Tenerife weather by month
Tenerife weather by month barely swings: 22 °C by day in January, 29 °C in August, and a sea between 19 °C and 24 °C.
Tenerife in November, daytime high
25 °C
| Night low | 18 °C |
| Sea surface | 22 °C |
| Rain in the month | 11 mm |
| Days with 1 mm or more | 1 day |
| Daylight | 10 h 42 min |
| October, daytime high | 27 °C |
| December, daytime high | 23 °C |
Averages 1991 to 2020 at Tenerife Sur airport. A typical month, not a forecast. Method.
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The figures on this page come from the weather station at Tenerife South airport, a few kilometres from Los Cristianos and Playa de las Américas, averaged over 30 years or more between 1991 and 2020. The south of the island is the dry, sunny side, and the station shows it: 0 mm of rain in July and 32 mm in December, the wettest month, which still brings only 3 days with a millimetre or more. Daytime highs move by just a few degrees through the year, from 22 °C in the coolest month to 29 °C at the end of summer. What changes more for a beach holiday is the Atlantic: the sea surface stays at or above twenty degrees only from May to January, and it is at its warmest in September and October, not in July. Pick a month in the tool to see one month next to its neighbours, or set another place beside Tenerife.
Tenerife weather by month, 1991 to 2020
| Month | Daytime high | Night low | Sea | Rain | Wet days | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22 °C | 15 °C | 20 °C | 17 mm | 2 days | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 22 °C | 15 °C | 19 °C | 15 mm | 2 days | 11 h 12 min |
| March | 23 °C | 15 °C | 19 °C | 11 mm | 1 day | 11 h 54 min |
| April | 23 °C | 16 °C | 19 °C | 8 mm | 1 day | 12 h 48 min |
| May | 24 °C | 17 °C | 20 °C | 1 mm | 0 days | 13 h 30 min |
| June | 26 °C | 19 °C | 21 °C | 0 mm | 0 days | 13 h 54 min |
| July | 28 °C | 20 °C | 22 °C | 0 mm | 0 days | 13 h 48 min |
| August | 29 °C | 21 °C | 23 °C | 2 mm | 0 days | 13 h 06 min |
| September | 28 °C | 21 °C | 24 °C | 3 mm | 1 day | 12 h 18 min |
| October | 27 °C | 20 °C | 24 °C | 13 mm | 2 days | 11 h 24 min |
| November | 25 °C | 18 °C | 22 °C | 11 mm | 1 day | 10 h 42 min |
| December | 23 °C | 16 °C | 21 °C | 32 mm | 3 days | 10 h 24 min |
North and south are two different holidays
A single number for Tenerife hides the island's main feature. The north-east trade winds push moist air against the mountains, so the north coast around Puerto de la Cruz collects cloud and most of the island's rain, while the south, in the lee of Mount Teide, stays dry and bright. The station behind this page sits in the south, where most British visitors stay. If you are booking the north, expect more grey mornings and more showers than these figures suggest: this page follows the resort side of the island.
The highs also tell you what Tenerife is not: it is not a furnace in summer. August averages 29 °C, against 30 °C in Majorca, because the ocean around the Canaries is cooled by a current from the north. That same ocean keeps winter mild, and it is the reason the island fills up from November to March.
Best time to visit Tenerife
For a daytime high of 24 °C or more, the months are May to November. Add a sea of at least 22 °C and the window narrows to July to November. For winter sun, January and February give 22 °C and 22 °C, which is among the warmest of the short-haul list in those months, but the sea is 19 °C, and a heated pool earns its place. Compare winter with Lanzarote or Gran Canaria, or see where is hot in January.