Move the sliders to say what matters most to you, and the planner ranks the months. Below it is the full month-by-month table it uses.
Your best months
Month by month: the figures behind the planner
The air temperatures, rain, rain days and sunshine hours are the official climate normals from the Spanish weather agency AEMET for 1981–2010 at Gran Canaria Airport. That is the nearest station with published normals – AEMET has stations in Mogán, but publishes no long-term averages for them. The airport sits on the east coast, where the trade wind brings more cloud and a little more rain, so treat the table as a cautious picture: the south-west around Arguineguín is usually as warm and at least as sunny.
The sea temperatures are monthly averages for Gran Canaria from a secondary source that combines several coastal points. They show the pattern well – coolest in February and March, warmest in September and October – but the water in a sheltered bay on a still afternoon can feel warmer than the figure.
Reading the result
There is no bad month in Arguineguín, only different ones. Winter brings the mildest days of any resort area within reach of northern Europe and the occasional grey or dusty day; late summer and autumn bring the warmest sea of the year. If you want detail on what each season feels like and what to pack, read the weather in Arguineguín month by month and the climate guide. Winter visitors should also read what winter sun really means here and about calima, the Saharan dust that sometimes arrives in the cooler months.