Lanzarote Weather & Climate

Lanzarote holidays enjoy a mild, dry climate that remains fairly constant throughout the year, with average daytime temperatures ranging from about 21° Celsius in January to 29° Celsius in August. Plenty of sun and round-the-year warmth make conditions perfect for cheap Lanzarote holiday with family or friends at any time!

Lanzarote lies within a zone of hot and dry climate, where rain is very rare, resulting in a semi-desert climate. Unlike most of the other Canary Islands, Lanzarote features no high mountains (the highest being around 670 metres - 2,198 ft), which means that it is lacking the natural barrier, the so-called 'sea of clouds', normally responsible for creating rain conditions, lower evaporation and a reasonable humidity level.

On an average there are no more than 16 days of rainfall annually - and these can usually be experienced during the months December to February!

Lanzarote's climate can vary depending on where you are - even so it has the most consistent climate of all the islands of the archipelago, which makes it a favourite winter holiday destination for northern Europeans.

The north of the island is usually windier and cloudier and has a little more rain due to the moist trade winds blowing generally from the north. The southern part is drier and hotter and enjoys as much as 2500 sunshine hours annually.

Central Lanzarote, located between the windier north and the sunnier south, can be said to have the most moderate climate on the island.Lanzarote suffers the warmest days of the year in summer when the hot sirocco wind - a phenomenon referred to by the locals as kalima or Tiempo Africano (African weather) - is prevailing.

This hot, dry air from the Sahara desert, laden with fine dust, makes everybody feel very uncomfortable.