Lanzarote wind today
The island’s 9 areas, from least to most wind right now, with their gusts and the hours ahead.
Where it’s least windy now
From least to most, with the gusts of the next 24 h
The wind hour by hour in Puerto del Carmen
How to read the wind
The colour runs from the near-white of calm to the violet of very strong wind, in five steps of the Beaufort scale. Gusts are the strongest blows, above the average wind.
- CalmUnder 6 km/h
- Light6 to 19 km/h
- Moderate20 to 28 km/h
- Strong29 to 49 km/h
- Very strong50 km/h or more
The trade wind
Lanzarote’s wind almost always comes from the north-east: the trade wind. It tends to be stronger in summer and in the afternoon, and the south coast is more sheltered.