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Best time to visit La Gomera
Spain · Europe
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in La Gomera
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- JanJLa Gomera in January: good, busy
- FebFLa Gomera in February: good, busy
- MarMLa Gomera in March: good
- AprALa Gomera in April: sweet spot
- MayMLa Gomera in May: sweet spot
- JunJLa Gomera in June: sweet spot
- JulJLa Gomera in July: sweet spot
- AugALa Gomera in August: sweet spot
- SepSLa Gomera in September: sweet spot
- OctOLa Gomera in October: good
- NovNLa Gomera in November: good, busy
- DecDLa Gomera in December: ok, busy
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Things to do in La Gomera
- Garajonay National Park A UNESCO World Heritage site - extensive forested area on the top of the island.
- Valle Gran Rey Stunning terraces in the upper valley.
- Benchijigua The valley to the south of Los Roques.
- San Cristóbal Lighthouse Lighthouse in Spain
- Museo Arqueológico de La Gomera Archaeological museum in San Sebastián de La Gomera, Spain
Tours and tickets in La Gomera
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (La Gomera), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.
Month by month
No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21° | 2d | 71% | 9.9h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Feb | 22° | 2d | 69% | 10.7h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Mar | 22° | 3d | 72% | 11.3h | good | 22C max, 3 rainy days |
| Apr | 23° | 2d | 71% | 12.0h | sweet spot | 23C max, 2 rainy days |
| May | 24° | 1d | 72% | 12.9h | sweet spot | 24C max, 1 rainy day |
| Jun | 26° | 0d | 73% | 13.3h | sweet spot | 26C max, 0 rainy days |
| Jul | 28° | 0d | 74% | 12.9h | sweet spot | 28C max, 0 rainy days |
| Aug | 29° | 0d | 73% | 12.1h | sweet spot | 29C max, 0 rainy days |
| Sep | 28° | 1d | 74% | 11.5h | sweet spot | 28C max, 1 rainy day |
| Oct | 27° | 0d | 71% | 10.6h | good | 27C max, 0 rainy days |
| Nov | 25° | 2d | 72% | 9.6h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Dec | 22° | 2d | 72% | 9.7h | okbusy | busier than usual |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at San Sebastián de La Gomera: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
La Gomera's April days now average 23.4°C, 3.1°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 12 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 19.6° | 19.7° | 20.4° | 20.3° | 21.6° | 23.8° | 25.4° | 26.1° | 25.8° | 24.5° | 22.4° | 20.7° |
| 2017–26 | 21.3° | 22.0° | 22.2° | 23.4° | 24.3° | 25.9° | 27.6° | 29.1° | 28.3° | 27.3° | 24.9° | 22.5° |
| Change | +1.7° | +2.4° | +1.8° | +3.1° | +2.7° | +2.1° | +2.2° | +3.1° | +2.5° | +2.9° | +2.5° | +1.8° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
Fly into Tenerife (TFS), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Tenerife.
| Tenerife (TFS) | the drive is not measured yet |
|---|---|
| GMZ | the drive is not measured yet |
The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.
How far La Gomera is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Casablanca
- from Lisbon
- from Madrid
- from Barcelona
- from Paris
- from Geneva
- from Dublin
- from London
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to La Gomera, flying or not.
Before you go
Type C and F plugs at 230 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Euro. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise a high degree of caution. US State Department: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution. Everything for Spain: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Credit and debit cards are widely accepted. Some shops ask for ID, sometimes a passport, before taking a card.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — Not expected; at better restaurants leave 5 to 10% in cash for exemplary service. Round up taxi fares if you like.
Getting around La Gomera
- Apps — Rides: Bolt, Cabify, FreeNow, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.
There are regular bus services (4 or 5 per day, M–Sa; fewer on Su) to the main centres (Valle Gran Rey, Vallehermoso, Santiago) from the capital San Sebastian. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on La Gomera, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — 112 (any emergency).
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
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La Gomera in pictures
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Llez, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Llez, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What La Gomera is like
La Gomera is the second smallest island of the Canary Islands. It is an undeveloped, unspoilt, beautiful island 40 minutes by fast ferry from Tenerife that is ideal for walkers. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Playa de Vallehermoso. With El Castillo del Mar - former loading station (mostly for bananas), which had been restored and turned into a venue by a long-time resident German photographer but is permanently closed now. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Wildfires in the summer of 2012 burned over 4,000 hectares (11%) on the island, including over 25% of the Garajonay National Park. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- La Gomera Airport (GMZ IATA), Playa Santiago (south of island, 34 km (21 mi) southwest by road from the island's capital city, San Sebastián de la Gomera). It is served only by local planes from Tenerife Nord Airport. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on La Gomera, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around La Gomera
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Nearby
- Madeira Portugal · 507 km
- Agadir Morocco · 775 km
- Essaouira Morocco · 804 km
- Marrakech Morocco · 958 km
Kind of place
La Gomera is in Spain, Europe. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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