Santa Cruz de Tenerife Weather Variability - Part 1

After growing up in the Pacific Northwest, I am adjusted to the reality of experiencing heavy rainfall almost all year long. However, since I moved to Santa Cruz de Tenerife 7 months ago, there has been quite a significant change regarding my daily weather expectations.

It might seem like I’m hinting at the idea that there’s no rain in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, but that’s only partially true. Yes, there is a decent amount of rain here, but it is pretty rare to experience 3-4 rainy days in a row, for example, which is something that is quite normal in the PNW.

Even though there have been a few rainy days to accompany the sunny days here in Santa Cruz de Tenerife since I’ve been living here, it hasn’t been a big issue for me because I honestly appreciate the weather variability and it’s a warm reminder of home (Literally, the rain is actually a bit warmer than the rain in the Pacific Northwest. I don’t know, maybe it’s not that big of a deal for me due to rain being normal while I was growing up, as I already mentioned). The rain actually feels really nice, and it is refreshing whenever it rains in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

By now, you may be wondering why I randomly created a blog post regarding the weather, but I figured this topic would be something important to address for people preparing to travel here. In other words, it would be a good idea to bring a hoodie or a rain jacket if you’re not a fan of rain (I personally don’t really wear rain clothing here).

I mean, it probably won’t rain during your visit, as rainy days rarely occur in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, but as I’ve shared so far, there’s always a chance it could rain, so it’s better to be safe than sorry, as the popular saying goes. Also, it actually rained quite a bit earlier today, literally starting 5-10 minutes after I got back home from one of my runs around the city, so that’s what fueled me to sit down and brainstorm and write this blog post.

EDIT:

I’m updating this post at the end of it to share that I might’ve been a bit wrong when sharing that rain and storms aren’t as bad in the Canary Islands and in Santa Cruz de Tenerife as they are in the Pacific Northwest. I think I might’ve made a bit of a generalization, but again, the weather when it rains in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, based on of my observations throughout the seven months I’ve lived here, isn’t normally this wild.

Below this part of the blog, is a video from after my initial posting of this blog (Today is the 23rd of March in 2024, the footage is from today, I’m just trying to further clarify my edit).

Also, I’m sorry for the vertical video, I should’ve initially taken the video horizontally to fix the sizing (Luckily, it looks a bit better when the video is full screened).

Thank you for reading this blog, I can’t wait to share my next blog with you! :)