Santa Cruz de la Palma weather in July

In July, Santa Cruz de la Palma sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 3 mm of rain across 1.1 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in July, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 48 min at the start of July to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Santa Cruz de la Palma's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Cruz de la Palma's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
4th warmest
Overnight low
19°
9th coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
1.1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 42 min
6:27 AM – 8:07 PM
Cloud cover
27%
2nd clearest
Wind
34 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
7.37 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.2
out of 10

Santa Cruz de la Palma is municipal capital of Santa Cruz de La Palma, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 8.5 µg/m³ · 2019

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical July day in Santa Cruz de la Palma reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 1°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 1°C warmer than June and about 1°C cooler than August.

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Santa Cruz de la Palma weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 16°326.510.46.0
Feb16° / 15°325.9115.8
Mar16° / 15°295.511.86.0
Apr17° / 16°153.712.76.4
May18° / 17°7213.47.1
Jun19° / 18°41.313.87.8
Jul20° / 19°31.113.68.2
Aug21° / 20°40.8138.5
Sep21° / 21°82.312.28.2
Oct21° / 20°266.611.37.3
Nov19° / 18°368.310.66.6
Dec18° / 17°518.810.26.3

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 2%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Santa Cruz de la Palma gets around 3 mm of rain over 1.1 wet days in July, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 4% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the humid band about 72% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 17% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
125678
224688
323698
421718
520728
618739
717749
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Wind in July

Winds average 34 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 32 km/h on the calmest days to 34 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
132windy
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 48 min at the start of July to 13 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:20 AM to 6:35 AM, and sunset from 8:09 PM to 7:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 7.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.38 kWh/m² to a high of 7.5 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 7.37 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Santa Cruz de la Palma

In seasonPeak

In July, Santa Cruz de la Palma sits inside its atlantic hurricane season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Santa Cruz de la Palma sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Atlantic hurricane
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May
Jun
Jul
Aug
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Oct
Nov
Dec

Is July a good time to visit Santa Cruz de la Palma?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

8.2
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

July is one of the better times to visit Santa Cruz de la Palma for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Santa Cruz de la Palma in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Santa Cruz de la Palma sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 19°C. Pack sun protection and a windbreaker.

sun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Santa Cruz de la Palma in July

The nearest coast averages about 22°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 13 km away) is warmest in September at about 24°C and coldest in March near 19°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 1 to Jan 16 — about 8.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

18°20°22°24°26°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan20Refreshing
Feb19Cool
Mar19Cool
Apr20Cool
May20Refreshing
Jun22Refreshing
Jul22Refreshing
Aug23Refreshing
Sep24Warm
Oct24Refreshing
Nov23Refreshing
Dec21Refreshing

UV index in Santa Cruz de la Palma in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Santa Cruz de la Palma peaks around June 22 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeVery highModerateJun 22UV 11Dec 17UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb6High
Mar9Very high
Apr9Very high
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Santa Cruz de la Palma in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Santa Cruz de la Palma is worst in October — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.8× the cleanest month (June, 4 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Santa Cruz de la Palma's WHO annual average of 8.5 µg/m³.

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodOct 1818 µg/m³Jun 124 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb10Good
Mar6Good
Apr5Good
May4Good
Jun4Good
Jul5Good
Aug6Good
Sep9Good
Oct19Moderate
Nov12Good
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Santa Cruz de la Palma?

Santa Cruz de la Palma sits at 28.7°N, 17.8°W, 18 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Los Llanos de Aridane, 15 km away.

Arona

Topography around Santa Cruz de la Palma

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Santa Cruz de la Palma.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Cruz de la Palma has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 621 m around an average of 146 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,416 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,398 m.

The land around Santa Cruz de la Palma is covered by water (44%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, water (47%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and water (92%) within 80 km.

3 km
621 m
16 km
2,416 m
80 km
2,398 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Los Llanos de Aridane 15 km · Icod de los Vinos 108 km · Guía de Isora 110 km · Adeje 119 km · Realejo Alto 120 km · Los Realejos 120 km · Puerto de la Cruz 122 km · Arona 124 km

Spain travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 65% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$38,627
2025
Happiness
6.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
99%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 540
Religion
Roman Catholic 58%atheist 16%agnostic 11%non-believer 11%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Santa Cruz de la Palma (28.6835°, -17.7642°, elevation 18 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).