Urban Climate Index
Climate of the island of Gran Canaria in October 2026: the index across 21 municipalities
Written by Eduardo Garcia · Co-founder / CEO / CTOPublished 5 November 2026
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The Urban Climate Index ranks the climate of October 2026 on the island of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands: 21 municipalities. Valleseco leads this list, at a surface temperature of 27.4°C, and Agüimes closes it.
Those figures are surface temperature, not air. Station air sits at 22.4°C for the period.
If you live here or are thinking of doing so, see which municipalities stayed cooler or hotter this October, and where you would rather spend more time.
The cooler end of the ranking
Valleseco leads this list, at a surface temperature of 27.4°C. Moya follows. The five best places are:
Five best places. Island of Gran Canaria, Spain, October 2026.
| Rank | Municipality | Surface |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valleseco | 27.4°C |
| 2 | Moya | 28.6°C |
| 3 | Firgas | 29.5°C |
| 4 | Teror | 30.8°C |
| 5 | Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria | 29.1°C |
The hotter end of the ranking
The south and south-east close the list. Agüimes is last of 21, at a surface temperature of 41.8°C. Mogán and Santa Lucía de Tirajana sit in the five worst places. The five worst places are:
Five worst places. Island of Gran Canaria, Spain, October 2026.
| Rank | Municipality | Surface |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | Agüimes | 41.8°C |
| 20 | Mogán | 41.0°C |
| 19 | Santa Lucía de Tirajana | 41.2°C |
| 18 | Ingenio | 40.3°C |
| 17 | La Aldea de San Nicolás | 37.9°C |
The reading is the whole island
The map is the whole island of Gran Canaria. Each municipality enters with all of its ground: the coast, the mid-slopes and the summit. It is not a ranking of streets and parks alone.
Anyone comparing this reading with an urban-ground index should know that ravines, pine forest and beach count here too.
This map is the island of Gran Canaria in October, in the Canary Islands. Cooler ground tends to the mid-slopes and the summit; hotter ground to the south and south-east. On 4 October the hottest observation reached 56.4°C and the coolest reached 10.3°C on 27 October; both sit outside the ranked municipalities.
These figures are the October mean across the whole island: 37.6°C of ground, from 10.3°C to 54.6°C.
Station air sits at 22.4°C, relative humidity at 72% and period rain at 33.3 mm.
The ground stays warmer than the air: 37.6°C of surface against 22.4°C for the period. That is not a heat-island class: they are two different readings.
Twelve stations cover the 21 municipalities
Twelve official weather stations supply air, humidity and rain. Each municipality takes the nearest station for each variable, so several municipalities can share the same station.
October’s order follows mainly the surface temperature of each municipality.
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria sits about halfway down the list
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the capital municipality, sits 13th of 21, at a surface temperature of 36.2°C, about halfway down the list. Anyone looking for cooler ground this October looks toward Valleseco, Moya and the northern mid-slopes.
How October was built
The October reading joins the usable satellite images after the cloud filter. The index uses the whole island, station air, humidity and rain.
Other cities and months are on our blog.
Conclusion
In October Valleseco takes first place and Agüimes takes last. The island-wide surface mean sits at 37.6°C.
Knowing that, where would you rather spend more time next October on the island of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands?
Questions
What do I do with this ranking?
It ranks that October’s climate for people who live here or are thinking of doing so. Rent and schools stay out. The question is where you would rather spend more time next October.
What is the index in this piece?
The October 2026 reading on the island of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, from the Urban Climate Index: 21 municipalities, surface temperature and weather stations. This entry shows the five best and five worst; the full ranking downloads here.
Are those air temperatures?
No. The ranking figures are surface temperature. Station air sits at 22.4°C for the period.
Where is the full ranking?
The ranking of all 21 municipalities downloads in this piece: rank, municipality and mean surface.
What is the 37.6°C on the cards?
The October surface mean across the whole island. Station air sits at 22.4°C, humidity at 72% and period rain at 33.3 mm.
Is this an urban-ground ranking?
No. This reading is the whole island. Each municipality enters with coast, mid-slopes and summit. It is not a cut of streets and parks alone.
Why does the order follow the surface?
The 21 municipalities take air, humidity and rain from twelve official stations. Several municipalities can share a station. The ranking uses the surface temperature of each municipality.
Where does Las Palmas de Gran Canaria sit?
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the capital municipality, sits 13th of 21, at a surface temperature of 36.2°C, about halfway down the list.
Why does Valleseco lead and Agüimes close?
Valleseco leads this list, at a surface temperature of 27.4°C. Agüimes closes it, at a surface temperature of 41.8°C. The ranking uses the whole ground of each municipality.
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