It’s a common mistake of underestimating the weather in the Canaries in March.

I’ve gone to Tenerife (Costa Adeje) in March for about 6 years in a row. Every year we’ve had consistent daytime temperatures of 25C and above. In that time we’ve only had a couple of cloudy days when the temperature was in the low 20s.

I think the problem lies in the way that temperatures are reported for Tenerife. There are two main places that temperatures are used from – Santa Cruz in the north (the capital) and the airport which is on the east side of the island. Both of these places are nearly always cooler than the south west of the island around Costa Adeje, Playa Las Americas etc.

Mount Teide at 12,000 feet high has a significant impact on the weather on the island. Even though the airport is not far from Adeje that side of the moountain is much windier and cooler. Once you round the bend at the bottom of Tenerife and get to the other side of Teide the weather changes to blue skies and warmer temperatures.

Hope that helps you and others.