What's the weather going to be like in Tenerife?

When you're planning a visit to Tenerife - and deciding what to pack - you want to know what the weather is going to be like on the island in a particular month, so here we reproduce a chart for the whole year, giving you the number of hours of sun, the average day time temperatures, average temperature of the sea and the number of days when it might rain.

Climate data	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sun Hours/Day	5.9	6.6	7.1	7.7	8.8	9.8	10.6	9.8	8.5	6.9	5.9	5.5
Air [°C]	17.9	17.9	18.6	19.0	20.4	22.2	24.3	25.0	24.3	22.8	20.6	18.7
Water [°C]	19	18	18	18	19	20	21	22	23	23	21	20
Days with rain	5	5	5	3	1	0	0	1	1	3	5	6

[Reproduced / translated from Wikipedia.]

Now, bear in mind these are averages and for the whole island.

As far as the number of hours sun goes, we are in the northern hemisphere, so there is a difference between summer and winter, but it is nowhere near as marked as it is in the UK. Here it doesn't get dark at 3 p.m. in winter: it's more like 6 p.m. and, conversely, it doesn't stay light as late in summer.

The average air temperature makes me giggle, when you consider that, at time of writing, in July, it's 37°C currently, when we should have 24.3°C.

These "official" averages, I half suspect, were taken in a dark room, at the top of Teide, with the air-conditioning on. I suggest that you take them that the temperature is not usually likely to go below those given. Of course, I have to add the qualifier that they may do so in some exceptional circumstance.

Water temperature, you can check by dipping in a toe. :)

Days with rain can mean anything really, from a five minute shower to a few consecutive days. It's never that many days and rain seems to come all at once here, so once it's over - generally (adding the usual proviso that nothing is guaranteed with the weather) - you won't see any more for a long time.

Since most of you will stay in the south, you will also be glad to hear that 73% of the rain that does fall in Tenerife, falls in the north and, most of that in the mountains above La Orotava at an altitude of 1,000 to 1,200 meters.

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