Region · Spain
Where to stay in Canary Islands
This guide covers 12 destinations in Canary Islands, a first-level administrative division of Spain, with 259 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Tenerife, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Across its destinations, April to November are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Tenerife Sur Airport (TFS).
- Destinations in this guide
- 12
- Places to stay
- 259
- Comfortable in the most places
- April to November
- Main airport
- TFSTenerife Sur Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Atlantic/Canary
Destinations
Destinations in Canary Islands
Every destination in this guide in Canary Islands, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adeje | 50,021 | 56 | TFS · 16 km |
| Arrecife | 70,811 | 41 | ACE · 6 km |
| Santa Lucía de Tirajana | 78,584 | 40 | LPA · 15 km |
| Tenerife | 955,063 | 31 | TFS · 25 km |
| Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | 381,868 | 25 | LPA · 22 km |
| San Bartolomé de Tirajana | 54,291 | 17 | LPA · 18 km |
| Fuerteventura | 127,043 | 15 | FUE · 15 km |
| Arona | 87,793 | 10 | TFS · 12 km |
| Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 211,957 | 9 | TFN · 9 km |
| Granadilla de Abona | 58,752 | 7 | TFS · 8 km |
| San Cristóbal de La Laguna | 161,108 | 4 | TFN · 3 km |
| Telde | 104,168 | 4 | LPA · 8 km |
Where to stay
Places to stay in Canary Islands
27 places to stay in Canary Islands from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
Where to stay
More hotels in Canary Islands
232 hotels in Canary Islands recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit Canary Islands
From the climate of 12 destinations in Canary Islands with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: April to November.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6 of 12 | 18 °C | 62 mm |
| February | 6 of 12 | 18 °C | 43 mm |
| March | 8 of 12 | 20 °C | 37 mm |
| April | 12 of 12 | 20 °C | 22 mm |
| May | 12 of 12 | 22 °C | 9 mm |
| June | 12 of 12 | 24 °C | 1 mm |
| July | 12 of 12 | 26 °C | 0 mm |
| August | 12 of 12 | 26 °C | 3 mm |
| September | 12 of 12 | 25 °C | 8 mm |
| October | 12 of 12 | 24 °C | 41 mm |
| November | 12 of 12 | 21 °C | 50 mm |
| December | 8 of 12 | 19 °C | 54 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Canary Islands
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Canary Islands name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
TFS · Tenerife Sur Airport
LPA · Gran Canaria Airport
TFN · Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport
ACE · César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport
FUE · Fuerteventura Airport
SPC · La Palma Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Canary Islands, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: OpenHolidays API (ODbL).
Nationwide in Spain
Regional holidays observed in Canary Islands
Nearby
Regions near Canary Islands
Other regions of Spain with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from the OpenHolidays API (ODbL); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.