El Cotillo Weather | The Weather in El Cotillo Fuerteventura

The El Cotillo weather is much easier to forecast than in the UK. However, it is amazing how many times the meteorologists can still be wrong. Perhaps one day they will admit that you cannot predict the unpredictable.

For those that believe such things here is an up to date forecast for the El Cotillo weather in the next few days.

The Fuerteventura weather, and the weather in El Cotillo in particular, means the climate is one of the best in the world. It is rarely very hot in summer as temperatures of 40°C+, like it often is in southern Spain, are rare here.

It is never cold in winter with the lowest night-time temperature most years of 11ºC. Local Fuerteventurans would disagree with that though as they often wear more clothes than I did in a British winter.

Surfer’s Beach Webcam

How much more up to date information on the El Cotillo weather can you get than this webcam housed in the Seahorse bar? This webcam shows the Surfer’s Beach (Piedra Playa)

Why is the climate so great?

There are a number of reasons why the island has such a lovely climate. The islands are in the north easterly trade winds, used by the sailing ships of old to cross the Atlantic. They are also located within the Canary Current which have a similar pattern to the Trade winds.

These two factors help to keep Fuerteventura cooler in summer. Obviously another influence in keeping the islands warmer in the winter is the latitude which puts the islands only 80 miles west of the Sahara desert.

El Cotillo Temperatures

August generally has the hottest temperature in El Cotillo with an average temperature of 25°C (77°F). The coldest month on average is January with temperatures of 18°C (64°F) with the most daily sunshine hours at 10 in July.

Fuerteventura has over 3000 hours of sunshine per year making it the perfect holiday destination all year and an even better place to live.

Temperatures	Average Daily Max (°C)	Average Daily Min (°C)	Average Monthly Temp (°C)
January	23.2	10.9	17.5
February	24.7	11.2	17.9
March	27.0	11.8	18.6
April	27.4	12.8	19.3
May	28.5	14.3	20.6
June	29.4	17.0	22.2
July	32.5	18.6	23.9
August	32.6	19.4	24.3
September	30.5	18.0	23.8
October	29.4	16.1	22.4
November	28.9	13.3	20.5
December	24.6	12.0	18.5

Fuerteventura Winds

The prevailing wind, as the Canary Islands are at the start of the Trade Winds, is north easterly.

It can be windy at times which helps to keep it cooler in summer. Even when it is a bit windy there are plenty of windbreaks built from rock on the El Cotillo beaches.

A few times a year it does come from the east or south-east which normally brings a Calima. This wind brings with it heat from the Sahara Desert and dust, as seen in the satellite photo below.

Rain in Fuerteventura

El Cotillo does receive some rain, usually between October and March. This causes the landscape in the north to become greener than normal. About 8 years ago there was no rain for 18 months though.

RAINFALL	Monthly Average (mm)	Average No. Days with rain
January	14.2	5.6
February	8.4	3.2
March	15.1	4.3
April	5.8	2.5
May	0.9	1.0
June	0.1	0.2
July	0	0
August	0	0
September	2.5	1.5
October	11.0	2.6
November	7.7	2.7
December	39.4	7.1

When we do get rain it is often a downpour. As very little soaks in it forms river-lets which flow across the Campo (countryside) and end up in the sea.

Sea Temperature in El Cotillo

The Canary Current is relatively cold. This means that water temperatures are slightly cooler than might otherwise be expected at this latitude.

It is always warmer than it is even in summer in the sea around the UK and Germany.

SEA TEMPERATURE	Monthly Average (°C)
January	19
February	18
March	19
April	20
May	20
June	21
July	22
August	22
September	23
October	23
November	21
December	20