As the United Kingdom faces another wave of cold and rain just as autumn has begun, many Britons are checking weather forecasts for possible warmer destinations, and one of their favorites is Lanzarote.
Interestingly, in the same way that many Lanzarote residents complain about the weather forecasts for the island, which sometimes refer to rain and cloudy skies that, often, either do not materialize or are less intense and long-lasting than expected, many British people who visit the island think the same.
With over 400,000 views, the video that a British traveler, tashapenney, posted on Tiktok around this time last year has gone viral these days. The impact has been such that several media outlets in the island nation have echoed it.
In it, he warns tourists from his country not to trust too much the weather forecasts about the conditions in Lanzarote in autumn.
"If you come to Lanzarote and you're worried about the weather because when you search for information online, it always says wind, clouds, overcast skies... Don't worry, it's a big lie," he emphasizes.
"We've been here for three days, and every day, they say it's going to be about 24 degrees and cloudy. In fact, yesterday they predicted rain. None of that has happened. It's been clear blue skies, the clouds are like this, it abounds in the video."
The video has also accumulated hundreds of responses and comments from British people who are considering taking a trip to Lanzarote this year.
In them, many praise Lanzarote as the ideal destination to escape to all year round. One comments: "Lanzarote is great all year round. My second home". Another says: "I was there for a week. It was sweltering hot with three cloudy days and four sunny ones."
A third party explains live from Lanzarote: "It has rained a little, usually late at night or for less than a minute, but it has been very hot."
Thus, like many residents of Lanzarote, tourists jump on the bandwagon of not fully believing the weather forecast on the island, but don't forget that, sometimes, although less often, as happened last April 12, the prediction falls short.