ClimavisoBad weather in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Updated 26 October 2026. Averages for 2019–2025; 2026 up to 26 October 2026.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife gets fewer warnings than most of Spain, and its top reason isn't rain or heat but wind.
37
warning days a year
Spain: 54
5.7
orange or red warning days
a year
3
red days
2019–2025
#154
of 182 zones
1 = most warnings
Tenerife's metropolitan area lives with few warnings, nearly all for wind, heat and, now and then, calima. Wind is its top reason for a warning.
The exceptional happens too: August 2023 brought two red days for heat, and 24 March 2026 a red rain warning in a zone with few rain warnings.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife has 211,957 inhabitants and sits in the Área metropolitana de Tenerife warning zone (Tenerife). Warnings are issued for the whole zone: it shares them with 6 other towns, such as San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Candelaria and Tacoronte.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife's warning zone and its neighbours
AEMET doesn't warn by city but by zone: Santa Cruz de Tenerife gets the warnings for the Área metropolitana de Tenerife zone, outlined on the map. The zones around it have their own thresholds and their own warnings.
Average warning days a year, 2019–2025, against the median of Spain's zones (54 days). Tap a zone to go to its page.
- Área metropolitana de Tenerife (Santa Cruz de Tenerife's zone): 37 days a year
- Norte de Gran Canaria: 26 days a year
- Norte de Tenerife: 34 days a year
- Cumbres de Gran Canaria: 49 days a year
- Este, sur y oeste de Tenerife: 50 days a year
- Este, sur y oeste de Gran Canaria: 61 days a year
Santa Cruz de Tenerife's bad-weather fingerprint
Each axis compares the warning days a year in Santa Cruz de Tenerife's zone with the average of Spain's 182 zones. The dashed circle is the average zone; the edge, three times the average or more.
Fewer than average: cold, snow and fog.
Averages for 2019–2025. It measures how often AEMET issued warnings, not danger or damage.
The year, month by month
Warning days in each month, averaged over 2019–2025, by the day's highest level.
Every day since 2019
Each line is one year in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, January to December, and each mark a day with a warning in its zone: you can see at a glance when bad weather bunches up and which years were calmer.
The colour is each day's highest level. 2026: up to 26 October 2026. Hover or tap a mark to see the dates.
Which warnings, in which months
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 | |||
| Storms | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | |||
| Wind | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| Heat | 0.6 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 1.9 | |||||||
| Dust | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
Warning days of each type and month, yearly average 2019–2025. A day with rain and storms counts in both rows.
Month by month, in detail
January
3.3 warning days on average (0.4 orange or red). Mostly: wind and dust.
February
3.0 warning days on average (0.1 orange or red). Mostly: wind and rain.
March
4.4 warning days on average (0.3 orange or red). Mostly: wind and rain.
April
2.3 warning days on average (0.4 orange or red). Mostly: wind and rain.
May
The quietest month1.4 warning days on average. Mostly: wind.
June
1.4 warning days on average (0.1 orange or red). Mostly: wind and heat.
July
6.1 warning days on average (0.9 orange or red). Mostly: heat and wind.
August
The busiest month3 red days since 20195.7 warning days on average (1.6 orange or red). Mostly: heat and dust.
September
1.7 warning days on average (0.3 orange or red). Mostly: heat and dust.
October
2.7 warning days on average. Mostly: heat and dust.
November
2.0 warning days on average (0.6 orange or red). Mostly: rain and storms.
December
3.3 warning days on average (1.0 orange or red). Mostly: rain and wind.
The best month to go (if you'd rather not see warnings)
Counting warning days and how serious they are, the quietest months in Santa Cruz de Tenerife are May and June: 1.4 and 1.4 warning days on average. The busiest is August, with 5.7.
May and June are the quietest months of the year.
Summers: the heat
Santa Cruz de Tenerife has 13 heat-warning days a year (2.4 of them orange or red). Yellow starts at a forecast high of 34 °C; orange at 37 °C; red at 40 °C.
The heat-warning season usually runs from 8 July to 20 September. The earliest one came on 10 June; the latest, on 14 October.
Red heat days since 2019: 11 August 2023, 12 August 2023 and 10 August 2025.
Winters: cold, snow and wind
Winter (December to February) brings 9.6 warning days on average: rain (3.3), storms (2.1), wind (6.3) and dust (2.9).
The yellow cold warning starts at lows of −1 °C; red, at −8 °C. Snow, at 2 cm in 24 hours.
Rain and storms
Santa Cruz de Tenerife has 9.1 rain-warning days and 4.3 storm-warning days a year. The months with the most rain warnings are March, December and November.
Here the yellow rain warning starts at 15 mm in an hour or 60 mm in 12 hours; red, at 60 mm or 180 mm.
Red rain or storm days since 2019: 24 March 2026.
Wind, fog and coast
Wind warnings: 16 days a year; yellow starts at gusts of 70 km/h.
Year by year
| Year | Warning days | Orange | Red | Mostly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 51 | 4 | 1 | wind and heat |
| 2025 | 40 | 8 | 1 | heat and rain |
| 2024 | 37 | 2 | 0 | wind and rain |
| 2023 | 46 | 4 | 2 | heat and wind |
| 2022 | 54 | 11 | 0 | wind and heat |
| 2021 | 40 | 6 | 0 | wind and rain |
| 2020 | 28 | 5 | 0 | wind and heat |
| 2019 | 17 | 1 | 0 | heat and rain |
2026, up to 26 October 2026. For the same stretch of the year, the 2019–2025 average is 32 days.
The year with the most warnings was 2022, with 54 days.
The worst days
Every red day since June 2018:
- 24 March 2026 rain
- 10 August 2025 heat
- 12 August 2023 heat
- 11 August 2023 heat
The longest run of consecutive warning days lasted 8 days, from 4 October 2023 to 11 October 2023.
When a warning is issued in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
| Yellow | Orange | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heat (high) | 34 °C | 37 °C | 40 °C |
| Cold (low) | −1 °C | −4 °C | −8 °C |
| Wind (gusts) | 70 km/h | 90 km/h | 130 km/h |
| Rain in 1 hour | 15 mm | 30 mm | 60 mm |
| Rain in 12 hours | 60 mm | 100 mm | 180 mm |
| Snow in 24 hours | 2 cm | 5 cm | 20 cm |
Thresholds for the Área metropolitana de Tenerife zone in AEMET's warning plan. Storms have no numeric threshold: yellow for strong storms, orange for very strong ones. More in what each colour means.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife compared with other cities
| City | Warning days a year | Orange or red a year | Red days since 2019 | Mostly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lleida | 92 | 17 | 9 | heat and storms |
| Zaragoza | 89 | 22 | 20 | heat and storms |
| Cuenca | 85 | 14 | 3 | heat and storms |
| Soria | 85 | 9.1 | 1 | storms and rain |
| Teruel | 84 | 11 | 4 | storms and rain |
| Albacete | 83 | 14 | 7 | heat and storms |
| Palma | 78 | 15 | 1 | rain and storms |
| Huesca | 77 | 12 | 0 | storms and rain |
| Segovia | 74 | 8.0 | 0 | storms and wind |
| Córdoba | 73 | 29 | 15 | heat and rain |
| Ávila | 73 | 7.1 | 4 | rain and wind |
| Sevilla | 69 | 23 | 12 | heat and rain |
| Pamplona | 68 | 15 | 6 | storms and rain |
| Ibiza | 67 | 13 | 2 | rain and wind |
| Girona | 66 | 10 | 4 | rain and storms |
| Madrid | 65 | 16 | 5 | heat and storms |
| Valladolid | 65 | 9.0 | 0 | heat and storms |
| Burgos | 64 | 6.6 | 1 | storms and rain |
| Zamora | 63 | 7.1 | 0 | heat and storms |
| Palencia | 59 | 5.6 | 0 | storms and rain |
| Jaén | 59 | 25 | 7 | heat and rain |
| Salamanca | 59 | 6.4 | 0 | heat and storms |
| Toledo | 58 | 20 | 5 | heat and rain |
| Logroño | 58 | 14 | 7 | storms and heat |
| Badajoz | 57 | 19 | 9 | heat and rain |
| Guadalajara | 57 | 9.9 | 3 | heat and storms |
| Granada | 56 | 14 | 5 | heat and storms |
| Almería | 55 | 5.3 | 0 | wind and heat |
| Dénia | 55 | 12 | 8 | rain and storms |
| Barcelona | 54 | 9.4 | 5 | rain and storms |
| Vitoria-Gasteiz | 52 | 10 | 2 | storms and wind |
| València | 51 | 12 | 13 | rain and storms |
| Ciudad Real | 50 | 13 | 0 | heat and rain |
| León | 50 | 3.6 | 0 | storms and rain |
| Tarragona | 49 | 8.7 | 2 | rain and storms |
| Murcia | 46 | 13 | 11 | heat and rain |
| Vigo | 46 | 5.1 | 0 | rain and wind |
| Castellón de la Plana | 45 | 11 | 2 | rain and storms |
| San Sebastián | 43 | 5.7 | 4 | rain and storms |
| Bilbao | 41 | 8.0 | 9 | rain and storms |
| Alicante | 41 | 7.1 | 11 | rain and heat |
| A Coruña | 41 | 6.7 | 2 | wind and rain |
| Cáceres | 40 | 9.7 | 0 | heat and rain |
| Lugo | 39 | 3.3 | 0 | rain and wind |
| Ourense | 39 | 6.1 | 4 | heat and rain |
| Cádiz | 39 | 5.1 | 2 | rain and wind |
| Huelva | 39 | 9.1 | 7 | heat and rain |
| Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 37 | 5.7 | 3 | wind and heat |
| Málaga | 35 | 10 | 15 | rain and heat |
| Santander | 33 | 3.1 | 3 | rain and wind |
| Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | 26 | 2.9 | 0 | heat and wind |
| Oviedo | 26 | 3.1 | 1 | rain and storms |
| Gijón | 26 | 2.0 | 0 | rain and wind |
| Avilés | 22 | 1.9 | 0 | rain and wind |
Averages for 2019–2025. Careful: each zone has its own thresholds, so a warning doesn't mean exactly the same everywhere.
If you live in Santa Cruz de Tenerife or are thinking of moving
- With 5.7 orange or red days a year, serious warnings come a few times a year, nearly always in the same seasons.
- Most of the year you'll see few warnings.
- Wind is the most common warning: take care if you're driving or heading out to sea.
- July and August concentrate the heat warnings, sometimes with calima.
In short
A calm city for warnings, more about wind than rain, with the odd heat episode not to underestimate.
Frequently asked questions
When does it rain most in Santa Cruz de Tenerife?
Going by the warnings, the months with the most rain-warning days are March and December. On average there are 9.1 rain-warning days a year.
What's the best month to visit Santa Cruz de Tenerife?
If you want to dodge bad-weather warnings, May and June: they have the fewest warning days on average.
Have there been red warnings in Santa Cruz de Tenerife?
Yes: 4 red days since June 2018, the latest on 24 March 2026 (rain).
Does it get very hot in Santa Cruz de Tenerife?
There are 13 heat-warning days a year on average. The yellow warning here starts at a forecast high of 34 °C.
How this was made
Everything comes from the archive of official AEMET warnings that Climaviso has kept since June 2018: each day counts once, at the highest level the zone had. A warning is a forecast, not damage or a measurement, and it's issued for the whole zone, not your street. We don't cover measured temperatures or rainfall: only when, and why, a warning was issued.
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Other cities
- Madrid
- Barcelona
- València
- Sevilla
- Zaragoza
- Málaga
- Bilbao
- Alicante
- Gijón
- Avilés
- Murcia
- Palma
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Valladolid
- Vigo
- A Coruña
- Granada
- Córdoba
- Oviedo
- Pamplona
- San Sebastián
- Santander
- Salamanca
- Logroño
- Castellón de la Plana
- Cádiz
- Dénia
- Ibiza
- Almería
- Albacete
- Ávila
- Badajoz
- Burgos
- Cáceres
- Ciudad Real
- Cuenca
- Girona
- Guadalajara
- Huelva
- Huesca
- Jaén
- León
- Lleida
- Lugo
- Ourense
- Palencia
- Segovia
- Soria
- Tarragona
- Teruel
- Toledo
- Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Zamora