Lanzarote weather by month
Lanzarote weather by month in one line: 21 °C by day in January, 30 °C in August, and almost no rain from May to September.
Lanzarote in November, daytime high
24 °C
| Night low | 17 °C |
| Sea surface | 21 °C |
| Rain in the month | 16 mm |
| Days with 1 mm or more | 3 days |
| Daylight | 10 h 42 min |
| October, daytime high | 27 °C |
| December, daytime high | 22 °C |
Averages 1991 to 2020 at Lanzarote airport. A typical month, not a forecast. Method.
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Lanzarote is the most northerly and the lowest of the main Canary Islands, and that shapes its climate. With no high mountain to catch the clouds, it gets little rain in any month and the sky is open more often than on Tenerife or Gran Canaria. Our figures come from the weather station at the airport near Arrecife and Playa Honda, close to the main resorts, averaged over 1991 to 2020. The year runs from 21 °C by day in January to 30 °C in August, a little hotter at the peak than southern Tenerife. Nights stay mild, 14 °C in mid-winter. The weak point is the water: the Atlantic around the island sits at 18 °C in February and only climbs past twenty degrees from June. Rain is a winter matter, 21 mm in December, the wettest month.
Lanzarote weather by month, 1991 to 2020
| Month | Daytime high | Night low | Sea | Rain | Wet days | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21 °C | 14 °C | 19 °C | 16 mm | 3 days | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 22 °C | 14 °C | 18 °C | 17 mm | 3 days | 11 h 06 min |
| March | 23 °C | 15 °C | 18 °C | 12 mm | 2 days | 11 h 54 min |
| April | 24 °C | 16 °C | 19 °C | 4 mm | 1 day | 12 h 48 min |
| May | 25 °C | 18 °C | 20 °C | 1 mm | 0 days | 13 h 36 min |
| June | 27 °C | 19 °C | 21 °C | 0 mm | 0 days | 14 h 00 min |
| July | 28 °C | 21 °C | 22 °C | 0 mm | 0 days | 13 h 48 min |
| August | 30 °C | 22 °C | 22 °C | 1 mm | 0 days | 13 h 12 min |
| September | 29 °C | 21 °C | 23 °C | 2 mm | 0 days | 12 h 18 min |
| October | 27 °C | 20 °C | 23 °C | 13 mm | 2 days | 11 h 24 min |
| November | 24 °C | 17 °C | 21 °C | 16 mm | 3 days | 10 h 42 min |
| December | 22 °C | 16 °C | 20 °C | 21 mm | 3 days | 10 h 18 min |
The wind is the part the averages leave out
A daytime high of 28 °C in July reads like a hot month, and on the sheltered side of a wall it is. On the beach, the trade wind that blows across the island for much of the summer makes it feel several degrees cooler, and it is the reason Lanzarote is popular with windsurfers. The wind is strongest in summer and weakest in autumn and winter. If a still, hot afternoon matters more to you than a breeze, the end of the season, September and October, combines the warmest sea of the year, 23 °C and 23 °C, with lighter wind.
Best time to visit Lanzarote
Months with a daytime high of 24 °C or more: April to November. With a sea of at least 21 °C as well: June to November. For winter sun, Lanzarote averages 22 °C in December and 22 °C in February, about one degree below the south of Tenerife, and the difference comes mostly from the cooler water around the island. Fuerteventura, the neighbour to the south, is very close on every line. See also where is hot in November.