Is there a dress code in Tenerife's clubs?
Yes, a casual one, and it is written as a list of things not to wear. Papagayo is the only venue on our calendar that publishes it in full; Monkey Beach Club says it has no strict code, and Mala Mía and WILD publish none.
So the safe choice is simple: smart shorts or trousers and a top without a football crest. Anything sportier is where the trouble starts.
What can't you wear at Papagayo?
Cargo trousers, tracksuit bottoms and football shirts: those three stay at the door. Shorts are fine as long as they are smart, and the club calls its own code casual. Its New Year's Eve page repeats the same rules: see New Year's Eve in Tenerife.
The same rules cover both rooms, the main room and the smaller El Nido, each with its own programme and ticket. Doors open at 22:00 on the club's night pages, the nights on sale start at 23:00, and the ticket notes give last entry at 01:00.
What matters as much as the outfit is in your pocket: a physical DNI, NIE or passport, because a photo or a scan on your phone is not accepted. The details are in age and ID at the door.
What do you wear to The White Party?
White, from head to toe. The ticket page for The White Party asks guests to dress in white, and it is the one night on our calendar where the colour is the rule.
Monkey Beach Club itself has no strict dress code, but it warns that themed parties can set special clothing requirements. For its other parties, it notes that fresh clothes and comfortable shoes are the popular choice.
The party starts at 22:30 and, according to its ticket page, keeps going until 03:45, on a beach club above the sea at Playa de Troya.
Beach club at five, club at eleven: one outfit or two?
One can work if you plan it. The Tenerife Beach Party at OA Beach Club starts at 17:00, and its ticket page sets no dress code.
OA is a daytime beach club on the Playa de las Américas seafront, with sunbeds, Balinese beds and a natural pool, and its team calls it one of the island's best spots for the sunset. Swimwear belongs to the afternoon: if you are heading on to a club at 23:00, bring something that passes Papagayo's list.
Every afternoon party of this kind is gathered under beach parties.
Mala Mía and WILD: anything to know?
Neither publishes a dress code, so we will not invent one. Mala Mía, an urban club in Arona, describes its nights by their sound: Saturday's La Urban is 'graffiti, street and urban sound', Friday's Nasty is 'shine, excess and reggaeton'.
In other words, dress for the music. WILD, in the San Telmo shopping centre in Los Cristianos, publishes no door rules on its website, so we say nothing about its door.
Do you need a jacket at night?
Rarely: a light layer is enough for most of the year. At Tenerife South airport, the official weather station closest to the clubs, AEMET's 1981–2010 normals give an average minimum of 18.2 °C in November, 16.5 °C in December and 15.0 °C in February, the coolest month.
That minimum is the temperature of the walk home, not of the dance floor. For every month, north and south, see Tenerife's weather by month.
