A royal palace still in use today, with Moorish courtyards, Mudéjar halls and endless gardens in the heart of Seville. Here you’ll find which Alcázar of Seville tickets to buy, the weather during opening hours, opening times and tips for your visit.
Queues and crowds → · Seville, Andalusia, Spain
Weather at 5:00 PM. The castle opens at 09:30.
The general ticket covers the palaces, courtyards and gardens. The Cuarto Real Alto, the royal apartments upstairs, costs extra.
Our pick: the guided tour on Tiqets. The Alcázar is a tangle of eras and styles that’s hard to read without explanations. If you prefer to explore on your own, the €15.50 official ticket is the cheapest: the official audio guide opens on your phone with a QR code.
On Mondays there’s also a free visit with limited places, booked on the official website: it sells out very fast.
Groups of up to 30 · free cancellation options available · 4.4 from almost 1,500 reviews
Costs more than the official ticket (€15.50) because it includes an English-speaking guide.
Non-refundable ticket · 4.4 from over 15,000 reviews
Costs €5.50 more than the official ticket (€15.50); worth it if you prefer booking on Tiqets or want fast-track entry.
Indicative prices, checked onOctober 27, 2026: they may change: the final price is the one shown by the seller.
Perfect day
Perfect day: clear, 17 to 26 degrees, no rain.
| Time | Sky | Temperature | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | Clear | 17° | – | 8 km/h |
| 11:00 | Clear | 19° | – | 7 km/h |
| 12:00 | Clear | 22° | – | 6 km/h |
| 13:00 | Clear | 24° | – | 5 km/h |
| 14:00 | Clear | 25° | – | 4 km/h |
| 15:00 | Clear | 26° | – | 4 km/h |
| 16:00 | Clear | 26° | – | 3 km/h |
Perfect day
Perfect day: clear, 18 to 26 degrees, no rain.
| Time | Sky | Temperature | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | Clear | 18° | – | 11 km/h |
| 11:00 | Clear | 20° | – | 11 km/h |
| 12:00 | Clear | 23° | – | 9 km/h |
| 13:00 | Clear | 24° | – | 7 km/h |
| 14:00 | Clear | 25° | – | 6 km/h |
| 15:00 | Clear | 26° | – | 5 km/h |
| 16:00 | Clear | 26° | – | 5 km/h |
The best days are Saturday, October 31, Sunday, November 1 and Monday, November 2. The rating only looks at opening hours: rain at night doesn’t spoil the visit.
Today and tomorrow the forecast is accurate hour by hour; up to day seven it is reliable on the trend; the last days give a rough idea. Updated every hour.
Today, Friday, October 30: open 09:30–17:00.
| Period | Hours |
|---|---|
| April 1 – September 30 | 09:30–19:00 |
| October 1 – March 31 | 09:30–17:00 |
Opening hours: from 1 October to 31 March, entry from 9:30 am to 5 pm (visitors start being cleared at 5:45 pm); from 1 April to 30 September, 9:30 am to 7 pm (cleared from 7:45 pm).
Best time to visit: March, April and October. Days between 21 and 26°C, perfect for the gardens.
| Month | Average high | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16° | 6 |
| Feb | 18° | 5 |
| MarRecommended | 22° | 6 |
| AprRecommended | 24° | 6 |
| May | 28° | 4 |
| Jun | 33° | 1 |
| Jul | 36° | 0 |
| Aug | 36° | 0 |
| Sep | 32° | 3 |
| OctRecommended | 26° | 6 |
| Nov | 20° | 6 |
| Dec | 17° | 7 |
1991–2020 normals for the Seville Airport weather station: average high and days with at least 1 mm of rain. Source: AEMET, table published on Wikipedia (article “Seville”).
The palaces are indoors: the Palace of Peter I, the Gothic halls, the salons and galleries.
An hour-by-hour crowd estimate is coming later, always marked as an estimate and with its source.
Where it is: in Seville’s old town, next to the Cathedral. The ticket office is in the Patio de Banderas.
On foot: a few minutes from the centre and the Cathedral; walking is easiest, as the area is largely pedestrianised.
Perfect day: clear, 17 to 26 degrees, no rain.
Saturday, October 31: Perfect day: clear, 17 to 26 degrees, no rain. Sunday, November 1: Perfect day: clear, 18 to 26 degrees, no rain.
The official general ticket costs €15.50 (reduced €8, free up to age 13 with an adult); the Cuarto Real Alto costs €5.50 extra. On Tiqets the guided tour in English costs from €38.
Yes: Tiqets sells a guided tour with entry included, in English as well as Italian, French and Spanish, from €38.
From October to March entry is from 9:30 am to 5 pm; from April to September from 9:30 am to 7 pm. Visitors start being cleared 45 minutes after last entry.
On Mondays there’s a free visit with limited places, booked on the official website; places run out very fast. Children up to 13 with an adult also go free.
At least two hours for the palaces and courtyards, three if you want to wander the gardens too.
Reliable forecasts reach about 10 days: here you get the next 10, hour by hour for today and tomorrow and as a trend after that. To pick a month, check the climate month by month.
Forecasts come from MET Norway, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, calculated for the castle’s coordinates and updated every hour during the day and every 3 hours at night. Crowd figures are labelled as estimates, with their source.
Guided tour of the Royal Alcázar · from €38
Forecast by MET Norway, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, calculated for the castle’s coordinates. Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0), updated every hour. Updated: October 27, 2026.