Playa de Las Teresitas

Golden sand, shipped in from the Sahara.

How we rated it: up one for a sourced find, sand shipped in from the Sahara. Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). · CC BY-SA 4.0

The hang

Las Teresitas is close to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and its golden sand was shipped in from the Sahara. It has parking for over 100 cars, a bus service, a paddle area, bars, restaurants and facilities, and Lonely Planet calls it popular for its chilled atmosphere and chiringuitos. We measured 1,141 metres of sand, 128 wide on average.

The real intel

Best months · warmest sea: August (24.3 °C), then September and October. Coolest: March (19.8 °C). One year of data, 2025.
Best months · emptiest: No crowd data.
Getting there: By bus, or by car to a car park with over 100 spaces.
The catch nobody tells you: Nothing on record.

The year at Playa de Las Teresitas

Warmest sea in August. Fewest wet days in October. Pick your fight.

Sea (°C)

20.5

20.1

19.8

20.2

20.9

21.8

22.8

24.3

23.5

20.8

Air (°C)

18.9

18.4

18.3

18.8

19.7

22.3

23.1

23.4

22.7

21.7

19.2

Sun (h/day)

9.8

10.5

10.7

11.4

12.4

12.9

11.9

11.8

11.7

10.5

9.5

9.6

Rain (days)

One year of data, 2025, from Open-Meteo at this beach's coordinates. A rain day is 1 mm or more. The red bar is the month to aim for in each row.

The neighbours

6 beaches within 6 km, as the gull flies.

982 mPlaya de las Gaviotas277 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
1.4 kmPlaya Chica171 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
1.6 kmPlaya Fea50 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
2.0 kmPlaya de la Cueva del Agua286 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
2.4 kmPlayita del Burro219 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
3.2 kmPlaya del Llano66 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.

Straight-line distances from the mapped beach shapes (OpenStreetMap). Roads are longer, and in Bali they are much longer.

The crowd

Popular, and relaxed about it.

The facts · we measured

Length: 1,141 m
Mean width: 127.7 m
Area: 145,607 m²
Warmest sea (2025): 24.3 °C in Aug
Coldest sea (2025): 19.8 °C in Mar
Sea by month, °C: Jan 20.5 · Feb 20.1 · Mar 19.8 · Apr 20.2 · May 20.9 · Jun 21.8 · Jul 22.8 · Aug 24.3 · Sep 24.0 · Oct 23.5 · Nov 23.0 · Dec 20.8