Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz de Tenerife weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Santa Cruz de Tenerife: daytime highs average 18.9°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 33 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arona (59 km away). In January its highs average 16.4°C, 2.5°C cooler than Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Santa Cruz de Tenerife ranks 1st of 93 for the warmest January highs and joint 5th of 93 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 93 cities is 12.5°C; Santa Cruz de Tenerife is 6.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 18.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Arona in JanuarySpain · 59 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 12.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in JanuarySpain · 92 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 14.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in JanuarySpain · 93 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 12.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Telde in JanuarySpain · 97 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Laayoune in JanuaryWestern Sahara · 336 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.3°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Funchal in JanuaryPortugal · 471 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 13.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Tan-Tan in JanuaryMorocco · 504 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.9°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Dakhla in JanuaryWestern Sahara · 533 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 3.6 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.