Tenerife

About

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.

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Why visit

Visit Tenerife for landscape, water, gardens, and nearby routes. For Tenerife, the useful material is practical and visible: museums, streets, religious buildings, markets, performance spaces, food, and nearby landscapes. A good itinerary should stay selective. Let one institution, district, or landscape edge organize the day in Tenerife, then keep the supporting stops close. The result is a day in Tenerife that can be followed, remembered, and adjusted. When Tenerife opens onto beaches, hills, rivers, gardens, or nearby towns, add them only when they sharpen the trip.

When to avoid

Do not visit Tenerife expecting every useful 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 useful areas. Keep Tenerife practical: fewer cross-town moves, confirmed hours, and paid transport when it saves time or reduces friction. If the main interest is one nearby site, it may be better to treat Tenerife as a base rather than the whole destination.

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).

Year-round climate

Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).

Airports near Tenerife

2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Tenerife Sur Airport (TFS) at 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.

Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.