What day is New Year's Eve 2026, and is 1 January a holiday?
New Year's Eve falls on Thursday 31 December 2026, and New Year's Day, Friday 1 January 2027, is a public holiday in all of the Canary Islands. That comes from the 2027 Canary Islands calendar of public holidays, Decree 115/2026, published in the BOC on 3 July 2026.
With the holiday on a Friday, the New Year turns into a long weekend that starts on Thursday night. Five days later, Wednesday 6 January 2027, Epiphany, is the next holiday. Every other date of the year, island-wide and town by town, is in our guide to Tenerife's public holidays in 2027.
Where do people see in the New Year in Tenerife?
In the squares and streets of each town, with programmes that the town councils publish in December. On 5 November 2026 we hadn't found a 2026 New Year's Eve programme on the official websites of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Puerto de la Cruz, Adeje or Arona, so this page names no square, stage or fireworks time for now.
The capital is the one with recent form: for New Year 2025, Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council announced that RTVE, Spain's public broadcaster, would air its Canary Islands chimes from the city. As each council confirms its 2026 plan, its official place and times will be added here, with the source.
Which clubs are open on New Year's Eve?
Two of the venues on our calendar have already announced their own New Year's Eve, both on Playa de Troya. Papagayo lists a 'New Year's Eve' night for Thursday 31 December 2026 on its official agenda, with doors at 22:00 and closing at 06:00. The ticket on sale for that night, listed as Follow, shows a 23:00 start; the doors, according to the club's website, open at 22:00.
Next door, Monkey Beach Club lists 'NYE – Fin de año 2026' from 21:00 the same night. By 5 November it hadn't published a closing time or what the night includes, so check its page closer to the date.
Every New Year's Eve night that goes on sale appears below this article and in the December calendar, with the details of each ticket.
What to wear, and which ID to bring
Casual is fine at Papagayo, even on New Year's Eve. Its page for the night says smart shorts are allowed, while cargo or tracksuit trousers and football shirts are not.
The same page limits entry to over-18s with a physical ID card or passport, and a photo of it on your phone won't do. For the rules at the other doors, see what to wear for a night out in Tenerife and age and ID at Tenerife's clubs.
How much is a taxi on New Year's Eve?
More than on an ordinary night: from 22:00 on 31 December until the end of 1 January, the official interurban taxi fare of the Canary Islands applies its Christmas rate. That means €1.55 per kilometre and a minimum fare of €6.54.
The rate is set by the Canary Islands Government's Order of 14 March 2023, published in the BOC on 24 March 2023, and it covers the same hours on 24 December and 5 January.
Is there a night bus or tram on New Year's Eve?
Yes, on the ordinary timetables. TITSA's line 711 runs every day of the year, through the night, between Santa Cruz's bus station, Tenerife South airport, Los Cristianos and the Costa Adeje bus station, a trip TITSA times at 90 min.
In Santa Cruz and La Laguna, Metrotenerife runs tram line 1 through the night on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, every 30 min from 01:00 to 06:00, and 1 January is a holiday.
On 5 November 2026, neither TITSA nor Metrotenerife had announced changes for New Year's Eve, so check both again in late December. How tickets and the Ten+ card work is in our guide to Tenerife's buses.
| Line 711, after midnight | Departures |
|---|---|
| Santa Cruz → Los Cristianos and Costa Adeje | 00:10 · 00:45 · 01:50 · 02:30 · 03:20 · 04:00 |
| Los Cristianos → South airport and Santa Cruz | 00:20 · 00:55 · 02:00 · 02:40 · 03:30 · 04:10 · 06:05 · 06:35 |
How warm is New Year's Eve in Tenerife?
Mild on the coast and cooler up in La Laguna. AEMET's 1981–2010 normals give December an average low of 16.5 °C at Tenerife South airport and 16.6 °C in Santa Cruz, against 11.5 °C at Tenerife North airport, in La Laguna.
Rain is rare in the south, where AEMET counts 3.5 rainy days in an average December. A light layer is enough by the sea; month by month, see Tenerife's weather and its nights.
