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Satellite view of Playa de las Américas; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Playa de las Américas

SpainCanary Islands · Spain · Atlantic Ocean

28.0620, -16.7341 · Playa de las Américas, 0 km

  • 24°Sea · September
  • 25°High · August
  • 9.9 hSunshine · June
The dot marks Playa de las Américas. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Playa de las Américas in October

  • 24°CAir, daytime high22°C at night
  • 24°CSea temperature
  • 7.4 hSunshine a day
  • 5 daysRainy days in the month25 mm in total
  • 16 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • ExcellentBathing water qualityOfficial EU classification, 2025 season
  • Partly accessibleWheelchair accessOpenStreetMap
  • 241Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 16 kmAirport: Tenerife Sur Airport (TFS)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 23.8 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 23.6 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 24.1 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaSeptember and October24 °C
Most sunshineMay and June10 h of sun a day
Least rainJune and July2 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan20°6 h25 mm
  2. Feb19°7 h24 mm
  3. Mar19°8 h19 mm
  4. Apr19°9 h12 mm
  5. May20°10 h7 mm
  6. Jun21°10 h3 mm
  7. Jul22°9 h2 mm
  8. Aug23°9 h5 mm
  9. Sep24°9 h10 mm
  10. Oct24°7 h25 mm
  11. Nov22°6 h33 mm
  12. Dec21°6 h37 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
20°22°24°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 20°Feb: 19°Mar: 19°Apr: 19°May: 20°Jun: 21°Jul: 22°Aug: 23°Sep: 24°Oct: 24°Nov: 22°Dec: 21°24°19°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
18°20°22°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 18 °C (High 19° / Low 17°)Feb: 18 °C (High 19° / Low 17°)Mar: 18 °C (High 19° / Low 17°)Apr: 19 °C (High 20° / Low 18°)May: 20 °C (High 21° / Low 19°)Jun: 21 °C (High 23° / Low 20°)Jul: 22 °C (High 24° / Low 21°)Aug: 23 °C (High 25° / Low 22°)Sep: 24 °C (High 25° / Low 22°)Oct: 23 °C (High 24° / Low 22°)Nov: 21 °C (High 22° / Low 20°)Dec: 20 °C (High 20° / Low 19°)24°18°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm20 mm40 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 25 mmFeb: 24 mmMar: 19 mmApr: 12 mmMay: 7 mmJun: 3 mmJul: 2 mm2Aug: 5 mmSep: 10 mmOct: 25 mmNov: 33 mmDec: 37 mm37

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.5 hFeb: 7.0 hMar: 8.1 hApr: 8.9 hMay: 9.5 hJun: 9.9 h9.9Jul: 9.2 hAug: 9.0 hSep: 8.8 hOct: 7.4 hNov: 6.2 hDec: 5.9 h5.9

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Playa de las Américas: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Playa de las Américas: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January1917202566.519
February1917192467.021
March1917191948.120
April2018191238.919
May211920729.519
June232021319.919
July242122209.224
August252223519.022
Septemberwarmest sea2522241028.817
October2422242557.416
November2220223366.218
December2019213775.919

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Playa de las Américas: Tenerife parasailing A
Photo: Wouter Hagens · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa de las Américas: Playa de las Americas - panoramio
Photo: dr.eros · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa de las Américas: Пляж острова Тенерифе (Плайя де лас Америкас) - panoramio
Photo: Андрей Колычев · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER15 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202013 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.115 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.6 km away
Wheelchair accessOpenStreetMapat this spot
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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