As we all know the climate is changing and even during the peak months of the summer, it can rain in Mallorca, but all is not lost. If you have booked with On the Beach, you are covered - to a certain extent anyway. According to the tour operator: “We’re good, but we’re not control-the-weather good. The next best thing we can do is offer you free Weather Protection for if the skies do open during your getaway.
"Book a 3* break in 2026, and if the weather exceeds our daily rain threshold, and it rains for 2 days or more (excluding the first rainy day) , we’ll give you £50 for each rainy day to compensate (up to a maximum of £300). Long story short? Clouds = cash. Of course, we really hope the sun is BEAMING for you so that you don’t need to worry about any of this, but you can relax knowing it’s there if you need it. Just claim your perk via our app and they’ll take care of the rest.”
However, summer 2025 in Mallorca was the third hottest since current records began in 1961. Surpassed only by the summers of 2003 and 2022, the hottest day was August 16, when the average was 36.5C, 6.5 degrees above normal, and the highest temperature of the summer was registered at the university in Palma and in Es Capdellà (Calvia) - 41.5C. June 2025 was the hottest on record.
Summers in Mallorca have obviously always been hot, but whereas heatwaves and 40-plus temperatures were once the exception, they are now the rule; in the 1990s, for instance, there was only one heatwave. Tour operators from the island’s two main tourism markets - Germany and the UK - are aware of the impact on holidaymakers’ decisions.
The DRV German travel association believes that 2025 has marked a turning point because of a “loss of comfort”. Higher temperatures and higher prices are combining to make German holidaymakers think twice about travelling to Mallorca. The association says: “If they are going to have to pay 30% more, they don’t want to die of heatstroke.”