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Corralejo climate by month
What the weather is like
Corralejo has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 27° and nights 21°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 20° and lows of 15°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 6°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 144 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (20 mm, 4 wet days) and June the driest (1 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 18% in August to 29% in January.
The sea reaches about 23° in September. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Madrid, the capital, Corralejo is 6° cooler on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 27° · August
- Coldest nights
- 15° · January
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- August · 18% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 23° · September
- Longest day
- 13 h 58 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 19 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 20° | 20° | 21° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 23° | 21° |
| Average low | 15° | 15° | 15° | 16° | 17° | 18° | 20° | 21° | 20° | 20° | 18° | 16° |
| Precipitation | 22 mm | 23 mm | 16 mm | 7 mm | 2 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 4 mm | 12 mm | 20 mm | 35 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 2.7 | 3 | 2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 3 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| Cloud cover | 29% | 26% | 25% | 27% | 27% | 25% | 19% | 18% | 20% | 24% | 28% | 28% |
| Sea temperature | 19° | 18° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 21° | 22° | 22° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 20° |
| Daylight | 10h 30 | 11h 11 | 11h 58 | 12h 51 | 13h 34 | 13h 58 | 13h 48 | 13h 11 | 12h 21 | 11h 30 | 10h 44 | 10h 19 |
| Saharan dust haze | ● | ● | ● | – | – | ● | ●●● | ●● | ● | ● | – | ● |
| Month score | 94 | 93 | 95 | 97 | 97 | 100 | 96 | 90 | 93 | 90 | 92 | 93 |
Dust haze, monthly average 2015–2024: ● occasional, ●● frequent, ●●● very frequent