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The Climate of Gran Canaria
The climate of the Canary Islands is probably the most powerful element to attract millions of tourists and residents
every year. A sub-tropical oceanic climate which is almost the whole year round constantly because of the trade winds
(Alisio) and the gulf stream but with a great difference between the islands and even between the North and the South
of one single island. From the driest islands Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, with only 150 - 200mm rain a year, the old
volcano the Teide with most of the months snow on the top to the green humid island La Palma with green forests and the
sand dunes on Gran Canaria which looks like the Sahara.
The warm and dry climate of Gran Canaria, mainly at the South side of the island, is comfortable even in the winter and
mostly between 22 and 29 degrees Celsius. This makes the Canaries very attractive for sun vacations in the winter and
especially for thousands of residents who are spending the whole winter on one of the islands.
They call Gran Canaria a small continent, because of the different climates the island has and the contrast in nature
between the South, the inlands and the North of the island. You can see for example forests and lakes in the middle and
green, humid areas in the North and dry and rocky areas in the south. Gran Canaria is situated approx. 1.250 km south of
the main land of Spain and only approx. 200 km away from Africa. Only a few days a year it rains in the South of the island
and sometimes a sirocco can occur, a wind from the Sahara which covers the island with sand.
Temperatures, daytime:
| Month: |
Max. temperature: |
Min. temperature: |
| January |
28.5 |
21.0 |
| February |
29.0 |
21.0 |
| March |
32.0 |
20.7 |
| April |
28.3 |
22.2 |
| May |
30.7 |
23.5 |
| June |
31.8 |
24.2 |
| July |
31.8 |
26.0 |
| August |
34.5 |
26.5 |
| September |
32.0 |
25.5 |
| October |
31.7 |
26.2 |
| November |
29.8 |
24.1 |
| December |
28.7 |
21.5 |
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