Weather in Canary Islands

Calculated from weather data of Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (GCXO) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	16.5	19.6	15.8	16.8	16.6	17.0
February	17.2	19.6	15.4	17.5	16.8	20.8
March	17.9	17.6	22.1	15.8	16.5	18.3
April	18.9		21.1	18.5	19.3	18.6
May	20.3		21.3	21.6	19.3	22.1
June	22.1		24.1	21.3	21.8	22.3
July	24.2		25.1	25.6	24.3	25.3
August	26.6		29.0	25.5	26.1	26.5
September	24.3		23.6	23.1	24.8	26.3
October	23.4		27.0	22.3	23.5	22.0
November	19.9		21.8	21.0	18.3	20.5
December	17.7		19.0	19.1	17.1	16.6
Average	20.5	18.9	22.1	20.7	20.4	21.3

49th highest temperature of Spain

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	11.4	14	12	12	11	11
February	11.2	13	10	12	10	13
March	11.7	12	14	11	11	12
April	12.3		13	12	12	13
May	13.5		14	14	14	14
June	15.2		16	15	15	16
July	17.0		18	18	17	18
August	18.4		20	18	19	19
September	17.5		18	18	18	18
October	16.9		20	16	16	16
November	14.4		16	15	13	15
December	12.5		13	14	12	12
Average	14.1	13.0	15.3	14.4	14.0	14.6

46th lowest temperature of Spain

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	0	31	10	16	17
25 °C or warmer	1	75	40	42	52
20 °C or warmer	26	227	185	151	201
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.9	2	17	11	7	6
February	6.8	4	10	6	7	1
March	6.4	8	1	12	5	4
April	5.0		3	6	4	3
May	3.6		3	2	5	2
June	3.0		2	7	3	1
July	1.6		1	5	1	0
August	1.5		1	2	4	2
September	3.0		2	12	3	2
October	5.1		4	5	2	6
November	8.4		3	6	13	9
December	5.7		8	13	6	7
Average	4.8	5.1	4.2	6.8	4.7	3.3

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	16.3	15	15	16	15	15
February	18.3	18	17	18	18	17
March	20.2	24	15	25	22	20
April	20.4		20	20	17	20
May	22.0		22	19	25	21
June	22.8		18	26	25	21
July	27.7		28	26	28	28
August	22.1		21	23	22	23
September	19.3		19	20	17	17
October	16.0		16	15	17	18
November	14.8		15	12	13	16
December	15.0		15	14	13	16
Average	19.8	19.1	18.6	20.0	19.7	19.5

6th highest wind speed of Spain

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	SE	NE	SE	NW	E
February	NW	NW	NW	NW	SE
March	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW
April		NW	NW	NW	NW
May		NW	NW	NW	NW
June		NW	NW	NW	NW
July		NW	NW	NW	NW
August		NW	NW	NW	NW
September		NW	NW	NW	NW
October		NW	NW	NW	NW
November		NW	NE	N	W
December		SE	W	E	NW

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Canary Islands weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Canary Islands?

The warmest month is August with an average temperature of 27 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Canary Islands?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 17 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Canary Islands?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in November with a probability of around 8.5 %.

Which month is the driest in Canary Islands?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in August. The probability is about 1.6 %.