Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz de Tenerife weather
in September.
A warm, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Santa Cruz de Tenerife: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes September a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arona (59 km away). In September its highs average 23.2°C, 1.6°C cooler than Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Santa Cruz de Tenerife ranks joint 58th of 93 for the warmest September highs and 1st of 93 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 93 cities is 25.5°C; Santa Cruz de Tenerife is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.9 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Arona in SeptemberSpain · 59 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in SeptemberSpain · 92 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in SeptemberSpain · 93 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Telde in SeptemberSpain · 97 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Laayoune in SeptemberWestern Sahara · 336 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Funchal in SeptemberPortugal · 471 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 20.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Tan-Tan in SeptemberMorocco · 504 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.3°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Dakhla in SeptemberWestern Sahara · 533 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 5.5 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.