Fuerteventura in January
Around 18.5 °C by day, sea 19.4 °C. Too cold to swim. Quieter than the peak: 3 of 4.
January on Fuerteventura is 18.5 °C by day and 19.4 °C in the sea. Water like that in January is what people come here to winter for: nowhere on mainland Spain's coast is it warmer than in Tarifa, and that is 17.1 °C.
January is the peak of the winter season, and the cost of that shows. Load is 3 out of 5 in the capital and 4 in the resort municipalities. For anyone weighing up staying, January shows the main thing: the island lives in winter, but not all of it. Puerto del Rosario works all year — winter score 5 out of 5, a hospital 10 minutes away, the airport 10, population 46,182. Antigua, Pájara and Corralejo score 3: full in January, half shut in May.
Towns nearby in January
| Town | Air | Sea | Busy | Winter | €/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto del Rosario | 18.5 | 19.4 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 1 967 |
| Antigua | 18.5 | 19.5 | 4/5 | 5/5 | 2 100 |
| Pájara | 18.5 | 19.5 | 4/5 | 5/5 | 2 300 |
| Corralejo | 18.5 | 19.4 | 4/5 | 3/5 | 2 700 |
The winter column is a 1-to-5 estimate: are places open, does transport run, is anyone about between November and March. Tourists never notice; anyone who moved does.
Rain days and humidity are annual here, not monthly: 18 rainy days a year, 60% humidity in winter. We have no monthly normals yet and will not invent a split.