Eivissa was founded by Phoenician settlers around 654 BC and, as Roman Ebusus, kept its role as a Mediterranean trading post through Carthaginian, Roman and Moorish rule. Its upper town, Dalt Vila, is ringed by 16th-century Renaissance bastions built against Ottoman and Barbary raids, and was inscribed by UNESCO in 1999 together with the island's Posidonia seagrass meadows. The island is only about 40 km long, so beaches, the Ses Salines salt pans and the towns of Santa Eulària and Sant Antoni are all within an hour's drive of the port. For centuries salt from those pans, not tourism, was the backbone of the island's economy.
Nights sit around 12°C and afternoons around 20°C, though some nights drop to 8°C.
Ibiza has real seasons: summer afternoons sit around 29°C, winter ones around 16°C.
Some summer days reach 33°C, and some winter nights drop to 3°C.
Most of the rain falls in autumn, least in summer. The wettest month is September, with 63 mm.
The air stays clean through the year.
Days stretch to about 14.7 hours of light in June and shrink to 9.3 in December — something to weigh if you work to a fixed timezone.
For what you're after, the best months in Ibiza are June – September. Expect fast internet (280 Mbps) and a high cost of living (about €2650 a month).
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