Santa Cruz de Tenerife · Canarias
Adeje
A village off the main road, gateway to a strange crevice site in a magnificent setting.
Living in Adeje
Adeje climbs Tenerife's sunny coast from a hillside village at 757m down to the resort strip around Costa Adeje, where its hospital sits. This is one of Spain's most international corners: barely two in five of its 50,000 residents were born in Spain, and the town counts some 3,600 British and 840 German nationals, with Italians the single largest foreign group. The subtropical year hardly moves — winters average around 20°C, summer highs sit near 28°C, and rain falls on only a dozen or so days — so life is lived outdoors most of the year. The nearest beach is a few kilometres downhill, Arona is about twenty minutes away, and Tenerife South airport half an hour off.
Adeje's Spainability Scores — by who's moving
Not our opinion: we ran the same scoring engine behind the quiz for six settler profiles across all 8,132 municipalities. Each score is Adeje's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 83% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A village off the main road, gateway to a strange crevice site in a magnificent setting. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a hospital in town and 19.7°C average winters.
- Winter average temp 19.7°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- Surgical wait (region) 106 days
- Registered long-let rent €10/m²·mo
Higher than 70% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A village off the main road, gateway to a strange crevice site in a magnificent setting. A strong pick for American retirees — a hospital in town and 19.7°C average winters.
- Winter average temp 19.7°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- U.S.-born residents 1.72 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €10/m²·mo
Higher than 68% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A village off the main road, gateway to a strange crevice site in a magnificent setting. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 8 km from the sea and 50,612 people.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 98%
- Drive to nearest airport 33 min
- Registered long-let rent €10/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 28.3°C
Higher than 52% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
A village off the main road, gateway to a strange crevice site in a magnificent setting. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 8 km from the sea and a hospital in town.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 28.3°C
- Rainy days a year 14 days
- Winter average temp 19.7°C
Higher than 51% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A village off the main road, gateway to a strange crevice site in a magnificent setting. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 8 km from the sea and a hospital in town.
- Schools in town 17
- PISA maths (region) 447
- Registered long-let rent €10/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
Higher than 38% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A village off the main road, gateway to a strange crevice site in a magnificent setting. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 8 km from the sea and 50,612 people.
- Registered long-let rent €10/m²·mo
- Net income per person €12,060
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 28.3°C
What is the climate like in Adeje?
Adeje's reported winter average is 19.7°C, while July–August highs reach 28.3°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 19.7°C top 1% of 8,131 towns 11.9°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 28.3°C top 24% of 8,131 towns 1.9°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 14 days top 1% of 8,088 towns 80% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine estimated
- 7.9 h/day top 20% of 3,829 towns 9% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+)
- no local data
- River-flood depth (T=100, town centre) estimated
- 0 m top 1% of 8,129 towns 0.04 m below the Spanish average (0.04 m)
- River-flood risk score estimated
- 0 top 1% of 8,129 towns about the Spanish average (0)
- Wildfire burn rate (2010–23)
- 61.5 ha/km² bottom 1% of 8,132 towns 59.2 ha/km² above the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 1 top 39% of 8,132 towns 5 below the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 30.9% bottom 1% of 8,130 towns 8% above the Spanish average (22.9%)
The year, month by month
AEMET 30-year climate normals — what a January or an August actually feels like, not the annual average.
How good is healthcare in Adeje?
Adeje's nearest health centre is 38.8 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 0 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min top 1% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 38.8 km bottom 8% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 106 days #12 of 17 regions, +3 days vs national about the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Adeje?
Adeje has 17 schools in town; the nearest international school is 9 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 17 top 3% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 9 km top 7% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 447 #17 of 17 regions, −32 vs national 34 below the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Adeje?
Adeje's reported home price is €3,728/m², while registered long-let rent is €10/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €3,728/m² appraisal (valor tasado) bottom 8% of 306 towns 69% more than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €10/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €7.97/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €12.5/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- 3.22% bottom 9% of 306 towns
- Net income per person
- €12,060 bottom 19% of 8,059 towns 17% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 32.5% top 17% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Adeje?
Spanish is the only region-wide official language in the Canary Islands, and Spanish-medium teaching is the public-school default. Individual bilingual and international programmes can use other languages, so check the specific school. See the the Canary Islands region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Adeje?
Adeje's reported population is 50,612.
Who lives here
- Population
- 50,612
- Born in Spain
- 43.5% 45.3% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 28.9% 25.1% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.72 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Adeje?
Adeje is a reported 33 min drive from the nearest airport, with 96% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 33 min top 9% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 96% top 21% of 8,132 towns 17% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 98% top 28% of 8,132 towns 14% above the Spanish average (83%)
Numbers: Spainability town dataset, derived from INE, AEMET, Mitma and the Catastro. Registered long-let rent is SERPAVI declared-contract data; its p25–p75 values show the observed band. Registered-rent yield is gross, excludes costs and is never imputed. Percentile chips count only the municipalities that report the figure — the "of n" says how many. Region-ranked figures (PISA, surgical waits) compare Spain's 17 comunidades autónomas. A blank means no municipal-level figure is published — not a zero.
How does Adeje fit you?
These are the town's numbers. Whether it's your town depends on what you're optimising for — winter sun or mild summers, a city or a village, short medical waits, an easy flight home. The 3-minute quiz scores Adeje against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 21 min from Arona, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Adeje for you →Questions to verify locally
- Ask whether current long-let rents match the registered-contract figure.
- Request recent comparable sales before relying on the appraisal figure.
- Test fibre speed at the exact address, not the town average.
- Visit local schools and confirm places for incoming families.
- Confirm health-centre registration and opening hours in person.
- Ask an insurer how the mapped flood or wildfire exposure affects cover.
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