Weather in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Calculated from weather data of La Palma Airport (GCLA) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	21.3	22.8	20.8	21.6	20.8	21.3
February	21.5	22.6	20.5	21.5	21.1	23.3
March	21.7	21.6	23.5	20.6	21.6	21.6
April	22.5	23.1	23.1	21.3	22.8	22.8
May	23.4		24.0	23.3	23.3	23.8
June	24.6		25.8	24.1	23.8	25.5
July	25.7		26.8	25.6	25.1	25.6
August	26.8		27.8	25.8	27.1	27.3
September	26.6		27.3	26.0	26.8	27.1
October	25.9		28.1	25.3	25.3	25.6
November	23.8		24.6	24.3	22.5	24.6
December	22.3		22.8	23.8	21.6	21.6
Average	23.7	22.6	24.6	23.6	23.5	24.2

24th 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	16.4	18	17	17	16	16
February	16.2	18	15	17	16	18
March	16.6	17	18	16	16	16
April	17.5	18	18	17	18	18
May	18.6		19	19	19	19
June	20.0		21	19	20	21
July	21.1		21	21	21	21
August	22.1		24	22	22	21
September	22.2		23	22	23	22
October	21.2		23	21	21	21
November	19.3		20	20	19	19
December	17.6		18	19	18	17
Average	18.9	17.8	19.6	19.1	19.0	19.1

62nd lowest temperature of Spain

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	0	6	2	3	3
25 °C or warmer	7	154	80	76	131
20 °C or warmer	114	338	312	331	352
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.8	1	9	4	8	3
February	3.7	3	3	6	3	0
March	1.8	2	0	5	1	3
April	1.5	0	1	3	0	2
May	0.6		1	2	0	0
June	1.7		4	2	0	3
July	0.1		0	0	0	0
August	0.3		1	1	0	0
September	2.6		2	11	2	2
October	2.3		0	0	1	7
November	5.5		1	3	10	5
December	3.8		6	3	3	8
Average	2.1	1.4	2.1	3.0	2.0	2.5

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 (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	16.1	16	16	16	17	13
February	17.1	17	15	20	15	17
March	18.3	17	17	20	18	19
April	16.6	15	18	19	13	14
May	18.4		19	17	23	16
June	18.5		14	22	21	17
July	24.5		24	25	26	25
August	21.4		21	22	19	23
September	16.4		14	16	16	15
October	14.8		13	15	17	18
November	15.2		15	15	15	13
December	14.3		12	12	15	14
Average	17.7	16.4	16.8	18.6	18.2	17.4

7th 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	SW	N	NE	N	NE
February	N	NE	N	N	N
March	NE	NE	N	N	NE
April	NE	NE	N	NE	NE
May		NE	NE	N	NE
June		NE	NE	N	NE
July		N	N	N	N
August		N	N	N	N
September		NE	N	N	N
October		NE	NE	N	N
November		N	N	N	NE
December		N	N	NE	N

Prevailing wind direction

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

Santa Cruz de Tenerife weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Santa Cruz de Tenerife?

The warmest month is August with an average temperature of 27 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Santa Cruz de Tenerife?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 21 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Santa Cruz de Tenerife?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in November with a probability of around 5.6 %.

Which month is the driest in Santa Cruz de Tenerife?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in July. The probability is about 0.1 %.