Gran Canaria in October
Around 24 °C by day, sea 23.4 °C. Warm enough to swim. Quieter than the peak: 2 out of 5 against 3.
October brings 23.4 °C in the water, close to September (23.5 °C), the warmest water of the year, and warmer than August (22.9 °C), with air at 24 °C. As on the neighbouring islands, the best swimming on Gran Canaria comes in autumn: the ocean gives its heat back later than the land.
Load is 2 out of 5 — the island empties between seasons. October is worth it for the north: Las Palmas has almost no tourists that month, and Las Canteras beach inside the city works as a city beach rather than a resort one. The contrast with the south shows in the figures: Mogán's load is 3 out of 5 in October and rises to 4 in November, when the winterers arrive.
Towns nearby in October
| Town | Air | Sea | Busy | Winter | €/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telde | 24 | 23.4 | 2/5 | 5/5 | 1 796appraised |
| Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | 24 | 23.5 | 2/5 | 5/5 | 2 321appraised |
| Mogán | 25 | 23.5 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 2 900asking |
| Maspalomas | 25 | 23.5 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3 100asking |
The winter column is a 1-to-5 score: how many cafés, hotels and shops run in January compared with the best month of the year. Where a village has no government figure of its own, it is our estimate. 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.