Fewer crowds
Hotel stays are steady all year.
Hotel stays vary little: the busiest month has only 1.3× the nights of the quietest, so pick on weather.
A good place. At the right time.
Best time to visitCanary Islands.
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Weather 50% · Crowds 30% · Cost 20%
Start with June.
#1 of 12 · Balanced · 8.4/10
Overnight stays vary little through the year.
Based on Canarias regional averages.
- Afternoon high
- 76°F
- Sea temperature
- 71°F
- Crowds
- Steady
About 14 hours of daylight; rain-day data is unavailable.
Check what is open. The off-season flag comes from visitor patterns. Confirm accommodation, services and transport for your dates.
Price context. Historical regional hotel revenue (2024–2025 monthly average): €116 per occupied room-night. An average, not a booking quote.
Historical averages, not forecasts or live prices.
A regional guide. All seven Canary Islands together. Tenerife and Gran Canaria carry most of the visitors.
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June at a glance
Balanced match #1 · 8.4/10
Overnight stays vary little through the year.
About 14 hours of daylight; rain-day data is unavailable.
Check what is open. The off-season flag comes from visitor patterns. Confirm accommodation, services and transport for your dates.
Read the June guide- Afternoon high
- 76°F
- Night low
- 63°F
- Sea temperature
- 71°F
- Rain days
- —
- Daylight
- 13h 56m
- Crowds
- Steady
All 12 months, on the same measures. Tap a heading to sort or a month to open its guide.Select a month to open its guide. Scroll the table for more detail.
| Rank | Month | Overall | Weather | Crowds | Cost | High | Low | Sea | Rain days | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | June | 8.4 | 10.0/10 Excellent | Steady | Moderate | 76°F | 63°F | 71°F | — | 13h 56m |
| #2 | September | 8.3 | 10.0/10 Excellent | Steady | Moderate | 80°F | 66°F | 75°F | — | 12h 22m |
| #3 | July | 8.2 | 10.0/10 Excellent | Steady | Pricey | 80°F | 65°F | 72°F | — | 13h 47m |
| #4 | August | 8.2 | 10.0/10 Excellent | Steady | Pricey | 82°F | 67°F | 74°F | — | 13h 11m |
| #5 | October | 8.2 | 10.0/10 Excellent | Steady | Pricey | 78°F | 65°F | 75°F | — | 11h 32m |
| #6 | May | 8.2 | 9.7/10 Excellent | Steady | Moderate | 74°F | 60°F | 69°F | — | 13h 32m |
| #7 | April | 7.8 | 9.2/10 Excellent | Steady | Pricey | 72°F | 58°F | 67°F | — | 12h 49m |
| #8 | November | 7.7 | 9.2/10 Excellent | Steady | Pricey | 73°F | 62°F | 72°F | — | 10h 46m |
| #9 | March | 7.5 | 8.7/10 Very good | Steady | Pricey | 69°F | 56°F | 66°F | — | 11h 57m |
| #10 | December | 7.4 | 8.7/10 Very good | Steady | Pricey | 69°F | 58°F | 70°F | — | 10h 21m |
| #11 | January | 7.3 | 8.2/10 Very good | Steady | Pricey | 67°F | 56°F | 68°F | — | 10h 31m |
| #12 | February | 7.3 | 8.2/10 Very good | Steady | Pricey | 68°F | 56°F | 67°F | — | 11h 11m |
Overall follows your priorities. Crowds compare each month with this place's own year. Highs, lows and rain days are historical averages for 2011–2025.
A little perspective
The shape of the year.
Afternoon highNight low
Top balanced match · June
June
- High
- 76°F
- Low
- 63°F
- Rain
- No data
- Crowds
- Steady
Some weather measures are unavailable. Gaps in the chart mean no data.
Off season can mean fewer services. Confirm what is open for your dates.
Canarias regional averages · Historical patterns, not a forecast. Gaps mean no data. Crowds compare months within this region.
Very-good-or-better weather scores: all year. No month has a poor weather score.
There is no real busy season: the quietest month, May, still runs at 76% of the busiest.
The two busiest months account for 18% of annual overnight stays.
Historical hotel revenue here averaged €145 per occupied room-night in August and €120 in May.
Euro figures use the 2024–2025 monthly average.
Before you go
Pack a little context.
Good weather
June to October share the highest weather score.
Very good or better all year. June to October share the highest displayed weather score (10.0/10).
Lower prices
May to June and September.
These are three lower-price months on the historical regional hotel series. The lowest monthly average is €116 per occupied room-night in June. It uses the 2024–2025 monthly average. These are average revenues, not current booking quotes.
School holidays
School breaks meet steady visitor levels.
Hotel stays here vary little through the year, so US school breaks don't put you in a busier season.
Local families travel too: at least 30% of people in Spain live where schools are out on a typical day June to August and December. Spain's school calendar for September isn't fully published yet. (School holidays: OpenHolidays, ODbL, and official calendars.)
About these answers
These are historical seasonal patterns. Crowds compare a month with this place's own busiest month; they do not measure queues at individual sights. Weather answers use the displayed weather scores. These seasonal facts stay the same when you change your priorities; your Overall recommendation updates above. Prices retain the scope stated beside them. Full methodology.
Choose your season
The year, season by season.
Winter
Dec–Feb
Hotel stays vary little across the year.
67–69°FAfternoon highs
Spring
Mar–May
Hotel stays vary little across the year.
69–74°FAfternoon highs
Summer
Jun–Aug
Hotel stays vary little across the year.
76–82°FAfternoon highs
Autumn
Sep–Nov
Hotel stays vary little across the year.
73–80°FAfternoon highs
Ranges span monthly average afternoon highs, not daily extremes. Conditions and seasonal openings vary within Canary Islands.
How we know
The default Balanced Overall weighs weather 50%, crowds 30% and cost 20%. Your priority choice updates the Overall, month ranks and recommendation. While your weather weight is at least 40%, Overall cannot exceed weather by more than 2. Close scores can describe different trip experiences. How the scores work.
| Statistical region | ES70 · Canarias |
| Region type | Beach (Eurostat NUTS3 typologies weighted by population: urban 82%, coastal 100%, mountain 87%; median ground height 523 m) |
| Population used | 2.3 million (1 January 2025) |
| Crowd reference years | 2024–2025 average |
| How our weather was checked | 55 open weather stations in this region, January and July: afternoon highs typically within 3°F (1.4°C), night lows within 2°F (1.1°C). |
| Climate index | HCI:Beach, observed climatology over 15 years (2011–2025) |
| Hotel occupancy (annual) | 84% |
| Accommodation mix | 72% hotels, 0% camping |
| Hotel rates | INE Spain, EOH/IRSH table 2059: hotel average daily rate per occupied room |
| Country price level (restaurants & hotels, EU27 = 100) | 84 |
| Daylight latitude | 28.35° N |
Crowds: Eurostat nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by month and NUTS 2 region, per 1,000 inhabitants, divided by days in the month. "Season here" is the month's figure as a share of this region's busiest month. "Visitors" ranks overnight visitors per resident against all Europe's regions that month. Weather: Holiday Climate Index (Scott et al. 2016; Rutty et al. 2020) computed from ERA5 reanalysis with daily highs, night lows and rain days corrected from open national weather-service station records and population-weighted to the region. Prices are regional where the page says so (INE Spain, EOH/IRSH table 2059: hotel average daily rate per occupied room), otherwise national. Hand-written notes are marked and nothing depends on them. Full method · this region's data.