Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz de Tenerife weather
in February.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Santa Cruz de Tenerife: daytime highs average 18.8°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 10 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arona (59 km away). In February its highs average 16.6°C, 2.1°C cooler than Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Santa Cruz de Tenerife ranks 1st of 93 for the warmest February highs and joint 11th of 93 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 93 cities is 13.6°C; Santa Cruz de Tenerife is 5.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 19.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 25 mm to 22 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Arona in FebruarySpain · 59 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 12.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in FebruarySpain · 92 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in FebruarySpain · 93 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 12.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Telde in FebruarySpain · 97 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 14.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Laayoune in FebruaryWestern Sahara · 336 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Funchal in FebruaryPortugal · 471 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Tan-Tan in FebruaryMorocco · 504 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Dakhla in FebruaryWestern Sahara · 533 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.2°C · 1.9 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.