[3] Ar-rahal is an Arabic term which means a place in the path where stopping to rest.

The municipality features several monuments in Arahal, most of them churches, including: Arahal has a Mediterranean climate Csa according to the Köppen climate classification, it is characterized by its variable rainfall, dry summers and extremely hot summers and mild winters and often rainy.

One of the official historical higher temperatures was record in Arahal when the thermometer reached 49 °C on the shade on July 23, 1995, according to the Statistical Yearbook of Andalusia, the INM and AEMET.

Arahal has a weather station located at Moron Air Base, whose station data represents the climate of Arahal, in operation since 1951.

Arahal has a train station, with connections to Sevilla, Dos Hermanas, Marchena, and Malaga by Renfe railways.