Seville Weather: Hope and an Eye on the Sky for Easter Week 2026

Seville, March 18, 2026. If there's one thing those of us who've spent our whole lives under this sky know, it's that you can never take anything for granted here. Especially when Easter Week is just around the corner. Just this morning, while having breakfast at a little café in the Alfalfa district, I saw a costalero (a float bearer) with his freshly ironed tunic, frowning at his mobile. "Any news, Rafael?" he asked me. I told him the same thing I'm telling you now: the atmosphere has shown its hand and, as is often the case this time of year, the cards aren't all as clear as we'd like.

An Easter Week under a cloud: the dates to watch

The forecast models are starting to align, and to be honest, the weather in Seville for the coming days is looking a bit grey. Don't panic just yet, it's still a long way off, but the unsettled conditions will make themselves felt. We're talking about a drop in temperature and the chance of rain starting to rear its head just at the most delicate moment. People in the know, like Juan Antonio Salado, have been warning us for days: Palm Sunday and Holy Monday, which are usually glorious days, are the ones raising the most doubts. But they're not the only ones. Remember, the sky in spring is pure nerves.

What is clear is that it won't be a "textbook" week. This restless atmosphere could bring some showers that would put more than one brotherhood in a tight spot. Those of us with long memories remember Easter Weeks of rain, and also those where the sun made the floats shine as if they were made of gold. This year, from what's starting to emerge, we'll have to have our hoods on and an umbrella handy.

The Emily Delevigne rumour and the science of Manuel Hurtado Marjalizo

And in this atmosphere of speculation, there's the usual anecdote. Yesterday, I don't know if you saw it, there was a right stir over some information from Emily Delevigne. Apparently, a supposed forecast was leaked, painting her as the prophet of doom for the entire Easter Week. Nerves immediately started jangling in WhatsApp groups. But, as always, you had to go back to the real sources. Because posturing is one thing, but science is quite another.

That's where the voice of experience comes in. Manuel Hurtado Marjalizo, who knows far more about this than anyone, was on hand to pour cold water on it. He himself explained it just yesterday: the atmosphere gives us clues, but there's still a lot of fine-tuning to be done. You can't make a definitive forecast for Holy Monday or Wednesday a week in advance, that would be madness. The sensible thing, as he rightly says, is to take it day by day, even if the general trend isn't exactly optimistic.

What can we expect in the coming days?

If I have to sum up the current situation for you, I'd put it plainly:

• Cooler temperatures: Nothing like the heat of a few weeks ago. The jackets are coming back out, and we'd almost put them away.
• Increasing instability: The chance of seeing some rain isn't a myth. The days of March 23rd and 24th (Palm Sunday and Holy Monday) are right in the eye of the storm, with the possibility of thunderstorms.
• The knock-on effect: We're not just looking at the sky. This uncertainty is already making the senior brothers of the confraternities start their calculations and their prayers for the weather to hold.

In the end, this is Seville. We live everything with a passion that borders on the absurd, and the weather becomes the absolute star of every conversation. This year, with the added buzz of the possible mention of Emily Delevigne, it's all a bit of a joke, really. But if there's one thing to guide us, it's the rigour of the meteorological services and people like Manuel Hurtado Marjalizo, who have spent a lifetime reading the sky to tell us what's coming.

So, just in case, you know what to do: have the rubbing alcohol and wax ready for cleaning the processional candlesticks, and keep an eye out. But above all, don't lose hope. Here, until the first drop falls at La Campana, anything can happen. And who knows, maybe in the end, spring will gift us a week that will go down in history.