Spain / Canary Islands
Playa de las Palomitas
Playa de las Palomitas is a 195 m-long beach facing north-north-east, 6.5 km north of Teguise (Canary Islands, Spain). The sea averages 23.0 °C in September, its warmest month, and 18.2 °C in March; it is 21 °C or warmer in July–November.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Playa de las Palomitas
Beach-day index 8.0/10 · Spain median 6.7
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 19.0 °C | 18.3 °C | 18.2 °C | 18.6 °C | 19.5 °C | 20.7 °C | 21.5 °C | 22.4 °C | 23.0 °C | 22.7 °C | 21.5 °C | 20.1 °C |
| High °C | 18° | 18° | 18° | 18° | 19° | 21° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 21° | 20° |
| Low °C | 17° | 17° | 17° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 21° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 20° | 19° |
| Rain mm | 15 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 27 | 23 |
| Cloud % | 57 | 56 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 52 | 58 | 52 | 42 | 51 | 58 | 58 |
| Wind m/s | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| Daylight h | 10.5 | 11.2 | 12.0 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 10.3 |
| Record high/low | 21°/14° | 22°/13° | 22°/14° | 24°/15° | 22°/16° | 23°/18° | 26°/19° | 25°/20° | 25°/21° | 26°/19° | 25°/17° | 23°/15° |
| Beach index | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 6.6 | 5.5 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in September–October; September scores 8.4/10 with highs of 23 °C, sea at 23.0 °C and 3 mm of rain.
In September that is 0.4 points below the median of the 2,246 beaches in Spain covered by this atlas.
Across the year the sea averages 20.5 °C, warmer than 64% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (27 mm) and June the driest (1 mm); the yearly total is about 140 mm.
Daylight runs from 10.3 hours in December to 14.0 hours in June; in mid-September the sun rises at 07:38 and sets at 20:00 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north-north-east (25°). Open water fills about 39% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
At no time of year does the sun set over the sea here: sunset bearings run from 244° to 297°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in March–September.
Straight out to the north-north-east about 800 km of open sea lies before the next coast, enough for large swells to build. The beach is on an island of about 811 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 12 m deep and 17 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 12 m above sea level 500 m inland and 33 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 79% bare ground, sand or rock, 13% built-up land and 7% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): open dunes, sand or rock. Water makes up 47% of that circle.
- Bare 79%
- Built 13%
- Grass 7%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Playa Caleta (La) (Caleta De Famara) Pm1”, 60 m from the beach centre, was rated Good for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 10 of its 11 classified seasons since 2015.
- 2015Excellent
- 2016Excellent
- 2017Excellent
- 2018Excellent
- 2019Excellent
- 2020Excellent
- 2021Excellent
- 2022Excellent
- 2023Excellent
- 2024Excellent
- 2025Good
Source: European Environment Agency, EU Bathing Water Directive assessments · national site profile. Classes are based on four seasons of bacteriological sampling.
Average wind speed at 10 m reaches 8.3 m/s in July, the windiest month.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 13Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 16Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 16Hotels & guesthouses
- 2Grocery shops
- 3Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 2Cash machines
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 13 restaurants. Accommodation: 16 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport San Bartolomé | ACE | 19.7 km | south |
| Fuerteventura Airport El Matorral | FUE | 79.6 km | south |
| Gran Canaria Airport Gran Canaria Island | LPA | 222 km | south-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 3 bus stops within 1.5 km and 16 mapped car parks within 1 km.
3 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 34.3K residents); within 30 km there are 12 (about 195.3K).
Map and nearby beaches
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- Playa de Famara2.6 km ECompare
Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 5.8 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r18319210; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2B_28RFT_20240127_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site ES708M0241789).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 2.9K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.