Huércal-Overa


Huércal-Overa is a town and a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, located near the border with the province of Murcia. It is the largest municipality in the comarca of Levante Almeriense. The population of Huércal-Overa in 2018 was 18,816. Huércal-Overa is situated in the Valley of Almanzora and has a primarily agriculturally-driven economy. It celebrates its yearly fair on the 3rd weekend of October.

Climate

Huércal-Overa has a cold desert climate closely bordering on a hot desert climate with mild, moderately dry winters and hot, dry summers. As well as several regions of the province of Almería, Huércal-Overa has very low annual rainfall, often below with most precipitation occurring during the autumn.