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Satellite view of Playa de las Canteras; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Playa de las Canteras

SpainCanary Islands · Spain · Atlantic Ocean

28.1454, -15.4317 · Centro, 2 km

  • 23°Sea · September
  • 24°High · September
  • 9.3 hSunshine · May
The dot marks Playa de las Canteras. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Playa de las Canteras in October

  • 24°CAir, daytime high21°C at night
  • 23°CSea temperature
  • 7.7 hSunshine a day
  • 4 daysRainy days in the month17 mm in total
  • 19 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • ExcellentBathing water qualityOfficial EU classification, 2025 season
  • LifeguardedLifeguardsUsually only in the bathing season · OpenStreetMap
  • 110Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 24 kmAirport: Gran Canaria Airport (LPA)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: wheelchair access.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 23.3 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 23.2 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 23.9 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaSeptember and October23 °C
Most sunshineMay and June9 h of sun a day
Least rainJune and July2 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan19°6 h18 mm
  2. Feb19°7 h22 mm
  3. Mar19°8 h15 mm
  4. Apr19°9 h10 mm
  5. May20°9 h6 mm
  6. Jun21°9 h2 mm
  7. Jul22°8 h2 mm
  8. Aug23°8 h5 mm
  9. Sep23°9 h8 mm
  10. Oct23°8 h17 mm
  11. Nov22°6 h24 mm
  12. Dec21°6 h28 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
18°20°22°24°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 19°Feb: 19°Mar: 19°Apr: 19°May: 20°Jun: 21°Jul: 22°Aug: 23°Sep: 23°Oct: 23°Nov: 22°Dec: 21°23°19°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
18°20°22°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 18 °C (High 19° / Low 17°)Feb: 18 °C (High 19° / Low 16°)Mar: 18 °C (High 19° / Low 17°)Apr: 19 °C (High 20° / Low 17°)May: 20 °C (High 21° / Low 18°)Jun: 21 °C (High 22° / Low 20°)Jul: 22 °C (High 23° / Low 21°)Aug: 23 °C (High 24° / Low 22°)Sep: 23 °C (High 24° / Low 22°)Oct: 23 °C (High 24° / Low 21°)Nov: 21 °C (High 22° / Low 20°)Dec: 19 °C (High 20° / Low 18°)23°18°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm10 mm20 mm30 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 18 mmFeb: 22 mmMar: 15 mmApr: 10 mmMay: 6 mmJun: 2 mmJul: 2 mm2Aug: 5 mmSep: 8 mmOct: 17 mmNov: 24 mmDec: 28 mm28

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.4 hFeb: 7.0 hMar: 8.2 hApr: 9.0 hMay: 9.3 h9.3Jun: 9.2 hJul: 8.0 hAug: 8.4 hSep: 8.7 hOct: 7.7 hNov: 6.4 hDec: 5.9 h5.9

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Playa de las Canteras: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Playa de las Canteras: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January1917191856.422
February1916192257.024
March1917191548.223
April2017191039.023
May211820619.324
June222021209.225
July232122208.031
August242223518.429
Septemberwarmest sea242223828.722
October2421231747.719
November2220222456.421
December2018212865.922

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Playa de las Canteras: Aerobic - panoramio
Photo: paciana · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa de las Canteras: Las Palmas Gran Canaria January 2016-5522 - panoramio
Photo: Bengt Nyman · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa de las Canteras: Rubbish collected in Las Canteras's beach 02
Photo: Santamarcanda · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER25 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20206 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.125 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.1 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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