Tenerife Sur Airport

GCTS · Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Climate Tenerife Sur Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tenerife Sur Airport (GCTS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 97.0 99 99 90 93 100
February 94.3 92 89 100 91 94
March 96.6 98 95 97 98 98
April 95.5 93 95 97 95
May 96.5 97 93 100 92
June 93.3 89 96 99 97
July 98.4 96 99 98 100
August 97.3 99 99 97 96
September 94.6 92 94 98 93
October 96.6 94 92 100 94
November 98.3 98 99 99 100
December 95.3 97 85 91 95
Average 96.2 96.1 94.7 95.3 96.7 96.0

6th best VFR conditions of Spain

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 99.2 100 100 95 99 100
February 99.0 100 100 100 97 97
March 99.4 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.6 100 98 100 100
May 100.0 100 100 100 100
June 99.5 98 100 100 100
July 100.0 100 100 100 100
August 100.0 100 100 100 100
September 99.8 100 100 100 100
October 99.9 100 100 100 100
November 99.8 99 100 100 100
December 99.8 100 99 100 100
Average 99.7 99.8 99.7 99.2 99.7 99.7

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 21.8 24 22 22 21 22
February 22.4 25 21 23 22 25
March 22.7 23 26 21 22 23
April 23.1 25 23 23 23
May 24.2 25 25 25 25
June 25.6 27 25 25 27
July 27.9 29 29 28 28
August 29.2 31 28 29 30
September 27.8 28 27 28 29
October 27.3 32 26 27 27
November 25.0 27 26 24 26
December 22.9 24 23 22 22
Average 24.8 23.9 26.3 24.9 24.7 25.2

9th highest temperature of Spain

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 15.8 17 17 16 15 15
February 15.8 18 14 16 15 18
March 16.1 16 18 15 16 16
April 16.9 18 16 17 17
May 17.9 18 19 18 19
June 19.8 21 20 19 21
July 21.0 23 21 21 21
August 22.1 24 22 22 22
September 21.8 22 22 22 22
October 20.9 23 21 20 21
November 18.9 20 19 18 19
December 16.9 18 18 17 17
Average 18.4 17.1 19.5 18.7 18.4 18.9

60th lowest temperature of Spain

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.1 0 2 3 3 1
February 1.7 0 3 0 2 0
March 1.5 3 0 3 1 1
April 1.2 0 4 1 1
May 0.5 1 0 1 0
June 0.6 2 0 0 1
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.3 1 2 0 0
September 1.6 2 7 0 1
October 1.1 0 0 0 2
November 1.6 3 0 4 1
December 1.7 1 9 2 3
Average 1.0 0.9 1.2 2.1 0.9 0.8

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.2 10 16 11 12 12
February 11.7 14 8 12 11 14
March 12.6 11 14 12 13 12
April 10.8 12 13 10 10
May 12.2 13 13 15 10
June 12.4 9 14 15 15
July 14.6 16 13 13 15
August 13.8 13 14 15 15
September 12.9 11 13 13 13
October 11.5 10 11 13 14
November 12.4 12 13 13 11
December 11.7 11 8 13 11
Average 12.4 11.8 12.2 12.4 13.1 12.7

9th highest wind speed of Spain

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 092° 072° 087° 078° 089°
February 078° 104° 078° 086° 079°
March 088° 080° 097° 087° 084°
April 086° 082° 112° 104°
May 084° 091° 079° 103°
June 123° 083° 082° 079°
July 080° 083° 084° 079°
August 082° 081° 080° 077°
September 090° 079° 083° 083°
October 097° 085° 083° 081°
November 081° 076° 078° 082°
December 080° 245° 077° 082°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.