Santa Cruz de Tenerife · Canarias
Garachico
Once the island's most important trading port with Europe, almost entirely destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 1706.
What Garachico is like
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide.
The main settlement on Tenerife's north coast.
Worth the trip
- The Fuerte San Miguel, which survived the eruption
- Natural pools of El Caletón, born where hot lava met the sea
- The Church of Matriz de Santa Ana, rebuilt after the eruption
A little history
In the 16th century this was the island's most important port for trade with Europe; Garachico was almost entirely destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 1706.
Who it suits: Volcanic-history travellers
The numbers
The decision data — each figure against the Spanish average. Regional overlays and estimates are labelled, and where there's no local reading we say so plainly.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 19.3°C 11.5°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 26.2°C 4°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 34 days 51% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+)
- no local data
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €11,650 20% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 26.7%
Schools
- Schools in town
- 4
- Nearest international school
- 20 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 447 34 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 41 min
- Nearest health centre
- 42.1 km
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 106 days about the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 53 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 85% 6% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 85% 2% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 4,941
- Born in Spain
- 84.8% 4% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 5.4% 1.5% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.61 per 1,000
Numbers: SettleSpain town dataset, derived from INE, AEMET, Mitma, Ministerio del Interior and the Catastro. National average = the unweighted mean across all 8,132 Spanish municipalities with data. A blank means no municipal-level figure is published — not a zero.
How does Garachico fit you?
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