Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz de Tenerife weather
in May.
A mild, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Santa Cruz de Tenerife: daytime highs average 21.0°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.6 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arona (59 km away). In May its highs average 19.5°C, 1.5°C cooler than Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Santa Cruz de Tenerife ranks joint 63rd of 93 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Santa Cruz de Tenerife is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.6 mm to 4.3 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Arona in MaySpain · 59 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in MaySpain · 92 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in MaySpain · 93 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 14.5°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Telde in MaySpain · 97 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Laayoune in MayWestern Sahara · 336 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.1°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Funchal in MayPortugal · 471 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Tan-Tan in MayMorocco · 504 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Dakhla in MayWestern Sahara · 533 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 0.2 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.