WG1/WG4 Meeting COST Action CM1201
Tenerife October 1-3, 2014
About Tenerife
Tenerife is the largest of the seven Canary Islands. On every one of them, wonders await. Tenerife is an island that surprises with its diversity, its climate and its authenticity.
It has a surface area of 2.034 square kilometres and more than 800.000 inhabitants. It is located over 1300 kilometres from the Spanish mainland and over 300 km from Africa. The shape of the island looks like an irregular triangle. Its three corners are formed by the Anaga, Teno and Adeje Massifs and at its centre, rising above the Cañadas Caldera is Mount Teide, the highest mountain in Spain at 3.718 metres above sea-level.
Their volcanic origins, the fact that they are an archipelago, their latitude close to the Equator, and the passage of the trade winds all mean that the Canary Islands, and Tenerife with them, enjoy some truly unique conditions, in which natural characteristics and landscapes that are not found anywhere else on the planet have been able to develop, greatly adding to the appeal of the islands, for tourists and inhabitants alike.
Local Weather (forecast)
Tenerife is an island of contrasts, marked by the fact that it has grown up around the great volcano of El Teide and the mountain range which begins at its summit and forms an elevated crest running from east to west. This geographical feature gives the island abrupt changes in altitude and temperature.
This kind climate, offering average temperatures of between 20 and 30 degrees year round. is largely due to the prevailing winds, the trade winds, which soften the hardness of the nearby Sahara desert climate.
If you plan to attend the "Teide dinner" please, take care to have something to wrap around since the Parador del Teide is located at more than 2.000 metres above sea-level and the temperature could be under 10 degrees.
Local Time
Canary Islands Time is in the Western European Time Zone. Western European Standard Time (WET) is the same time as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).