Does it rain a lot in Fuerteventura?

No. At the AEMET station at the airport, an average of 98 litres per square metre falls in a year, with about 16 days of at least one litre, and the wettest month is December. The most common bad weather here is wind. For those days there are indoor plans: the Casa Museo Unamuno, the Archaeological Museum in Betancuria, the Majorero Cheese Museum or the Salt Museum.

Which museums in Fuerteventura open on Sundays?

Of the ones in this guide, the Majorero Cheese Museum in Antigua and the Salt Museum at the Salinas del Carmen open every day from 10:00 to 18:00. The Casa Museo Unamuno opens Monday to Friday, and the Archaeological Museum, La Alcogida, La Cilla and the Windmill Interpretation Centre open Tuesday to Saturday.

Can you visit the Isla de Lobos in bad weather?

Almost everything on Lobos is outdoors, with hardly any shade or facilities, so in rain or strong wind it is best left for another day. The ferry leaves from Corralejo and takes about 20 minutes, but timetables can change with the weather. You also need prior authorisation from the Cabildo, requested on LobosPass, separately from your boat ticket.

Map of Fuerteventura and the Isla de Lobos with six plans for a rainy or windy day: the Casa Museo Unamuno in Puerto del Rosario, the Archaeological Museum in Betancuria, the Majorero Cheese Museum in Antigua, the Tiscamanita windmills, the Salt Museum and the ferry from Corralejo to Lobos

i24Esther•26 October 2026

Fuerteventura Culture Nature

What to do in Fuerteventura when it rains: plans for rainy and windy days

In Fuerteventura, rain is little more than an anecdote. What can really spoil a beach day here is something else: the wind, and now and then the calima. The good news is that the island has a calm plan B all of its own: the house where Unamuno lived, the archaeology of the island's first inhabitants, goat's cheese, the gofio windmills and salt pans that are still at work. And if you were planning to cross to Lobos, we tell you what to keep in mind at the end.

First, one distinction: this guide is for an ordinary grey or windy day. If there is a heavy-rain warning, the plan is a different one, and we explain it in Heavy rain in the Canary Islands: what to do.

Did you know? At the AEMET weather station at Fuerteventura airport, an average of 98 litres per square metre falls in a year, with only about 16 days a year bringing at least one litre. The wettest month is December, with about three such days.

Here, bad weather usually means wind

Fuerteventura is a wind island, which is why it is a mecca for windsurfing and kitesurfing. That changes the logic of a bad day: the sky can be perfectly clear and the beach still feel like the last place you want to be. On those days, the sensible move is the same as in the rain: head inland and indoors.

And we are not going to sell you the "just drive south" trick. According to the Cabildo's tourist board, at Sotavento beach, next to Costa Calma, the wind is stronger and steadier in spring and summer and can reach 50 knots, which is exactly why it hosts the PWA windsurfing and kiteboarding world championship every year. And if what hides the sky is dust rather than cloud, that is calima, with rules of its own: Calima in the Canary Islands: what to do.

Puerto del Rosario: Unamuno and art under a roof

In the centre of the capital stands the Casa Museo Unamuno, the house that took in Miguel de Unamuno when he arrived in exile in 1924, banished by the Primo de Rivera dictatorship. Inside it is a middle-class home of the period, with heavy curtains and objects only a few families could afford back then, such as a typewriter and a phonograph. Entry is free, and it opens Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 14:00; it is closed at weekends and on public holidays.

A few streets away, the Centro de Arte Juan Ismael is named after the avant-garde painter from Fuerteventura, born in 1907. It has galleries on several floors and a terrace overlooking the sea, and entry is free. It opens Tuesday to Saturday, from 10:00 to 13:00 and from 17:00 to 21:00. Until 7 November 2026 it is showing "El Humo del Progreso", an exhibition about the correíllos, the steamships that linked the islands for decades.

Betancuria and the centre: archaeology, cheese and windmills

In Betancuria, the old capital, the Archaeological Museum of Fuerteventura tells the story of the Mahos, the island's first inhabitants, with finds from sites such as Tindaya mountain, the Cueva de Villaverde and La Atalayita. It is free and opens Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 to 17:00; closed on Sundays and Mondays. The museum itself warns that opening times may change, so check its social media before you go.

Heading down towards Antigua, the Majorero Cheese Museum is the most rounded plan for a grey day. More than 500 square metres of exhibition space, with panels in several languages, tell the story of the majorero goat and of a cheese with Designation of Origin status since 1996, the first goat's cheese in Spain to receive it. There is a tasting room, a shop and a restaurant, and it opens every day from 10:00 to 18:00. The windmill and the cactus garden around it are outdoors: save them for when it clears up.

Further south, in Tiscamanita, the Windmill Interpretation Centre fills a traditional Fuerteventura house. As soon as you walk in, you hear a hand mill grinding grain, and inside they explain how gofio is made and why windmills arrived on the island between the late 18th and the early 19th century. Next to the house stands a restored windmill. It opens Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 to 18:00. In the same village, the family cheesemaker Quesos Julián Díaz invites you to visit and sells majorero cheese with Designation of Origin: Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 16:00, and Saturdays from 08:00 to 14:00.

And in Tefía, the Ecomuseo de La Alcogida is a traditional hamlet of seven restored houses, where craftspeople work with palm leaves, openwork embroidery or clay. One caveat: you walk outdoors from house to house, so it loses out in heavy rain. It opens Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 to 16:00. The Cabildo is renewing its displays, with completion planned before the end of 2026, so check before you go.

In the north: La Oliva and Corralejo

In La Oliva, the Museo del Grano La Cilla keeps the farming history of an island that, according to the tourist board, was for centuries the granary of the Canaries. The cilla, the building where the grain tithe was stored, is the only one left in Fuerteventura. It opens Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 to 16:00. The Casa de los Coroneles in the same town, on the other hand, is still closed for restoration work.

For a different kind of evening, there are sometimes candlelit Candlelight concerts in Corralejo: dates and tickets are in the Fuerteventura events calendar.

And if you are staying in the south

Let's be honest: almost all the museums are in the centre and the north, and the interpretation centre at the Punta de Jandía lighthouse is closed for works. From Costa Calma it is about 35 kilometres, just over half an hour by car, to the Tiscamanita windmills, and about 40 minutes to Antigua or Betancuria. On a windy day, the drive is worth it.

On the way, next to Caleta de Fuste, the Salt Museum at the Salinas del Carmen has a building with an interactive museum and, outside, 18th-century salt pans that still make salt the traditional way, with a huge whale skeleton as a backdrop. It opens every day from 10:00 to 18:00 and has a restaurant with a view. On Wednesdays, if you book, you can be a "salt maker for a day".

Near Costa Calma, in La Lajita, Oasis Wildlife Fuerteventura opens every day from 09:00 to 18:00, but it is an open-air animal park and botanical garden, and its own website says you will need a whole day. Cloudy and calm, yes; in the rain, it is not your plan. And many hotels have a spa or a heated pool.

Isla de Lobos: almost everything is outdoors

Lobos is no plan for a grey day: according to the ferry company Nortour, most of the island has no shade or facilities, and the only beach bar, at El Puertito, is not always open. In rain or strong wind, go another day. The ferry leaves from Corralejo harbour and takes about 20 minutes, but timetables can change with the weather, and on some days it does not sail at all. In autumn, the ferry company itself recommends checking the wind forecast and sea conditions first.

If you do cross, remember that setting foot on the Isla de Lobos requires prior authorisation from the Cabildo, which you request on LobosPass, its official website, separately from your boat ticket (some ferry companies arrange it when you book). Outside July to September, the last Nortour boat leaves Lobos at 17:00, so do not cut it fine. With a coastal hazard warning, do not even try: Coastal warnings in the Canary Islands. For when the good weather returns, Lobos and the dunes are in what to see in Fuerteventura.

The local trick: the calendar, not the map

In Gran Canaria and Tenerife, the best answer to a grey day is often to drive over the mountains. Fuerteventura is a low island, so that trick does not work the same way here; why it works on the other islands, we explain in Canary Islands microclimates: why the weather changes within 20 kilometres.

The trick here is a different one: check the day of the week. Unamuno's house opens Monday to Friday; the Archaeological Museum, La Alcogida, La Cilla and the windmills, Tuesday to Saturday. On a Sunday, the safe bets are the Cheese Museum and the Salt Museum, both open every day. And save the best beaches in Fuerteventura for tomorrow.

That way, the wind becomes an excuse to understand how people lived on an island of grain, goats and windmills. Lanzarote next door, Gran Canaria, Tenerife and La Palma all have their own plan B: What to do in Lanzarote when it rains, What to do in Gran Canaria when it rains, What to do in Tenerife when it rains and What to do in La Palma when it rains.

Discover all these places, with their location, opening hours and how to get there, on islas24.info.

Sources: Museos de Fuerteventura, Cabildo de Fuerteventura (museosfuerteventura.com): Casa Museo Unamuno, Archaeological Museum of Fuerteventura, Majorero Cheese Museum, Windmill Interpretation Centre, Ecomuseo La Alcogida, Museo del Grano La Cilla, Salinas del Carmen Museum and Punta de Jandía lighthouse; Cabildo de Fuerteventura (cabildofuer.es) and its tourist board (visitfuerteventura.com); Cabildo culture department (culturafuerteventura.es): Centro de Arte Juan Ismael; Quesos Julián Díaz (quesosjuliandiaz.com); Oasis Wildlife Fuerteventura (official website); Naviera Nortour (navieranortour.com); LobosPass (lobospass.com); AEMET, 1981-2010 climate normals for Fuerteventura Airport. Opening hours checked on 26 October 2026.