Fuerteventura Tourism Guide - Fuerteventura Weather

Fuerteventura means 'strong winds', and you certainly do get them all around the island - good news for windsurfing, surfing and kite surfing fans. The winds are refreshing too for beachcombers - although they blow hard throwing the sand against your legs and face at Sotavento - but nobody seems bothered. Winds on Fuerteventura blow predominently from the North North East. This is the direction of the Trade Winds, but as with Lanzarote occasionaly the African weather and warm winds carrying Sahara sands and high temperatures (usually up in the 40s) arrives in the summer months. Perpetual Spring/Summer temperatures are to be expected on Fuerteventura, with temperatures rarely falling below the low 20s.

There's less variation in Fuerteventura's weather across the island, compared to some of the other more mountainous Canary Islands. Fuerteventura's weather patterns are not dissimilar to Lanzarote, with average mild temperatures of 20.8 degrees centigrade. Fuerteventura's natural strong winds, combined with its selection of stunning white sandy beaches, warm year round temperatures, and indeed warm sea temperatures make for excellent windsurfing, kite surfing, surfing and diving conditions.