Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz de Tenerife weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Santa Cruz de Tenerife: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 30 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arona (59 km away). In October its highs average 21.6°C, 2.2°C cooler than Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Santa Cruz de Tenerife ranks 13th of 93 for the warmest October highs and joint 1st of 93 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 93 cities is 21.1°C; Santa Cruz de Tenerife is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Arona in OctoberSpain · 59 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in OctoberSpain · 92 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in OctoberSpain · 93 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Telde in OctoberSpain · 97 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Laayoune in OctoberWestern Sahara · 336 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Funchal in OctoberPortugal · 471 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 18.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Tan-Tan in OctoberMorocco · 504 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Dakhla in OctoberWestern Sahara · 533 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 3.4 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.