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Gran Canaria, like all the Canary Islands, offers eternal Spring/Summer weather, with the southern main resorts getting the hottest and driest weather on the island (the north tends to be cloudier and wetter much like Tenerife!). Gran Canaria's variation in landscape, it's mountainous in the centre (the green pine forests of the interior are spectacular!), it's often referred to as a mini continent with a variation on weather. The north gets much more rain than the south - with the south getting pretty much eternal summer temperatures!
Moving around Gran Canaria though there's more variety in weather patterns. The trade winds blowing from the north bring more rain and cloud to the north of the island. The south on the other hand has upto 2500 hours of sunny sunshine annually. Watch out for the occasional really hot summer weather referred to as African weather - the sirocco winds are coming from the Sahara bringing this hot weather, often up into the 40s and bringing fine dust from the desert with it!
Gran Canaria's temperatures rarely drop below 22 degrees centigrade. In the summer months it shoots upt to between 26 to 28 degrees centigrade but often pushes well over 30 degrees, especially during periods of Calima (African weather), although Gran Canaria tends to get less affected than both Lanzarote and Fuerteventura as it's further away from the African coast.
Average temperatures for Gran Canaria (degrees centigrade) are January/21, February 22, March 22, April 23, May 23, June 25, July 26, August 27, September 26, October 25, November 24, December 22. Average sunshine hours are excellent - January 6 hours, February 6 hours, March 7 hours, April 8 hours, May 8 hours, June 9 hours, July 10 hours, August 9 hours, September 8 hours, October 7 hours, November 6 hours, December 5 hours.
Water temperatures are warm, warm, warm all year round making for excellent watersports conditions. In January water temperatures are around 19 degrees centigrade, February 19, March 19, April 19, May 19, June 20, July 20, August 22, September 23, October 23, November 22 and December at a whoping 21 degrees centigrade - magic! These sea temperatures are actually lower than to be expected for this latitude due to the cooling Canary Current from the north.
Rainfall is light overall with about 750mm on the north coast, but only about 250mm in the south. You might be wondering, if you're touring the north of Gran Canaria inland around Teror and Firgus, how this part of the island is so green (agriculture and banana plantations are prevalent in this region). One of the reasons unique to Gran Canaria is the layer of cloud on it's windward north side, brough by the trade winds. This layer of cloud often brings light rain, benefiting agriculture immensely.
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