Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz de Tenerife weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Santa Cruz de Tenerife: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 4.7 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arona (59 km away). In August its highs average 25.0°C, about as warm as Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with 1.8 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Santa Cruz de Tenerife ranks joint 79th of 93 for the warmest August highs and 21st of 93 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 93 cities is 29.3°C; Santa Cruz de Tenerife is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.7 mm to 7.9 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Arona in AugustSpain · 59 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in AugustSpain · 92 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in AugustSpain · 93 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 18.6°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Telde in AugustSpain · 97 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Laayoune in AugustWestern Sahara · 336 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Funchal in AugustPortugal · 471 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Tan-Tan in AugustMorocco · 504 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 19.9°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Dakhla in AugustWestern Sahara · 533 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.6°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.