What's on in Fuerteventura (Corralejo), Spain through the year

Peak crowds — Winter-sun season, Christmas holidays in Spain

• Hazard

  Calima

  15 Jan – 15 Apr · usuallyDust season

  Saharan dust blows across from Africa a few times each winter and spring, dropping visibility to a few hundred metres and occasionally grounding flights. It can happen in any month; it usually does not. Source ↗

Still on: Winter-sun season (1 Nov – 31 Mar)

Peak crowds — Carnival, Winter-sun season

• Festival

  Carnival

  1 Feb – 15 Mar · usuallyCrowded

  Puerto del Rosario and Corralejo each run their own week of parades and a burial of the sardine, smaller than Tenerife's but on beaches instead of boulevards. Source ↗

Still on: Calima (15 Jan – 15 Apr (usually)), Winter-sun season (1 Nov – 31 Mar)

Peak crowds — Carnival, Winter-sun season

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Calima (15 Jan – 15 Apr (usually)), Carnival (1 Feb – 15 Mar (usually)), Winter-sun season (1 Nov – 31 Mar)

Busy — Semana Santa (Easter) holidays in Spain, school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Calima (15 Jan – 15 Apr (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Season

  Trade wind season

  1 May – 30 SepRisk

  The alisios blow hardest through the summer, which is the whole reason the island is a windsurf destination and the reason a beach day here often means a windbreak.

Busy — Summer holidays in Spain, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in June.

Still on: Trade wind season (1 May – 30 Sep)

Peak crowds — Windsurf World Cup at Sotavento, Summer holidays in Spain

• Festival

  Windsurf World Cup at Sotavento

  17 Jul – 1 AugMajor festivalCrowdedBook early

  The world tour has come to the Jandia lagoon every summer for nearly four decades, timed for the strongest trades of the year. Beds on the south peninsula go early. Source ↗

• Season

  Sea at its warmest

  15 Jul – 30 Nov · usuallySea warm enough

  The Canary current keeps the water cooler than the latitude suggests and it peaks late, in September and October rather than August. The east coast is the sheltered side.

Still on: Trade wind season (1 May – 30 Sep)

Peak crowds — Windsurf World Cup at Sotavento, Summer holidays in Spain

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Trade wind season (1 May – 30 Sep), Windsurf World Cup at Sotavento (17 Jul – 1 Aug), Sea at its warmest (15 Jul – 30 Nov (usually))

Peak crowds — Romeria de la Virgen de la Pena, Summer holidays in Spain

• Festival

  Romeria de la Virgen de la Pena

  10–22 Sep · usuallyMajor festivalCrowded

  The island's patron draws everyone inland to Vega de Rio Palmas on the third Saturday of September, on foot through the barranco. The one day the interior is busier than the coast. Source ↗

Still on: Trade wind season (1 May – 30 Sep), Sea at its warmest (15 Jul – 30 Nov (usually))

Busy — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Sea at its warmest (15 Jul – 30 Nov (usually))

Busy — Winter-sun season, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  Winter-sun season

  1 Nov – 31 MarCrowdedBook early

  This is the island's real high season: northern Europe arrives for weeks at a time, the resorts run full and Christmas and February half-term are the two spikes to book around.

Still on: Sea at its warmest (15 Jul – 30 Nov (usually))

Peak crowds — Winter-sun season, Christmas holidays in Spain

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Winter-sun season (1 Nov – 31 Mar)