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Best time to visit Lanzarote

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All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Lanzarote

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  1. Lanzarote in January: good, busy
  2. Lanzarote in February: good, busy
  3. Lanzarote in March: sweet spot
  4. Lanzarote in April: sweet spot
  5. Lanzarote in May: sweet spot
  6. Lanzarote in June: sweet spot
  7. Lanzarote in July: sweet spot
  8. Lanzarote in August: sweet spot
  9. Lanzarote in September: sweet spot
  10. Lanzarote in October: sweet spot
  11. Lanzarote in November: good
  12. Lanzarote in December: ok, busy
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
Good for
Go in Mar–Oct — these months score within a whisker of each other; 26C max, 0 rainy days. Nov is the next best.

Things to do in Lanzarote

  • Timanfaya National Park Is the area that bore the full fury of the 1730s eruptions.
  • Cueva de los Verdes Lava tube and tourist attraction in Haria, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
  • Famara Mountains
  • Peñas del Chache Mountain in Lanzarote
  • Monte Corona Mountain
  • Mirador del Río Architectural structure
  • Jardín de Cactus Botanical garden in the Canary Islands

Tours and tickets in Lanzarote

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Lanzarote), 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.

MonthMax °CRain days HumiditySun h/day VerdictWhy
Jan 21° 1d 68% 9.5h goodbusy busier than usual
Feb 22° 2d 69% 10.0h goodbusy busier than usual
Mar 22° 2d 68% 11.2h sweet spot 22C max, 2 rainy days
Apr 23° 1d 67% 11.7h sweet spot 23C max, 1 rainy day
May 25° 0d 67% 12.6h sweet spot 25C max, 0 rainy days
Jun 26° 0d 69% 13.0h sweet spot 26C max, 0 rainy days
Jul 28° 0d 71% 12.4h sweet spot 28C max, 0 rainy days
Aug 29° 0d 70% 11.7h sweet spot 29C max, 0 rainy days
Sep 28° 0d 70% 11.1h sweet spot 28C max, 0 rainy days
Oct 27° 0d 70% 10.4h sweet spot 27C max, 0 rainy days
Nov 24° 1d 69% 9.7h good 24C max, 1 rainy day
Dec 22° 1d 70% 9.4h 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 Puerto del Carmen: 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

Busiest from December to February; quietest in March, April, May, June and September.

Then and now

Lanzarote's August days now average 29.2°C, 5.1°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 12 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
1981–9018.0°18.1°18.8°19.1°20.3°22.0°23.3°24.0°24.1°23.0°21.2°19.3°
2017–2620.6°21.5°22.1°23.4°24.6°25.9°27.8°29.2°28.3°27.0°24.4°21.6°
Change+2.6°+3.5°+3.3°+4.3°+4.3°+3.9°+4.5°+5.1°+4.2°+4.0°+3.2°+2.3°

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

How far Lanzarote is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do 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. 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 Lanzarote

  • Apps — Rides: Bolt, Cabify, FreeNow, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.

Bus routes radiate from Arrecife and in 2023 a ride costs at most €3.60. Drivers accept cash and give change up to €10. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Lanzarote, 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.

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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Lanzarote in pictures

Lanzarote 5 Luc Viatour
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Lviatour, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Erosion of tephra layers Lanzarote 11
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H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

2011 El Golfo Charco de los Clicos Lanzarote G07
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Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Timanfaya Lanzarote Illas Canarias Spain T20
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Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Hibrid of Echinopsis in Jardin de Cactus on Lanzarote, June 2013 (3)
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Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Lanzarote is like

Lanzarote is one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean 130 km (81 mi) west of North Africa and 1,000 km (620 mi) southwest of mainland Spain. With a population of 156,112​ in 2022, it's the fourth largest of the Canary Islands, about half the size of its neighbour Fuerteventura. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing
Lava tunnels and caves are created by the fluid lava characteristic of "hot spot" volcanoes. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing
Scuba diving is year-round, with water temperatures always close to 20 °C (68 °F) and a visibility of 25 m (82 ft) or more. The three principal resorts all have dive centres offering training, kit hire and guided dives. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in
Arrecife Airport (ACE IATA) 5 km west of the city has budget flights from across Europe, domestic flights from mainland Spain, and inter-island flights. More on Wikivoyage
Staying safe
Standard advice applies to road safety, water safety, and care of valuables. Theft from cars in the National Park has been a recurrent problem. More on Wikivoyage
Staying healthy
Always use sun protection, even on the rare cloudy days. By the time you feel frazzled, the damage is done. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Lanzarote, 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 Lanzarote

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Kind of place

Lanzarote is in Spain, Europe. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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