Las Palmas has a desert climate (''BWh'') with warm dry summers and warm enough winters to classify it as a tropical climate. Its average annual temperature is – during the day and  at night. In January, the coldest month, the temperature typically ranges from  (and sometimes higher) during the day, and around  at night, with an average sea temperature at . In the warmest months – August and September – the temperature typically ranges from  during the day, above  at night, with the average sea temperature at . Large fluctuations in temperature are rare.