Gran Canaria Airport

GCLP · Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain

Climate Gran Canaria Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gran Canaria Airport (GCLP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 94.1 95 95 85 89 100
February 92.5 95 86 99 82 88
March 95.7 94 94 99 96
April 97.1 97 96 99 98
May 97.5 98 95 99 99
June 93.5 88 96 93 95
July 93.3 91 93 92 93
August 95.7 95 98 96 92
September 94.5 95 84 98 96
October 95.0 96 93 97 92
November 97.1 97 99 96 96
December 94.1 92 96 93 92
Average 95.0 95.1 93.6 93.6 94.6 94.7

18th best VFR conditions of Spain

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 98.4 100 99 91 99 100
February 97.1 100 92 100 95 92
March 99.5 99 100 100 100
April 99.8 100 99 100 100
May 100.0 100 100 100 100
June 99.8 99 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 99.1 100 96 100 100
October 99.6 100 100 100 100
November 99.8 100 100 99 100
December 99.7 100 100 100 100
Average 99.4 99.8 99.1 98.7 99.5 99.3

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 21.1 24 21 21 21 21
February 21.5 23 20 22 21 23
March 21.9 24 21 22 22
April 22.9 24 23 23 23
May 24.0 25 24 24 24
June 25.5 27 26 25 26
July 27.1 28 28 27 27
August 28.0 30 27 28 28
September 27.1 28 27 27 28
October 26.5 29 26 26 26
November 24.2 26 25 23 25
December 22.2 23 24 22 22
Average 24.2 23.4 25.4 24.5 23.9 24.4

11th 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 16.0 18 17 16 16 15
February 16.2 18 15 17 16 18
March 16.6 18 16 17 16
April 17.3 18 17 18 17
May 18.7 19 19 19 19
June 20.3 21 21 20 21
July 21.7 23 22 21 22
August 22.6 24 23 22 23
September 22.3 22 22 23 23
October 21.5 23 22 21 21
November 19.2 20 20 19 19
December 17.1 18 19 17 17
Average 19.0 17.8 19.9 19.4 18.9 19.2

64th lowest temperature of Spain

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.0 1 5 8 7 1
February 3.9 1 4 6 6 0
March 2.4 2 5 3 3
April 1.4 0 2 2 1
May 0.7 1 1 0 1
June 0.9 3 1 1 0
July 0.3 0 1 0 0
August 0.4 0 1 1 0
September 2.6 1 12 1 0
October 2.4 1 0 1 3
November 2.4 1 0 4 3
December 2.4 6 2 2 3
Average 1.8 1.0 1.7 3.3 2.1 1.1

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 (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.3 9 13 9 13 10
February 12.8 14 11 14 12 13
March 15.8 16 17 15 16
April 15.4 17 17 13 14
May 18.6 18 18 23 17
June 18.9 14 22 22 17
July 24.2 24 24 25 25
August 22.2 21 24 21 23
September 17.3 15 16 17 18
October 13.3 10 15 17 14
November 12.5 13 13 12 9
December 10.3 9 8 11 12
Average 15.7 11.1 15.4 17.1 17.1 16.1

11th 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 064° 018° 038° 019° 032°
February 019° 021° 021° 019° 021°
March 020° 010° 021° 014°
April 016° 015° 030° 024°
May 016° 021° 016° 022°
June 028° 015° 019° 022°
July 013° 013° 015° 018°
August 015° 016° 020° 017°
September 022° 017° 024° 022°
October 027° 016° 023° 022°
November 018° 020° 026° 026°
December 037° 037° 035° 025°

Prevailing wind direction

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