# Arahal

Arahal is a municipality in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. It is situated on the southeast of Seville. This town is also known as "El Arahal", with this name recognized until 1981. Ar-rahal is an Arabic term which means a place in the path where stopping to rest.

## Monuments

The municipality features several monuments in Arahal, most of them churches, including:
* Nta.Sra. de la Victoria church. Temple finished in 1551 and the tower late XVII
* Vera-Cruz church. 1602
* Casa Peralta. 1895
* Nta.Sra. del Rosario convent. 1608
* San Roque church (ex-convent). 1624
* Santo Cristo de la Misericordia church. 16th century
* Santa María Magdalena parish-church. It comes in a Neoclassical style and is one of the biggest in the province. It was rebuilt in 1800 after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake destroyed the old one, the tower remains from the previous temple. Mary Magdalene is the patron saint of the town.
* San Antonio hermitage built in the 17th century.

## Climate

Arahal has a Mediterranean climate Csa according to the Köppen climate classification, it is characterized by its variable rainfall, dry summers and extremely hot summers and mild winters and often rainy. One of the official historical higher temperatures was record in Arahal when the thermometer reached 49 °C on the shade on July 23, 1995, according to the Statistical Yearbook of Andalusia, the INM and AEMET. Arahal has a weather station located at Moron Air Base, whose station data represents the climate of Arahal, in operation since 1951.
Climate data for Arahal (Air base) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 27.6 (81.7) | 28.6 (83.5) | 30.6 (87.1) | 34.7 (94.5) | 39.7 (103.5) | 44.8 (112.6) | 46.6 (115.9) | 46.0 (114.8) | 43.2 (109.8) | 35.6 (96.1) | 30.0 (86.0) | 28.0 (82.4) | 46.6 (115.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.7 (60.3) | 17.4 (63.3) | 20.8 (69.4) | 22.2 (72.0) | 26.0 (78.8) | 31.2 (88.2) | 35.2 (95.4) | 34.7 (94.5) | 31.0 (87.8) | 25.4 (77.7) | 19.7 (67.5) | 16.4 (61.5) | 24.7 (76.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.9 (49.8) | 11.3 (52.3) | 13.9 (57.0) | 15.5 (59.9) | 18.9 (66.0) | 23.3 (73.9) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.9 (80.4) | 23.9 (75.0) | 19.2 (66.6) | 14.1 (57.4) | 11.3 (52.3) | 17.9 (64.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.1 (39.4) | 5.2 (41.4) | 7.0 (44.6) | 8.8 (47.8) | 11.7 (53.1) | 15.5 (59.9) | 18.2 (64.8) | 19.0 (66.2) | 16.7 (62.1) | 13.0 (55.4) | 8.5 (47.3) | 6.1 (43.0) | 11.2 (52.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −8.0 (17.6) | −7.8 (18.0) | −4.2 (24.4) | −0.4 (31.3) | 1.6 (34.9) | 6.0 (42.8) | 3.0 (37.4) | 9.0 (48.2) | 5.4 (41.7) | 1.2 (34.2) | −2.4 (27.7) | −7.0 (19.4) | −8.0 (17.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 68 (2.7) | 53 (2.1) | 42 (1.7) | 60 (2.4) | 39 (1.5) | 9 (0.4) | 2 (0.1) | 4 (0.2) | 27 (1.1) | 67 (2.6) | 86 (3.4) | 94 (3.7) | 543 (21.4) |
| Average precipitation days | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 53 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 74 | 71 | 64 | 61 | 57 | 50 | 44 | 47 | 54 | 64 | 72 | 77 | 61 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 182 | 186 | 221 | 236 | 287 | 331 | 360 | 337 | 243 | 220 | 182 | 163 | 2,948 |
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## Transport

Arahal has a train station, with connections to Sevilla, Dos Hermanas, Marchena, and Malaga by Renfe railways. There are also bus connections to Malaga Airport.
37°16′N 5°33′W﻿ / ﻿37.267°N 5.550°W﻿ / 37.267; -5.550