Güímar

The TF-1 motorway passes through the municipality. The municipality is famous for its pyramids. It is also the location of the barranco de Badajoz. A portion of its volcanic landscape has been set aside as the Nature reserve of Malpaís of Güímar, its highest point being Montaña Grande. • Illustration — Aloe vera cultivation in a greenhouse in Güímar

• Name — Güímar • Translit Lang1 Type — Spanish • Translit Lang1 Info — Güímar • Type — Municipality • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Spain • Subdivision Type1 — Autonomous Community • Subdivision Name1 — Canary Islands • Subdivision Type2 — Province • Subdivision Name2 — Tenerife • Subdivision Type3 — Island • Subdivision Name3 — Tenerife • Leader Party — PP • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Carmen Luisa Castro Dorta • Area Total Km2 — 102.9 • Elevation Footnotes — (AMSL) • Elevation M — 289 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Time Zone1 — CET • Utc Offset1 — +0 • Time Zone1 Dst — CEST (GMT +1) • Utc Offset1 Dst — +1 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 38500 • Area Code — +34 (Spain) + 922 (Tenerife) • Custom Label Sec1 — Climate • Custom Data Sec1 — BWh • Website — www.guimar.es

The name comes from Guanche and is thought to mean 'angle, corner, nook'.

The first population centre of Güímar originated in the sixteenth century in the neighbourhood of San Juan - also called Güímar de Arriba - near the springs of the Agua and Chamoco ravines. The first buildings were linked to the sugar mill started up by the brothers Juan Felipe and Blasino Piombino or Romano.

Güímar is located in the eastern part of Tenerife, with the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast of the town. The Canary Current passes through this sea area, resulting in Güímar having a mild desert climate all year round. Güímar has a mild desert climate (Köppen: BWh; Trewartha: BWal) with an annual precipitation of only 149.9 mm and no more than 29 days of precipitation. The average temperature throughout the year ranges from 17.0 C in February to 24.0 C in August. High temperature days above 30 C are usually uncommon, but due to the close proximity to the Sahara Desert, a hot wind called Sharqi, making the place The temperature quickly exceeded 30 C and even reached temperatures above 35 C or even higher. The extreme temperatures throughout the year ranged from 9.4 C on 17 March 2015 to 38.5 C on 28 July 2017. In September 2022, the entire Canary Islands, including Tenerife, experienced the heaviest rainfall since AEMET meteorological observations began. Güímar experienced three consecutive days of heavy rain, with the largest single-day rainfall in history of 113.8 mm being measured on 25 September 2022. The total rainfall for the whole of September 2022 reached 268.0 mm, making it the month with the most rainfall in Güímar since meteorological observations began.