{{Short description|Town on Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain}} {{About|the town of Yaiza|the municipality|Yaiza (municipality)}} 300px|thumb|View of Yaiza '''Yaiza''' is a small town in the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, Spain. It lies in the southwest of the island. The population in 2012 was 857.<ref>[http://www.ine.es/nomen2/index.do?accion=busquedaAvanzada&entidad_amb=no&codProv=35&codMuni=34&codEC=0&codES=7&codNUC=0&L=0 INE]</ref> The town gives its name to the municipality of Yaiza, although it is much smaller than the largest settlement in the municipality, Playa Blanca.
The town has a town hall, tree-lined streets, and a floodlit public football stadium.
Each year, at Christmas, Yaiza displays a large "Belén" (a belén is a nativity scene). The Yaiza Belén includes miniaturised scenes from around the island, with miniatures of Playa Blanca, Arrecife, and Timanfaya. Children and visitors are encouraged to seek the caganer, a figurine of a young man defecating, as it is considered good luck to spot him.
Highway LZ2 connects the town to Playa Blanca in the south and Arrecife to the east.
==Geography and climate== Yaiza has a hot desert climate (Köppen: ''BWh''; Trewartha: ''BWal'') with an annual precipitation of only {{Convert|97.8|mm}} and no more than 24 days of precipitation. {{Weather box |location = Yaiza<br>Climate ID: C019V; coordinates {{coordinates|28|51|27|N|13|50|10|W}}; elevation: {{cvt|6|m}}; 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1992–present<ref>{{cite web |url = https://opendata.aemet.es/opendata/sh/4a2f221b |title = Weather station data |website = opendata.aemet.es |publisher = AEMET OpenData |language = es |access-date = 13 November 2024 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241113115453/https://opendata.aemet.es/opendata/sh/4a2f221b |archive-date = 2024-11-13}}</ref> |metric first = Y |single line = Y |Jan record high C = 27.5 |Feb record high C = 28.8 |Mar record high C = 33.7 |Apr record high C = 33.6 |May record high C = 38.8 |Jun record high C = 35.0 |Jul record high C = 44.0 |Aug record high C = 44.2 |Sep record high C = 33.4 |Oct record high C = 34.4 |Nov record high C = 30.5 |Dec record high C = 28.0 |year record high C = 44.2 |Jan avg record high C = 22.6 |Feb avg record high C = 23.7 |Mar avg record high C = 25.6 |Apr avg record high C = 26.6 |May avg record high C = 27.2 |Jun avg record high C = 28.1 |Jul avg record high C = 31.7 |Aug avg record high C = 32.2 |Sep avg record high C = 29.5 |Oct avg record high C = 29.3 |Nov avg record high C = 27.0 |Dec avg record high C = 23.4 |year avg record high C = 35.2 |Jan high C = 20.0 |Feb high C = 20.4 |Mar high C = 21.2 |Apr high C = 22.0 |May high C = 22.8 |Jun high C = 24.1 |Jul high C = 25.9 |Aug high C = 26.9 |Sep high C = 26.4 |Oct high C = 25.3 |Nov high C = 23.1 |Dec high C = 21.1 |year high C = 23.3 |Jan mean C = 17.5 |Feb mean C = 17.7 |Mar mean C = 18.4 |Apr mean C = 19.3 |May mean C = 20.2 |Jun mean C = 21.5 |Jul mean C = 23.1 |Aug mean C = 24.0 |Sep mean C = 23.7 |Oct mean C = 22.6 |Nov mean C = 20.4 |Dec mean C = 18.7 |year mean C = 20.6 |Jan low C = 14.9 |Feb low C = 14.9 |Mar low C = 15.5 |Apr low C = 16.5 |May low C = 17.6 |Jun low C = 18.9 |Jul low C = 20.2 |Aug low C = 21.1 |Sep low C = 20.9 |Oct low C = 19.8 |Nov low C = 17.6 |Dec low C = 16.2 |year low C = 17.9 |Jan avg record low C = 11.6 |Feb avg record low C = 11.9 |Mar avg record low C = 12.7 |Apr avg record low C = 13.6 |May avg record low C = 15.1 |Jun avg record low C = 16.6 |Jul avg record low C = 18.5 |Aug avg record low C = 19.6 |Sep avg record low C = 18.8 |Oct avg record low C = 17.0 |Nov avg record low C = 14.2 |Dec avg record low C = 13.1 |year avg record low C = 10.5 |Jan record low C = 8.0 |Feb record low C = 8.2 |Mar record low C = 10.0 |Apr record low C = 10.6 |May record low C = 13.0 |Jun record low C = 11.4 |Jul record low C = 16.0 |Aug record low C = 18.0 |Sep record low C = 16.0 |Oct record low C = 13.6 |Nov record low C = 10.0 |Dec record low C = 9.6 |year record low C = 8.0 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 17.7 |Feb precipitation mm = 12.9 |Mar precipitation mm = 11.7 |Apr precipitation mm = 3.5 |May precipitation mm = 0.9 |Jun precipitation mm = 0.3 |Jul precipitation mm = 0.1 |Aug precipitation mm = 0.7 |Sep precipitation mm = 1.9 |Oct precipitation mm = 12.7 |Nov precipitation mm = 18.2 |Dec precipitation mm = 17.3 |year precipitation mm = 97.8 |unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm |Jan precipitation days = 3.63 |Feb precipitation days = 2.82 |Mar precipitation days = 2.39 |Apr precipitation days = 1.69 |May precipitation days = 0.42 |Jun precipitation days = 0.30 |Jul precipitation days = 0.08 |Aug precipitation days = 0.24 |Sep precipitation days = 1.35 |Oct precipitation days = 2.92 |Nov precipitation days = 3.73 |Dec precipitation days = 3.96 |year precipitation days = 23.54 |humidity colour = green |Jan humidity = 74 |Feb humidity = 74 |Mar humidity = 75 |Apr humidity = 76 |May humidity = 77 |Jun humidity = 77 |Jul humidity = 77 |Aug humidity = 80 |Sep humidity = 80 |Oct humidity = 80 |Nov humidity = 77 |Dec humidity = 75 |year humidity = 77 |Jan percentsun = 65 |Feb percentsun = 68 |Mar percentsun = 69 |Apr percentsun = 67 |May percentsun = 73 |Jun percentsun = 71 |Jul percentsun = 71 |Aug percentsun = 77 |Sep percentsun = 74 |Oct percentsun = 71 |Nov percentsun = 66 |Dec percentsun = 64 |year percentsun = 70 |source 1 = State Meteorological Agency/AEMET OpenData<ref>{{cite web |url = https://opendata.aemet.es/opendata/sh/4d5bf572 |title = Extremes |website = opendata.aemet.es |publisher = AEMET OpenData |language = es |access-date = 6 December 2024 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241204224920/https://opendata.aemet.es/opendata/sh/4d5bf572 |archive-date = 2024-12-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://opendata.aemet.es/opendata/sh/600c80ed |title = Normal |website = opendata.aemet.es |publisher = AEMET OpenData |language = es |access-date = 6 December 2024 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241206021726/https://opendata.aemet.es/opendata/sh/600c80ed |archive-date = 2024-12-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.aemet.es/es/datos_abiertos/AEMET_OpenData |title = AEMET OpeenData |publisher = Agencia Estatal de Meteorologia |access-date = 2024-11-13}}</ref> }}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.yaiza.es/}} (in Spanish)
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Category:Populated places in Lanzarote