May
Wk 19–21
The quietest stretch among this region's best weather weeks: crowd level around 1 out of 100, weather comfort near 78.
- Crowd level
- 0–1
- Comfort
- 74–81
Spain · Lanzarote
Lanzarote: fire mountains, lava tunnels, white houses
From 1730 to 1736, 32 new volcanoes opened along 18 kilometres and buried a quarter of the island; the Timanfaya national park lies in the area of the fire mountains today. In 1968 César Manrique had a building rule settled: no building higher than three storeys.
Busiest week
DecemberCrowd level 100
Wk 52 · 2,137,653 overnight stays
Quietest weeks
MayCrowd level 0–1
Wk 19–21 · measured against the region's own year, not against other regions
Warmest month
22 °CComfort 96
August · around 8 mm of rain in the month
The overnight-stay figures come from a statistical area that this destination shares with Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria and Teneriffa. They cover the whole area, not Lanzarote on its own.
Lanzarote in brief
Lanzarote is the easternmost of the eight inhabited Canary Islands and, at 845.94 square kilometres, the fourth largest. From 1730 to 1736, 32 new volcanoes formed along a stretch of 18 kilometres, and their ejecta buried about a quarter of the island together with its most fertile soils; the Timanfaya national park was founded in the area of the fire mountains in 1974. Vines grow on the lapilli layer of La Geria, and in the north-east the Cueva de los Verdes, one of the longest lava tunnels in the world, runs through the rock. In 1993 Lanzarote became the first island to be declared a biosphere reserve in full.
When is Lanzarote busy, when is it quiet?
Click a week. The panel on the right explains why it is busy or quiet.
Weather profile
Weather comfort is an absolute scale (0 = poor, 100 = ideal) and a second axis next to the season-relative crowd level.
JanuaryØ 25
FebruaryØ 45
MarchØ 48
AprilØ 36
MayØ 7
JuneØ 25
JulyØ 65
AugustØ 92
SeptemberØ 45
OctoberØ 57
NovemberØ 59
DecemberØ 57
Colour = season-relative crowd levelBar = weather comfort (Sun & warmth), absolute 0–100
Why this week?
May · Wk 19
Crowd level0/100 · little seasonal variation
quietbusy
Weather comfort27/100 · Sun & warmth
-16 % versus the region's annual average.
- Contributing months
- May (100 %)
- Overnight stays/week
- 1,535,643
- School-holiday pressure (source markets)
- 1 % of source markets on school holidays · -2 % crowding from holidays
- Main source markets
- Spain (44 %) · United Kingdom (19 %) · Germany (13 %) · 88% of guests modelled
- Region range
- 1,535,643–2,137,653 (avg 1,819,949)
- Base years
- 2022, 2023, 2024 (excluding 2020, 2021)
v1: Crowd-Score aus der Eurostat-Basisschicht (Übernachtungen), moduliert vom Schulferien-Druck der Quellmärkte, region-spezifisch gewichtet mit dem Quellland-Mix. Season-relativ zur Region. Event-Schichten folgen.
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The travel year in Lanzarote, month by month
The year as a table to read and to cite: crowd level for every month, plus weather comfort and temperature from the climate normals.
| Month | Crowd level0–100, season-relative | Weather comfort0–100, profile “mild” | Avg temperature |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25 | 33 | 7 °C |
| February | 45 | 34 | 7 °C |
| March | 48 | 43 | 9 °C |
| April | 36 | 61 | 12 °C |
| May | 7 | 77 | 15 °C |
| June | 25 | 90 | 18 °C |
| July | 65 | 95 | 21 °C |
| August | 92 | 96 | 22 °C |
| September | 45 | 91 | 18 °C |
| October | 57 | 79 | 16 °C |
| November | 59 | 56 | 11 °C |
| December | 57 | 38 | 8 °C |
The crowd level is season-relative: 100 is the annual peak of Lanzarote itself, not the busiest destination in Europe. The figures say when it is quiet here — not where it is quieter than elsewhere.
Weather comfort 0–100 from the climate normals, profile “mild” – the same profile as the recommendation above, not the selection in the calendar. A “–” means the data for that month is missing.
Index 2.0 · As of 25/08/2026
The windows worth catching
Three windows from the model: first whether the weather suits the region, then how busy it gets.
September
Wk 37–39
A second option, also with usable weather: crowd level around 38, weather comfort near 89.
- Crowd level
- 36–41
- Comfort
- 87–92
August
Wk 31–33
The region's peak: crowd level around 96 out of 100. Only if the dates are fixed.
- Crowd level
- 93–98
- Comfort
- 96
Lanzarote compared with Europe
How full the accommodation is here, measured against Europe – on the only measure on which two travel regions can be compared.
- Bed occupancy in Lanzarote
- 61.4
- European median
- 23.1
per cent of bed places, annual mean
per cent of bed places, annual mean
Furthest from the median: January, at 4.7× the value. Closest to the median: July, at 1.6× the value.
Mean across 12 months, weighted by their weeks. This occupancy compares travel regions with one another. The crowding in the table above compares Lanzarote with itself. The two measures are never combined.
Climate through the year
Average temperature with day/night range and precipitation across the twelve months.
- Avg temperature
- Day/night range
- Precipitation
| Month | Avg temperature (°C) | Day avg (°C) | Night avg (°C) | Precipitation (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| Feb | 6 | 7 | 5 | 35 |
| Mar | 8 | 9 | 6 | 32 |
| Apr | 11 | 12 | 9 | 22 |
| May | 13 | 15 | 12 | 15 |
| Jun | 17 | 18 | 15 | 15 |
| Jul | 19 | 21 | 18 | 12 |
| Aug | 20 | 22 | 19 | 8 |
| Sep | 17 | 18 | 16 | 19 |
| Oct | 14 | 16 | 13 | 26 |
| Nov | 10 | 11 | 9 | 29 |
| Dec | 7 | 8 | 6 | 31 |
The band shows mean daytime to nighttime temperature. Precipitation shown as monthly total (mm). Typical monthly value (climate normal), not a forecast.
How sunny?
How much sun a typical day delivers, month by month, expressed as hours of full midday sun.
Very sunny
≈ 5.8 h of full midday sun per day, annual average
Jun
Sunniest month
| Month | ≈ h of full midday sun per day |
|---|---|
| Jan | 3.9 |
| Feb | 4.8 |
| Mar | 5.9 |
| Apr | 6.8 |
| May | 7.4 |
| Jun | 7.5 |
| Jul | 7.5 |
| Aug | 7.1 |
| Sep | 6.2 |
| Oct | 5.0 |
| Nov | 3.9 |
| Dec | 3.5 |
Basis: mean daily solar irradiance in kWh/m²/day; 1 kWh/m² is roughly one hour of full midday sun (1,000 W/m²). Not the same as measured sunshine duration. Typical monthly value (climate normal), not a forecast.
Directly reachable from
Destination airports of Lanzarote and every European departure airport with a direct connection to them.
Destination airports
Select a destination airport to see the direct departure airports.
“Directly reachable” means a direct connection exists according to our sources. We do not show a live timetable. Availability and flight days can vary by season and airline.
Lanzarote in detail
Location and shape
Lanzarote is the easternmost of the eight inhabited Canary Islands, the fourth largest at 845.94 square kilometres and divided into seven municipalities; the capital is Arrecife, before that it was Teguise. From Punta Fariones in the north to Punta Pechiguera in the south it measures about 58 kilometres, at its greatest east to west extent 34 kilometres, and it lies about 140 kilometres west of the Moroccan coast. Of 213 kilometres of coast, 10 kilometres are sand beach and 16.5 kilometres shingle, the rest rocky shore; to the south the roughly 11.5 kilometre strait of La Bocayna separates the island from Fuerteventura, and to the north follows the Chinijo archipelago with La Graciosa, Montaña Clara, Alegranza, Roque del Oeste and Roque del Este. Two ranges mark the island: the Famara massif in the north with the Peñas del Chache at 671 metres, and Los Ajaches in the south at 608 metres; south of the Famara massif lies the sand desert El Jable, which divides it from the fire mountains.
The fire mountains
Undersea eruptions began building the base of the island about 36 million years ago; 15.5 million years ago it grew above the surface of the sea. From 1730 to 1736, 32 new volcanoes formed along a stretch of 18 kilometres; lava and solid ejecta buried about a quarter of the island together with its most fertile soils and destroyed villages such as Santa Catalina, Tingafa, Mancha Blanca and Chimanfaya. A further eruption near Tiagua closed the fourth main volcanic phase in 1824. The area holding the greatest number of volcanoes together is called the Montañas del Fuego; the Timanfaya national park was founded there in 1974, covers 51 square kilometres and is walked on guided tours booked in advance. At the Islote de Hilario the ground heat suffices to set brushwood alight, and artificial geysers send cold water poured in back out as steam.
Lava tunnels, salt pans, reserve
A good 3,000 years ago the 30 square kilometre Malpaís de la Corona formed in the north-east, and with it the Cueva de los Verdes, one of the longest lava tunnels in the world, opened up in part for visitors. In the underground lagoon of the Jameos del Agua lives the albino crab Munidopsis polymorpha, one to two centimetres long, which otherwise occurs at depths of several thousand metres. On the south-west coast lie the seawater salt pans Salinas de Janubio, and at El Golfo a crater half sunk into the sea holds a green lagoon. In 1993 Lanzarote became the first island to be declared a UNESCO biosphere reserve in full.
Manrique and the look of the island
The artist César Manrique, 1919 to 1992, obtained from the president of the island administration in 1968 that no building might be raised higher than three storeys. With it came the rule that houses be painted white, with shutters, doors and garden fences picked out in blue in the fishing villages and in green in farming country. His designs include the Jameos del Agua, the Mirador del Río, the Jardín de Cactus at Guatiza and the El Diablo restaurant in the national park. The island is named after Lancelotto Malocello; its old Canarian name was Titerrogatra, the red mountains.
Wine on lapilli
Vines cover about 2,300 hectares; the leading varieties are the red Listán Negro and Negramoll, and for white wines Listán Blanco, Malvasia, Moscatel and Diego. The wine district of La Geria is a nature reserve; planting is done on a layer of lapilli metres thick in places, which heats up by day and draws moisture out of the air at night. The vines form no trunk but lie along the ground, each one sheltered by a wall. On the prickly pear fields around Guatiza, scale insects were bred from the 19th century onwards to make the carmine dye, on a smaller scale into the 21st century.
How it differs from the other Canaries
Within the group of four, Lanzarote is the smallest at 845.94 square kilometres: Fuerteventura is close to twice the size, Gran Canaria roughly 1.8 times and Tenerife roughly 2.4 times. All four carry volcanic landscapes, but from different periods: on Lanzarote the eruptions of 1730 to 1736 buried a quarter of the island, on Tenerife attested eruptions run to 1909, on Gran Canaria the last eruption lies some 2,000 years back, and on Fuerteventura volcanic activity died out 4,000 to 5,000 years ago. What grows on the ground sets the four apart as well: here vines grow on a lapilli layer in La Geria, on Tenerife 20 per cent of the island's area is under agricultural use, with bananas, tomatoes, potatoes and vines, Fuerteventura exports goat cheese and grows aloe vera, and on Gran Canaria laurel forests stand in the north and semi-desert vegetation in the south. Protected status is spread just as unevenly: Lanzarote became the first island declared a biosphere reserve in full, in 1993, Fuerteventura followed in 2009 and added light protection status in 2015, much of the interior of Gran Canaria came in 2005; on Tenerife light protection has covered the whole island since 1988 and the biosphere reserve has covered the Anaga range since 2015.
Frequently asked questions about the best time to visit Lanzarote
Short answers on timing, weather and getting there, all from the data on this page.
When is the best time to visit Lanzarote?
- The best time to visit Lanzarote is May (Wk 19–21): it is the quietest stretch among the region's best weather weeks – crowd level around 1 out of 100, weather comfort about 78 out of 100.
When is Lanzarote quietest?
- May (Wk 19–21) is the quietest time in Lanzarote. Crowd levels there sit at 0–1 out of 100, the lowest across the year.
When is Lanzarote busiest?
- Lanzarote is busiest in December (Wk 52) with around 2,137,653 overnight stays in the peak week.
What is the weather like in Lanzarote and when is it warmest?
- It is warmest in Lanzarote in August with an average of 22 °C and around 8 mm of rain in the month.
How do you get to Lanzarote?
- Lanzarote is reachable via 6 destination airports with direct flights, including Gran Canaria Airport (LPA), Tenerife South Airport (TFS) and Lanzarote Airport (ACE).
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Sources and data vintages
Every provenance note on this page, collected in one place.
- Cover photo
- Photo by Benjamin Knöll on Unsplash
- Cover video
- Video by David Castillo López on Pexels
- Crowding figures
- Index 2.0 · As of 25/08/2026. v1 approximation, calculated from Eurostat overnight stays. Day tourism and cruises (Venice, Dubrovnik …) are still missing, so we show these destinations as quieter than they are. The crowd score is a model-based forecast, not a measurement.
- Climate data
- Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2025.
- Reachability
Data sources: direct connections from Wikipedia (“Airlines and destinations”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, aggregated and modified by us), cross-checked with Eurostat, Destatis and the UK Civil Aviation Authority; airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain). The derived connection data is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Data as of: September 2026
- Region text
- Text by HolidayHub, written from Wikivoyage „Lanzarote“ (1744281) · Wikipedia „Lanzarote“ (267498358) · Wikidata Q182432. Wikivoyage and Wikipedia are licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikidata CC0.
- Data basis
- All figures are approximations derived from open data (crowd level from Eurostat overnight stays, climate from Copernicus/ERA5-Land), not measurements.