Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz de Tenerife weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Santa Cruz de Tenerife: daytime highs average 19.3°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arona (59 km away). In March its highs average 17.5°C, 1.7°C cooler than Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Santa Cruz de Tenerife ranks joint 10th of 93 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 93 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 93 cities is 16.4°C; Santa Cruz de Tenerife is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 19.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 22 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Arona in MarchSpain · 59 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in MarchSpain · 92 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 14.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in MarchSpain · 93 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 12.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Telde in MarchSpain · 97 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Laayoune in MarchWestern Sahara · 336 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.7°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Funchal in MarchPortugal · 471 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Tan-Tan in MarchMorocco · 504 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 13.7°C · 10 mm rain
- Dakhla in MarchWestern Sahara · 533 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.3°C · 3.2 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.