Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz de Tenerife weather
in April.
A mild, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Santa Cruz de Tenerife: daytime highs average 19.8°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arona (59 km away). In April its highs average 18.1°C, 1.8°C cooler than Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Santa Cruz de Tenerife ranks 24th of 93 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 93 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 93 cities is 18.3°C; Santa Cruz de Tenerife is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 5.6 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Santa Cruz de Tenerife climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.9°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 24 | 5.1 | 10.511 h |
| February | 18.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 25 | 5.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 19.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 22 | 4.6 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 19.8°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 13 | 3.0 | 12.813 h |
| May | 21.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 5.6 | 1.9 | 13.514 h |
| June | 22.6°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 4.3 | 1.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 24.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 5.0 | 1.7 | 13.814 h |
| August | 25.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 4.7 | 1.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 24.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 7.9 | 2.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 23 | 5.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 21.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 30 | 6.8 | 10.811 h |
| December | 20.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 32 | 6.4 | 10.410 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Arona in AprilSpain · 59 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in AprilSpain · 92 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in AprilSpain · 93 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 13.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Telde in AprilSpain · 97 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Laayoune in AprilWestern Sahara · 336 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Funchal in AprilPortugal · 471 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Tan-Tan in AprilMorocco · 504 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Dakhla in AprilWestern Sahara · 533 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.1°C · 1.3 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Santa Cruz de Tenerife) is explained once on the Santa Cruz de Tenerife year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.