Tenerife Weather

Tenerife's climate is quite similar to all of the other islands of the Canary archipelago and has an all year round stable and mild climate. The north and the south of Tenerife have completely different climatic conditions, there can be as much as 5 degrees difference between them. This is mainly due to the old volcano of Mount Teide which separates the island in two.

There are more hours of sunshine all year in the South and more rainfall and higher humidity in the North, which explains the different landscapes and tones of the countryside, although both climates can generally be considered very pleasant and stable during summer and for most of the winter months also.

Tenerife enjoys one of the world's best and diverse climates normally found only on huge continents, all around the year, the fresh and humid trade winds (Caliso) wafting over the Canary Islands keep the temperatures down to an average and agreeably mild level of approx 23°C.

The combination of these trade winds, the sea breeze and the refrigerant gulf current, produce warm, but not suffocating all year round weather with temperatures typically between 18°C and 23°C.

The canarian climate produces some unique, bizarre situations, such as snow falling on the peaks mount Teide, while you are enjoying one of the fantastic beaches basking in the warm sunshine, just a few kilometres away.