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This is the current conditions weather report for Alicante. The report was made 56 minutes ago, at 06:00 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 3.7 kilometers per hour / 2 miles per hour from the variable (VRB°). The temperature was 6°C / 43°F, with a dew-point at 6°C / 43°F. The atmospheric pressure was 1020 hPa / 30.09 inHg. The relative humidity was 53%. The skies were partly cloudy.

Alicante in Spanish or Alacant (in Valencian) is a province of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the Valencian Community. It is bordered by the provinces of Murcia on the southwest, Albacete on the west, Valencia on the north, and the Mediterranean Sea on the east. The province takes its name after the name of its capital, the city of Alicante.

The main industries in Alicante province are, in the primary sector, intensive agriculture, specially in the fertile Vega Baja del Segura, Camp d'Elx (Elche's countryside) and vineyards in the inner part of the province (Monforte, Novelda, Pinós), also near the coast in the Marina Alta area. Fishing is important all along the coast, with important fishing harbours such as Santa Pola, Calp or Denia.

Still, what the province is known for is its massive tourism sector. The Costa Blanca generally mild and sunny weather attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists from other European countries such as the UK, Germany, Belgium, Norway or France and also from other parts in Spain like Madrid. Thousands of families from another places own a second home in the Alicante province which they use for their vacation time.

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