Tenerife weather by month & the best time to visit
🇪🇸 Spain · beach resort · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Tenerife is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with July and May close behind. Tenerife averages about 2,933 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 3 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,933
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 96/100
- Rain / year
- 202 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 24°C / 75°F
- Population
- 336k
- Elevation
- 57 m
When is the best time to visit Tenerife?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Tenerife is June, then July and May. The dullest month is February (84/100, 24 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Tenerife?
Tenerife gets a lot of sun: around 2,933 hours a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 12 Sunshine Score points separate June from February. It ranks #20 of 40 destinations in Spain for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,914 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around November, carries about 47% of the annual 202 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 92 | 20° / 68°F | 18° / 64°F | 25 mm | 4 | 21° / 70°F |
| February | 84 | 19° / 66°F | 17° / 63°F | 24 mm | 5 | 21° / 70°F |
| March | 93 | 20° / 68°F | 17° / 63°F | 19 mm | 7 | 21° / 70°F |
| April | 94 | 20° / 68°F | 18° / 64°F | 12 mm | 8 | 21° / 70°F |
| May | 95 | 22° / 72°F | 19° / 66°F | 7 mm | 9 | 21° / 70°F |
| June | 96 | 23° / 73°F | 20° / 68°F | 3 mm | 10 | 22° / 72°F |
| July | 96 | 24° / 75°F | 22° / 72°F | 2 mm | 9 | 23° / 73°F |
| August | 95 | 25° / 77°F | 22° / 72°F | 5 mm | 9 | 24° / 75°F |
| September | 95 | 25° / 77°F | 23° / 73°F | 10 mm | 8 | 24° / 75°F |
| October | 92 | 24° / 75°F | 22° / 72°F | 25 mm | 6 | 24° / 75°F |
| November | 90 | 22° / 72°F | 21° / 70°F | 33 mm | 4 | 23° / 73°F |
| December | 90 | 21° / 70°F | 19° / 66°F | 37 mm | 3 | 22° / 72°F |
Sea temperature in Tenerife by month
The sea off Tenerife is warmest in August at around 24°C / 75°F, and coolest in January at 21°C / 70°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Gran Canaria Spain · 117 km · best in May · 3,298 h sun/yr
- La Palma Spain · 133 km · best in Jun · 3,075 h sun/yr
- Fuerteventura Spain · 269 km · best in Apr · 2,979 h sun/yr
- Lanzarote Spain · 307 km · best in Apr · 2,979 h sun/yr
- Dakhla Western Sahara · 485 km · best in Jan · 3,691 h sun/yr
- Funchal Portugal · 518 km · best in Jul · 2,835 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- La Gomera Spain · 63 km · 3,075 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- El Hierro Spain · 132 km · 3,418 h sun/yr · best in May
Head-to-head
How Tenerife compares month by month: Tenerife vs Málaga · Tenerife vs Gran Canaria · Tenerife vs Hurghada · Tenerife vs Funchal · all comparisons
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