Weather in Santa Cruz de Tenerife - 7-day forecast, rain, wind

Weather in Santa Cruz de Tenerife today and 7-day forecast

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Climate in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Santa Cruz de Tenerife enjoys one of the mildest climates on the planet, with annual average temperatures around 22 degrees Celsius. Highs rarely drop below 20 in winter or top 30 in summer.

Trade winds keep the air cool and reduce cloud cover over the south of the island, while the north often stays cloudy. Saharan air intrusions (calima) can push temperatures above 38 degrees and harm air quality.

Annual rainfall is around 230 mm, concentrated from November to February. Autumn depressions approaching the Canaries can produce localised torrential rain, as with Tropical Storm Delta in 2005.

Sea temperatures range between 19 and 24 degrees year-round, allowing year-round swimming. Use the hourly forecast, UV index (very high in summer) and air quality before planning the Auditorio, Las Teresitas beach or a Teide ascent.

The climate of Santa Cruz de Tenerife today: 1991-2020 normals

What the averages say

The mean annual temperature is 21.7 °C. The warmest month is August, averaging 25.8 °C with highs around 29.3 °C; the coldest is January, averaging 18.3 °C with lows of 15.5 °C. The 14 degrees between the mean high of August and the mean low of January are the real measure of how continental this climate is.

Heat, cold and extremes

On average, 26 days a year reach 30 °C or more and 0 bring frost. Neither heat nor cold dominates the year. The highest reading in the series is 39.7 °C, set in July, and the lowest 10.1 °C, in January.

Rain, sun and wind

220 mm fall each year over 78 days with measurable rain, an amount all but absent in summer: March is the wettest month with 38 mm and July the driest with 0 mm. The sky is clear on 93 days a year. Mean wind speed is around 9 km/h and mean annual relative humidity 62 %.

Month by month

AEMET climate normals 1991-2020. Sta.Cruz De Tenerife observatory, 0.3 km from the centre at 36 m above sea level.
Monthly mean	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean temperature	18.3	18.4	19.0	19.9	21.3	23.2	25.2	25.8	25.1	23.6	21.4	19.5
Mean high	21.1	21.3	22.1	23.0	24.5	26.6	28.8	29.3	28.2	26.6	24.2	22.2
Mean low	15.5	15.4	15.9	16.8	18.1	19.9	21.5	22.3	21.9	20.6	18.5	16.8
Rainfall (mm)	29	34	38	10	4	1	0	4	4	24	36	37
Rain days	9.6	8.6	8.7	7.5	5.2	2.4	1.6	1.8	4.1	7.9	10.9	10.1
Days ≥ 30 °C	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.7	1.8	7.7	9.7	3.9	1.2	0.2	0.0
Frost days	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Where this data comes from

These are the 1991-2020 climate normals published by AEMET, the Spanish state meteorological agency, for the Sta.Cruz De Tenerife observatory — the nearest official station with a complete series to Santa Cruz de Tenerife today. A normal is not a forecast: it describes a thirty-year average, and any given day can depart from it widely. For tomorrow, use the forecast at the top of this page.