Gran Canaria in December
Around 20 °C by day, sea 21 °C. Warm enough to swim. As busy as the peak.
December on Gran Canaria is 20 °C by day and 21 °C in the sea. You can swim, and the island is at its busiest of the winter: load 3 out of 3, and in Mogán and Maspalomas in the south a full 5 out of 5. North and south live differently here, and December is when the gap is widest.
The south is Maspalomas with its dunes and Mogán, where Germans, Britons and Scandinavians come all year; Mogán's annual mean is 19.2 °C, with January the coldest month at 15.8 °C. The north is Las Palmas, a city of four hundred thousand with its own life, a university and Las Canteras beach in the middle of the built-up area. The square metre costs €2,900–3,100 in the south, €2,233 in Las Palmas and €1,797 in Telde — on one island.
Towns nearby in December
| Town | Air | Sea | Busy | Winter | €/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telde | 20 | 21 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 1 797 |
| Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | 20 | 21.1 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 2 233 |
| Mogán | 20.5 | 21.1 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 2 900 |
| Maspalomas | 20.5 | 21.1 | 5/5 | 4/5 | 3 100 |
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: 25 rainy days a year, 68% humidity in winter. We have no monthly normals yet and will not invent a split.