Canary Islands vs Costa del Sol

Illuminated pools with striped umbrellas and loungers at Bahia Principe Fantasia Tenerife, multi-story resort buildings at dusk.

Canary Islands15 resorts · ★ 4.6 average

Ikos Andalusia's outdoor bar terrace features woven pendant lamps, bar seating, and tall palm trees with pink flowering plants in foreground.

Canary Islands and Costa del Sol, side by side: live travel advisories, our resort catalog's real guest data, and each destination's honest weather picture. Everything you need to break the tie.

By the numbers

Canary Islands compared with Costa del Sol
Canary Islands	Measure	Costa del Sol
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
15 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	6
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$83–$260/night pp	Nightly rates	$67–$526/night pp (better)
3 of 15	Adults-only resorts	0 of 6
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
November–February, lightly, and mostly on the north coasts	Rainy season	November–March
Year-round; December–March is when the islands earn their keep, and summer is the value season	Sweet spot	June and September; July–August is hottest and busiest
Winter sun, a spring-like year-round climate, big well-run resorts	Best for	Sun with Andalusia attached; day trips to Granada, Seville and Ronda
Year-round; Christmas and Easter are the peaks	Season	May–October; July and August are hottest and busiest
None tropical; the trade wind keeps summers moderate	Weather risk	None tropical; dry Mediterranean summers

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country. A marked row is one we are willing to call; rows without a mark are a matter of taste, or we have no comparable figure for both sides.

On the map

Canary Islands

Costa del Sol

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Canary Islands and Costa del Sol
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Canary Islands · high °F	70	71	73	74	76	79	83	84	82	79	75	71
Costa del Sol · high °F	63	64	67	70	75	81	86	86	82	75	68	64
Canary Islands · rain (in)	1.2	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.1	1.3
Costa del Sol · rain (in)	2.7	2.3	1.9	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.9	2.2	3.7	3.9

Approximate climate normals for Tenerife South and Málaga: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.