Climate averages 1991–2020
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria weather
by month.
See how the year changes. August has the highest average daily maximum; July has the lowest average monthly rainfall.
Pleasant-weather months by our simple rule: JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Across the year Las Palmas de Gran Canaria averages a daytime high of 21.2°C and a nighttime low of 16.8°C, with about 176 mm of rain on roughly 37 days. August is the warmest month (average high 24.5°C) and January the coolest (18.1°C). December is the wettest month with 30 mm; July is the driest with under 1 mm.
Months with pleasant weather by a simple rule (average high between 18°C and 29°C, average low of at least 5°C and at most 8 rain days): January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December. This looks at temperature and rain only, not humidity, wind, sea temperature or crowds.
The annual picture
A year in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 22 | 4.6 | 10.611 h |
| February | 18.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 25 | 4.6 | 11.211 h |
| March | 19.0°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 20 | 4.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 12 | 3.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 20.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 6.5 | 1.5 | 13.514 h |
| June | 22.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 23.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| August | 24.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 13.113 h |
| September | 24.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 9.8 | 1.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.4°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 24 | 4.9 | 11.512 h |
| November | 21.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 22 | 5.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 19.4°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 30 | 5.6 | 10.410 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
Nearby cities
- TeldeSpain · 12 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 176 mm rain a year
- Santa LucíaSpain · 24 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 176 mm rain a year
- Santa Cruz de TenerifeSpain · 92 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 197 mm rain a year
- AronaSpain · 124 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 15.2°C · 208 mm rain a year
- LaayouneWestern Sahara · 244 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 44 mm rain a year
- Tan-TanMorocco · 424 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.8°C · 78 mm rain a year
- DakhlaWestern Sahara · 494 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 27 mm rain a year
- FunchalPortugal · 528 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 16.7°C · 500 mm rain a year
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsWhat do the high and low temperatures mean?
We average the daily maximum and daily minimum for each calendar month over 1991–2020. They are not record extremes, a forecast range or temperatures at a fixed time of day.
How is a rain day counted?
A local calendar day (standard time, UTC±0, no daylight saving) with at least 1 mm of total precipitation counts as one rain day. We count these for each year and month, then average across 30 years. The average does not predict which days will be wet.
Where do the numbers come from?
ERA5-Land (temperature) and ERA5 (precipitation) reanalysis from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, read from the Open-Meteo open-data archive. Temperature comes from the 0.1° model cell at 28.10°, -15.40° (2 km from the city centre), adjusted down by 0.1°C for the difference between the city's elevation (122 m) and the cell's (101 m). Rain comes from the 0.25° cell at 28.00°, -15.50°. Telde and Santa Lucía lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells. These are model estimates, not weather-station readings; coast, hills and city streets can differ.
Does this page show sunshine, humidity or sea temperature?
No. The data used here contain air temperature and precipitation only. Daylight hours are calculated from the city's latitude (sunrise to sunset), not measured sunshine.