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Calima in the Canary Islands: today and how long it lasts

No calima is forecast for the Canary Islands in the next 5 days (forecast until Tuesday 17 November).

  1. Today, Fri 13clean
  2. Sat 14clean
  3. Sun 15clean
  4. Mon 16clean
  5. Tue 17clean
Calima in the Canary Islands

How long will the calima last in the Canary Islands? Day by day

Daily maximum of dust near the ground (µg/m³) at the capital of each island, Canary Islands time. Data grid: 0.5°.

IslandToday, Fri 13Sat 14Sun 15Mon 16Tue 17
TenerifeSanta Cruz de Tenerifeclean0clean0clean0clean0clean0
Gran CanariaLas Palmas de Gran Canariaclean0clean0clean0clean0clean0
LanzaroteArrecifeclean0clean0clean0clean0clean0
FuerteventuraPuerto del Rosarioclean0clean0clean0clean0clean0
La PalmaSanta Cruz de La Palmaclean0clean0clean0clean0clean0
La GomeraSan Sebastián de La Gomeraclean0clean0clean0clean0clean0
El HierroValverdeclean0clean0clean0clean0clean0

Is there calima in the Canary Islands today?

Today, Friday 13 November, according to the forecast — clean: Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro.

What is calima?

Calima is dust from the Sahara carried over the Canary Islands by wind from Africa. The air turns hazy and visibility drops; on this map it shows as dust near the ground, in µg/m³.

Forecast, not a warning

This is a model forecast, not a measurement or a warning. Official warnings: AEMET (weather warnings) · 112 Canarias (emergencies).

What the map shows

The map shows desert dust near the ground forecast by Copernicus CAMS; over the Canary Islands and mainland Spain, the average with the NOAA GEFS-Aerosols model. Drag the timeline to move through the forecast and tap the map to see a place.

Scale

Weathershot classes (not official thresholds), dust near the ground:

This forecast

Copernicus CAMS (run)
13 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC
NOAA GEFS-Aerosols (run)
13 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC
On the map since
13 Nov 2026, 10:44 UTC
Forecast until
18 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC

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Updated: 13 Nov 2026, 11:43 UTC · model forecast, not a warning.

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