Santa Cruz de Tenerife · Canarias
Icod de los Vinos
A wine-growing-region town dating from the beginning of the conquest, its pride the most imposing and oldest dragon tree of the archipelago. Michelin rates it notable (1 star).
.jpg){kind=link}
Living in Icod de los Vinos
Icod de los Vinos is a north-Tenerife town of 25,000 in old wine-growing country, famous above all for its Drago Milenario — a vast dragon tree reckoned to be 800 to 1,000 years old — and for the vineyards on the slopes around it. The northern climate is mild and green year-round, without the sun-baked heat of the south. It has a settled international mix, with a notable German community and a very large Venezuelan one, though most residents are Spanish-born. It has its own hospital, but sits well away from the main airport in the south — around an hour and a quarter — so this is a town for people rooted in the quieter, greener north of the island.
Icod de los Vinos'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 Icod de los Vinos's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 87% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A settled international community and 24,675 people — a natural fit for a remote-working couple.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 88%
- Drive to nearest airport 85 min
- Registered long-let rent €5.33/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 26.2°C
Higher than 85% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A hospital in town and 19.3°C average winters — a natural fit for a retiring couple.
- Winter average temp 19.3°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- Surgical wait (region) 106 days
- Registered long-let rent €5.33/m²·mo
Higher than 81% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
12 km from the sea and a settled international community — a natural fit if you can't stand hot summers.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 26.2°C
- Rainy days a year 34 days
- Winter average temp 19.3°C
Higher than 81% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
12 km from the sea and a settled international community — a natural fit for a family with school-age kids.
- Schools in town 18
- PISA maths (region) 447
- Registered long-let rent €5.33/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
Higher than 78% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A hospital in town and 19.3°C average winters — a natural fit for American retirees.
- Winter average temp 19.3°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- U.S.-born residents 1.42 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €5.33/m²·mo
Higher than 72% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A settled international community and 24,675 people — a natural fit for coastal living on a budget.
- Registered long-let rent €5.33/m²·mo
- Net income per person €11,084
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 26.2°C
What is the climate like in Icod de los Vinos?
Icod de los Vinos'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 Icod de los Vinos?
Icod de los Vinos's nearest health centre is 47 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
- 47 km bottom 6% 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 Icod de los Vinos?
Icod de los Vinos has 18 schools in town; the nearest international school is 15 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 18 top 3% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 15 km top 15% 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 Icod de los Vinos?
Icod de los Vinos's reported asking price is €1,846/m².
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- €1,846/m² asking · Fotocasa Jun 2026 · small sample
- Registered long-let rent
- €5.33/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €4.12/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €7.36/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €11,084 bottom 9% of 8,059 towns 24% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 31.7% top 20% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Icod de los Vinos?
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 Icod de los Vinos?
Icod de los Vinos's reported population is 24,675.
Who lives here
- Population
- 24,675
- Born in Spain
- 80% 8.8% 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
- 1.42 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Icod de los Vinos?
Icod de los Vinos is a reported 85 min drive from the nearest airport, with 82% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 85 min bottom 39% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 82% bottom 32% of 8,132 towns 3% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 88% bottom 34% of 8,132 towns 5% 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 Icod de los Vinos 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 Icod de los Vinos against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 82 min from Arona, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Icod de los Vinos for you →Questions to verify locally
- Ask whether current long-let rents match the registered-contract figure.
- Ask what recent sales closed at; the published figure is asking price.
- 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.
Nearby towns
Other places we profile within easy reach.