February half-term in Lanzarote 2027: dates, warmth, carnival and heated pools

There is no single UK half-term in February 2027. In England each council sets dates for its community schools, and most of the council pages listed here take the week of Monday 15 to Friday 19 February: Surrey County Council lists 15 to 19 February 2027, and Bristol City Council’s spring term ends on 12 February and restarts on 22 February. Academies, free schools and many faith schools set their own dates, so check your school’s letter before you pay for flights.

Wales is a week earlier and the same everywhere. The Welsh Government’s approved term dates give Monday 8 to Friday 12 February 2027 for all 22 local authorities, from Anglesey to Cardiff and Swansea.

Scotland varies by council. The City of Edinburgh breaks on Friday 12 February 2027 and goes back on Monday 22 February, a full week plus a day. Scottish Borders Council has fixed its February holiday as the second full week of February, which in 2027 is 8 to 12 February. Glasgow and the other Scottish councils publish their own dates, so check your council’s page.

In Northern Ireland, the Department of Education’s recommended mid-term break is just two days, Thursday 11 and Friday 12 February 2027, though each school sets its own calendar. With a weekend either side, that is the shortest window of the four nations and the one that lines up best with Puerto del Carmen’s carnival.

February is a warm-winter month on Lanzarote rather than a beach-summer one. The official AEMET normals for Lanzarote airport give an average daily high of 21.3°C and an average low of 14.3°C, with 201 hours of sunshine and only 2.7 days with a millimetre of rain or more. That is a little warmer than January (20.7°C) and a step behind March (22.9°C and 241 hours of sun). The sun rises at about 7.35am and sets at about 6.40pm in mid-February, so you get around 11 hours of daylight.

The sea is the cool part. Turismo Lanzarote, the island’s tourist board, gives the water as 18°C in February, after 19°C in January, and 18°C again in March. Children who swim at home in the UK sea will find it mild; children used to indoor pools will find it bracing, and many families save the sea for paddling and snorkelling and swim in the hotel pool.

That is why a heated pool matters in February. Hotels describe heating in their own words and few publish a water temperature, so read the detail. Seaside Los Jameos in Puerto del Carmen says its main and family pools are heated all year. Livvo Morromar heats its two pools from November to March, and Hotel Costa Calero heats La Salina, its seawater pool with an artificial sandy beach, from November to April. Kamezi Boutique Villas is the one that names a figure: every villa’s private pool is heated to 26°C. Our heated-pools guide lists all 39 with what each hotel says.

Carnival is the big event of a February week on Lanzarote, and in 2027 it falls early because Shrove Tuesday is 9 February. Each town runs its own, with its own theme and its own week, so the dates you need depend on where you stay.

Puerto del Carmen’s carnival is confirmed. Tías council, which runs it, announced in February 2026 that the 2027 edition will be held from 11 to 14 February 2027, with the theme La magia del circo, the magic of the circus. In 2026 it filled Avenida de las Playas, the resort’s seafront road, with murgas, comparsas, batucadas and floats, and in 2025 the big parade, the coso, was on the Saturday. Guests at Seaside Los Jameos and Livvo Morromar are already in Puerto del Carmen.

Arrecife has not yet published its 2027 dates. What is confirmed is that Carnival Tuesday, 9 February 2027, is a local holiday in Arrecife, Tías, San Bartolomé, Haría and Tinajo, in the Canary government’s official list of 2027 local holidays. As a guide, the 2026 Arrecife carnival ran for 13 days, from 6 to 18 February, with the Gran Coso parade on Carnival Monday and the Burial of the Sardine on Ash Wednesday. On that pattern, the 2027 Gran Coso would be on Monday 8 February and the Burial of the Sardine on Wednesday 10 February, but treat both as last year’s pattern until the council publishes its programme.

For families on the English half-term week of 15 to 19 February, flying out on Saturday 13 February puts you in Puerto del Carmen for its last two carnival days. Teguise, Costa Teguise and Playa Blanca held their 2026 carnivals in March, after the half-term weeks, and have not yet published 2027 dates.

Half-term weeks fill the same seats at the same time, so a few things are worth fixing before you leave. Book the hotel first, with the heated pool and the kids' club you want, then the one or two days out that matter most to your children, then the airport transfer, which has its own guide on this site.

The Papagayo catamaran from Puerto Calero is the top-rated day on the water, at 4.8 out of 5 from 440 GetYourGuide reviewers: four hours with lunch, drinks, a sea slide and swimming in the bay. In a sea of about 18°C, the slide and the snorkelling suit confident swimmers. The full-day island highlights tour is the most reviewed sightseeing tour on this site, at 4.7 from 3,436, and takes in Timanfaya’s Fire Mountains and the northern caves in nine hours with pick-up. With younger children, the half-day Timanfaya and La Geria tour covers the national park in 5.5 hours.

For the smallest children, the submarine from Puerto Calero takes passengers from age 2, lasts an hour and keeps everyone dry, rated 4.6 from 1,604 reviewers. In Playa Blanca, the Papagayo mini cruise is the short option, 1.5 to 3 hours with about an hour at anchor to swim, at 4.7 from 459.

All five have free cancellation on GetYourGuide, which helps if your plans change during the week. Timanfaya and the César Manrique sites have their own guides on this site if you would rather visit on your own.

Three resorts hold almost all of Lanzarote’s heated-pool family hotels: on our count, Playa Blanca has 9 of the 20 that pair a heated pool with a kids' club, Costa Teguise 6 and Puerto del Carmen 3, with one each at Puerto Calero and Club La Santa.

Playa Blanca, in the far south, has the biggest choice and the big pool complexes: THB Tropical Island has 15 pools, eight heated in winter, and H10 Lanzarote Princess has a heated indoor pool. It is the base for the Papagayo beaches and the ferry to Fuerteventura, and its hotels are 34 to 43 minutes from the airport.

Costa Teguise, on the east coast, is the shorter transfer, at 17 to 23 minutes, with family hotels such as H10 Suites Lanzarote Gardens and Sands Beach Resort close to Playa de las Cucharas and its own sand. Puerto del Carmen is the closest of the three, at 11 to 17 minutes, and the one to pick if carnival is part of the plan, because the 11 to 14 February carnival happens on its own seafront.

These hotels pair a heated pool with a kids' club that the hotel does not describe as summer-only, so it should be running in a February week. Each is open and bookable, and each hotel’s page gives what the hotel says about its pools. For the full list of 39, including the adults-only options, use the heated-pools guide; for families in general, the site’s guide to Lanzarote with kids covers the rest of the year.

In Playa Blanca, THB Tropical Island is the pool resort, with two splash parks and a football academy for ages 5 to 15. HL Paradise Island includes free all-day entry to Dino Park, its own water park. Barceló Playa Blanca and H10 Lanzarote Princess are all inclusive, with pirate-ship pools.

In Costa Teguise, H10 Suites Lanzarote Gardens takes children from six months in the Daisy Club, Monday to Saturday, and Galeón Playa sits on the seafront between El Jablillo and Las Cucharas. Sands Beach Resort suits sporty families, with a heated 25-metre pool and Buddy’s Club all year.

With about 11 hours of daylight and lows of 14.3°C, a February week has a natural rhythm: mornings out, afternoons by the heated pool, and a layer for the evening. Pack a fleece or light jacket for the boat trips and for Timanfaya, swim shirts for children who feel the cold in the sea, and sun cream: 201 hours of sunshine in the month is more than enough to burn.

A balanced week for a family of four might be one big day, such as the island highlights tour or the Papagayo catamaran, one short one, such as the submarine or the mini cruise, and the carnival evening if you are in Puerto del Carmen from 11 to 14 February. The rest is the pool, the beach in front of the hotel and the kids' club.

If you are travelling on the Welsh dates, you are on the island for Carnival Tuesday, 9 February, and the start of the Puerto del Carmen carnival; on the Northern Irish dates, a long weekend from Thursday 11 February covers the whole of it. If you are on the English dates, the carnival weekend is the start of your trip, and the week after is calmer, with the main sights and the heated pools all running as normal.