Tenerife in March
Spring arrives, the days get sunnier, and in 2027 Easter falls at the end of the month.
The weather
- Average high
- 23°C
- Average low
- 16°C
- Rain
- 15 mm, about 2 days
- Sunshine
- About 7 hours a day
Tenerife South airport, AEMET averages 1981 to 2010.
March brings more sunshine. In the south the average high climbs to about 23 degrees, with nights around 16 and about 7 hours of sun a day.
The rain is tailing off. Most of the little rain the island gets falls between November and March.
The sea is at its coolest in late winter and early spring, around 18 degrees, so a swim is bracing.
Easter
Easter Sunday is 28 March in 2027, so Holy Week falls in the last week of the month. In most years it's in April.
La Laguna's Holy Week is described as the oldest in the Canary Islands. The Cristo de La Laguna sets out in procession at 4 in the morning on Good Friday, and the Procesión Magna, first held in 1927, leaves the cathedral that afternoon.
On the night of Holy Tuesday, the Señor de las Tribulaciones is carried through El Toscal in Santa Cruz over carpets of coloured salt, while petals are thrown from the balconies. On Maundy Thursday night, La Orotava's procession of La Columna carries a figure of Christ carved in 1689 by the sculptor Pedro Roldán.
Puerto de la Cruz holds a festival of early and Baroque music in Holy Week, every year since 2002. The dish of the week is sancocho, salted fish with potatoes, sweet potato, gofio and mojo, especially on Good Friday.
Dates for the diary
- 23 March 2027Holy Tuesday, with the salt carpets of El Toscal in Santa Cruz.
- 25 March 2027Maundy Thursday, a public holiday in the Canary Islands.
- 26 March 2027Good Friday, a public holiday across Spain.
- 28 March 2027Easter Sunday.
Times and details can change from year to year, so check with the town hall before you set off. A public holiday that falls on a Sunday can sometimes move to the Monday.
Out and about
The guachinche season, which starts at the end of November, runs until the wine runs out, usually some time in early spring.
The bicácaro, the orange-red Canarian bellflower, is still in flower in the laurel forests of Anaga, and wild canaries are nesting. They lay their pale blue eggs between January and July.
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