.
