Jumat, 14 Maret 2008

Gran Canaria Weather

Gran Canaria, like all the Canary Islands, offers eternal Spring/Summer weather, with the southern main resorts getting the hottest and driest weather on the island (the north tends to be cloudier and wetter much like Tenerife!). Gran Canaria's variation in landscape, it's mountainous in the centre (the green pine forests of the interior are spectacular!), it's often referred to as a mini continent with a variation on weather. The north gets much more rain than the south - with the south getting pretty much eternal summer temperatures!

Moving around Gran Canaria though there's more variety in weather patterns. The trade winds blowing from the north bring more rain and cloud to the north of the island. The south on the other hand has upto 2500 hours of sunny sunshine annually. Watch out for the occasional really hot summer weather referred to as African weather - the sirocco winds are coming from the Sahara bringing this hot weather, often up into the 40s and bringing fine dust from the desert with it!

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