Tenerife month by month
What each month is like on the island: the weather, the sea, the fiestas and the dates worth knowing.
January
22°C high, 15°C low
The coolest month of the year, which here still means days in the low twenties on the south coast, with the Three Kings to start it off.
February
22°C high, 15°C low
Carnival month. Santa Cruz throws one of the biggest street parties in the world, and the south coast is still in the low twenties.
March
23°C high, 16°C low
Spring arrives, the days get sunnier, and in 2027 Easter falls at the end of the month.
April
23°C high, 16°C low
Warm, settled and green, with the country pilgrimages starting up in the towns.
May
24°C high, 17°C low
One of the island's busiest months for fiestas, with flowers on Teide and almost no rain.
June
25°C high, 19°C low
Long, dry days, the start of summer and the bonfires of San Juan.
July
28°C high, 20°C low
High summer: the sunniest month, and the month the Virgen del Carmen goes to sea.
August
28°C high, 21°C low
The hottest month, the great pilgrimage to Candelaria and the Perseids overhead.
September
28°C high, 21°C low
The sea at its warmest, the summer crowds thinning, and La Laguna's biggest fiesta.
October
27°C high, 20°C low
Still summery on the south coast, with the sea at its warmest and the first autumn rain.
November
25°C high, 18°C low
The new wine, roast chestnuts, and people sliding down Icod's steepest street on wooden boards.
December
23°C high, 16°C low
Mild days on the coast, snow on Teide, and a Christmas that runs right through to the Three Kings on 5 January.
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