Maspalomas
27.76° N, 15.59° W
When to go?
Mean 19 °C, 3 rain days in the month (25 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 19 °C, 3 rain days in the month (27 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 20 °C, 3 rain days in the month (20 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 20 °C, 3 rain days in the month (14 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 22 °C, 2 rain days in the month (6 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 23 °C, 1 rain day in the month (2 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 25 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 28 °C
Mean 26 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 22 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
Mean 25 °C, 2 rain days in the month (9 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 23 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 28 °C
Mean 24 °C, 3 rain days in the month (23 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
- Ideal for the seawater at 23 °C
Mean 22 °C, 4 rain days in the month (23 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
- Ideal for the seawater at 22 °C
Mean 20 °C, 4 rain days in the month (33 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
The best months are October–June. Ideal for the sea: August–November. Avoid July–September (hot).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Temperatures brought to the town's elevation: +1.6 °C (cells at 249 m).
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Sea temperature: Atlantic Ocean
Monthly mean sea temperature: Atlantic Ocean (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: Atlantic Ocean (°C)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.6 °C; in the last ten years by +0.9 °C. Warmest year: 2023 (+2.1 °C), coldest: 1972 (−1.2 °C).
June and April warmed the most (+0.9 and +0.7 °C), September the least (+0.2 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: −5 % every ten years.
The sea, then and now
+0.6 °Cthe sea today, compared with 1961–1990