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.
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Living in Garachico
Garachico is a small town of 4,900 on Tenerife's rugged north coast, once the island's most important trading port until a 1706 volcanic eruption buried much of it in lava — the flow left behind the natural rock pools of El Caletón that are now the town's swimming spot. The northern coast's climate is mild and subtropical year-round, if greener and cloudier than the sunny south. For its size it's fairly international, with a notable German community and a large Venezuelan one among a mostly Spanish population. A hospital is close by though the winding roads make it a forty-minute drive; the southern airport is about fifty minutes off.
Garachico'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 Garachico's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 73% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
Once the island's most important trading port with Europe, almost entirely destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 1706. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 41 min to a hospital and 19.3°C average winters.
- Winter average temp 19.3°C
- Drive to a hospital 41 min
- Surgical wait (region) 106 days
- Registered long-let rent €7.41/m²·mo
Higher than 64% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
Once the island's most important trading port with Europe, almost entirely destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 1706. A strong pick for American retirees — 41 min to a hospital and 19.3°C average winters.
- Winter average temp 19.3°C
- Drive to a hospital 41 min
- U.S.-born residents 0.61 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €7.41/m²·mo
Higher than 62% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
Once the island's most important trading port with Europe, almost entirely destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 1706. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 7 km from the sea and a settled international community.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 26.2°C
- Rainy days a year 34 days
- Winter average temp 19.3°C
Higher than 61% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
Once the island's most important trading port with Europe, almost entirely destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 1706. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — a settled international community and 7 km from the sea.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 85%
- Drive to nearest airport 53 min
- Registered long-let rent €7.41/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 26.2°C
Higher than 50% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
Once the island's most important trading port with Europe, almost entirely destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 1706. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 7 km from the sea and a settled international community.
- Schools in town 4
- PISA maths (region) 447
- Registered long-let rent €7.41/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 41 min
Higher than 43% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
Once the island's most important trading port with Europe, almost entirely destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 1706. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — a settled international community and 7 km from the sea.
- Registered long-let rent €7.41/m²·mo
- Net income per person €11,650
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 26.2°C
What is the climate like in Garachico?
Garachico's reported winter average is 19.3°C, while July–August highs reach 26.2°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 19.3°C top 1% of 8,131 towns 11.5°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 26.2°C top 11% of 8,131 towns 4°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 34 days top 3% of 8,088 towns 51% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- 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)
- 0 ha/km² top 1% of 8,132 towns 2.31 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 0 top 1% of 8,132 towns 6 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 Garachico?
Garachico's nearest health centre is 42.1 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 41 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 41 min bottom 39% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 42.1 km bottom 7% 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 Garachico?
Garachico has 4 schools in town; the nearest international school is 20 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 4 top 15% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 20 km top 21% 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 Garachico?
Garachico's reported registered long-let rent is €7.41/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €7.41/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €5.15/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €9.61/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €11,650 bottom 14% of 8,059 towns 20% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 26.7% top 46% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Garachico?
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 Garachico?
Garachico's reported population is 4,941.
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
How easy is it to get around Garachico?
Garachico is a reported 53 min drive from the nearest airport, with 85% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 53 min top 28% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 85% bottom 37% of 8,132 towns 6% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 85% bottom 28% of 8,132 towns 2% 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 Garachico 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 Garachico against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 39 min from Arona, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Garachico for you →Questions to verify locally
- Ask whether current long-let rents match the registered-contract figure.
- Request comparable sales; neither appraisal nor asking data is published.
- 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.
- Test the reported airport drive at the time you would travel.
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