Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz de Tenerife weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Santa Cruz de Tenerife: daytime highs average 20.1°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 22 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arona (59 km away). In December its highs average 17.4°C, 2.7°C cooler than Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Santa Cruz de Tenerife ranks 1st of 93 for the warmest December highs and joint 15th of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Santa Cruz de Tenerife is 7.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 24 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Arona in DecemberSpain · 59 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in DecemberSpain · 92 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in DecemberSpain · 93 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Telde in DecemberSpain · 97 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Laayoune in DecemberWestern Sahara · 336 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Funchal in DecemberPortugal · 471 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 83 mm rain
- Tan-Tan in DecemberMorocco · 504 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Dakhla in DecemberWestern Sahara · 533 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 4.7 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.