View a machine-translated version of the German article.With all this and the 300 days of sun per year, the climate of the Canary Islands is considered one of the nicest in the world. Sometimes a hot wind of desert type ( calima) disturbs the followers of the god Helios. Regarding the precipitation rate, it varies with the regions, between 300 mm (in the lowlands) and 500 mm (in the higher regions). It is remarkable that the temperature differences are around at least 10 ☌ between the north and south coasts because of the trade winds that moderate the climate. On the eastern islands, semi-desert, average summer temperatures reach 35 ☌. The coldest month is February with an average temperature of 18 ☌ and the hottest months, July to September, with an average between 20 ☌ and 25 ☌ for the Western Isles. In summer, temperatures rarely exceed 30 ☌. The annual average temperature is 20 ☌ (with minor oscillations) except in the mountains, where it is lower. The harmatan, dry wind from the Sahara is the cause of these islands a great dry climate.Īverage temperatures: winter 11 ☌ / 16 ☌ - was 20 ☌ / 25 ☌. The islands east, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, and the south of Gran Canaria, beyond the influence of the trade winds except the upper parts ( Jandia in Fuerteventura and Famara in Lanzarote). The mountains form a barrier, stopping the clouds and allow the emergence of rainfall between 800 and 1,500, allowing the establishment of evergreen forest. The trade winds blowing from northeast provide a permanent moisture coming from the sea, very important to the islands to the west ( Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro). They are located in the middle of the Atlantic, swept by the trade winds and exposed to cold ocean currents that bathe their coasts. Although the climate is appropriate to the latitude desert-like, the reality is quite different. Indeed, the Canary Islands are near the Tropic of Cancer. The most appropriate way to present all the islands is described as a succession of microclimates ranging from 0 m to approximately 4000 m altitude. Summers are generally very hot, dry and warm, wet winters but with many variations. The climate of the Canary Islands is broadly Mediterranean type modified with African influences (dry winds) and trade winds. Otherwise, each island has its own internal government called the “ cabildo insular.' The Canary Islands are made up of two provinces: the four western islands that include Tenerife, La Palma, El Hierro and La Gomera, whose capital is Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the eastern islands, which include Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, and with the capital Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The outlets are compatible with the French plugs. The former currency, the peseta, was converted to 166.386 ESP rate for EUR. The Canary Islands, like the rest of Spain, use the euro. The Canaries, like the rest of Spain is part is part of the Schengen area: citizens of countries belonging to this area are not subject to police border controls. The Canary Islands are at the same time that Portugal and the islands to the west of Europe: Great Britain, Ireland and Iceland ( Western European Time, WET). There is one hour less between the Canary Islands and Western Europe ( Central European Time, CET), including mainland Spain. Tourist information on the Canary Islands

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