Best: Apr · Great: May-Mar
Weather shifts through genuine seasons here, from January's cool stretch to August's warmth, with rain a little heavier around December and lighter around April — real variation, but nothing as sharp as a true monsoon or Mediterranean dry season. In April, expect highs around 23°C with rain on roughly 1 day of the month.
Mount Teide, Spain's highest peak and a dormant volcano, anchors Tenerife with hiking trails and a cable car to near the summit. Gran Canaria's dunes at Maspalomas and Lanzarote's otherworldly volcanic landscapes at Timanfaya National Park round out the archipelago's very different personalities from island to island.
Try papas arrugadas with mojo sauce, a Canarian classic.
Daylight, sunrise, and sunset are calculated exactly from this region's latitude. Temperature and rainfall are modeled from its general climate type, not measured station data. Month summaries are generated from those modeled figures.
Expect mild days around 21°/15°C, with occasional rain (~4 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 21°/15°C, with mostly dry conditions (~3 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 23°/16°C, with mostly dry conditions (~2 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 23°/17°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 24°/17°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 25°/18°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 27°/19°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 28°/20°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 28°/21°C, with mostly dry conditions (~2 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 27°/20°C, with mostly dry conditions (~3 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 25°/18°C, with occasional rain (~5 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 22°/16°C, with occasional rain (~6 rainy days).