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Tenerife

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El ricón de Diegorestaurant
La Tapería
La Taperíarestaurant

Tenerife at a glance

Local time   · Europe/Madrid
Today
Partly cloudy29° / 21°
Travel basics
Tap water
Safe to drink
Electricity
230V/50Hz · Type C / F
Drives on
Right
Currency
EUR
Language
Spanish
US passport
Visa-free

Entry rules change. Verify current requirements before booking.

City context
Population
955K
Elevation
10 m
Climate
BWh
SpainDetails and sources →
¡Tenerife, donde el sol brilla más y las cervezas son siempre frías!

Why visit

Tenerife is an island trip with several climates in a small area: Teide, black-sand beaches, resort towns, old northern towns, and easy food stops. The reason to go is the contrast between volcanic interior and coast.

When to avoid

Do not visit Tenerife expecting every worthwhile stop to be close together or easy to improvise. For Tenerife, the practical constraints are part of the itinerary: hours, transport, weather, crowds, and the distance between worthwhile areas. Keep Tenerife practical: fewer cross-town moves, confirmed hours, and paid transport when it saves time or saves time. If the main interest is one nearby site, it may be better to treat Tenerife as a base rather than the whole destination.

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Plan Tenerife

Current conditions and the practical reference material that helps turn the saved places into a trip.

The next week in Tenerife

7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).

Today
Partly cloudy
29° / 21°
UV Very high
Wed
Drizzle
28° / 20°
1.0 mm
UV Very high
Thu
Clear
26° / 19°
UV Very high
Fri
Clear
26° / 18°
UV Very high
Sat
Clear
25° / 15°
UV Very high
Sun
Overcast
19° / 11°
UV Very high
Mon
Overcast
18° / 9°
UV Very high

Climate

Year-round

Typical highs around 21°C, lows around 19°C.

In August 4

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Weather
24° / 22°
Typical high / low
0 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.2h
08:35 – 21:46local
Holidays coming up

Public holidays from Nager.Date.

Airports

closest TFS · 28 km

Getting around Tenerife

Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.

Local transit operators
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Operators and modes are aggregated from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications come from each feed’s route type codes.

About Tenerife

Tenerife is the largest and most-populous island of the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. With a land area of 2,034.38 km2 (785.48 mi2) and a population of 972,018 inhabitants as of January 2026, it is the most-populous island in Spain and the entire Macaronesia region. Tenerife is also home to 42.7% of the total population of the archipelago.

Area
2,034 km²
Demonym
Tinerfeño/a
Airport codes
TFS; TFN
Spain basics →Country context, advisories, and entry links for the practicalities shown above.
References5▾▴

The links below support the changing or licensed reference material on this page. Personal notes and ordinary geographic facts are not footnoted individually.

  1. City background. Wikipedia summary may be clipped or paraphrased. Structured fields are cross-checked against the related references. Related: Wikidata, .
JFMAMJJASOND27°14°
highlowrainfallcomfortable months

Monthly highs, lows, rainfall — long-term averages, NASA POWER.

Open-Elevation
, IANA Time Zone Database
, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Weather and climate. Seven-day forecast and long-term monthly climate for the city coordinates. Related: NASA POWER, Open-Meteo license.
  • Getting around. Transit operators from agency GTFS feeds and nearby commercial-airport reference data. Related: OurAirports.
  • Public holidays. Upcoming public-holiday dates used in the annual planning scrubber.
  • City flag source. Public domain.
  • Maps, image licenses, and the full dataset registry are listed in site credits.