Santa Cruz de Tenerife · Canarias
Candelaria
A pretty town with colorful houses, home to the Basílica of Our Lady of Candelaria, patroness of the Canary Islands.
Why people fall for Candelaria
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide.
40 miles from the Mirador de la Centinela.
On the table. Miles of black sand beach where one can enjoy fresh fish.
Worth the trip
- The Basílica of Our Lady of Candelaria, patroness of the Canary Islands since the 16th century
- Monumental bronze statues of the Menceyes Guanches, the 9 kings who shared the island before Europeans arrived
Fiestas
- 15 August, when the richly adorned statue of the Virgin is carried in procession through town
Who it suits: Religious pilgrims
Who Candelaria is for — and who it isn't
Not our opinion: we ran the same scoring engine behind the quiz for six settler profiles across all 8,132 municipalities and read off where Candelaria lands.
Candelaria is mid-pack for all six profiles we score (between the 49th and 89th percentile) — a solid all-rounder, a standout for nobody. Your own priorities may read it differently: that's what the quiz is for.
The numbers
The decision data — each figure placed among all Spanish municipalities that report it ("top 10%" always means good, also where lower is better). Regional overlays and estimates are labelled, and where there's no local reading we say so plainly.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 14.4°C top 2% of 8,131 towns 6.7°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 25.2°C top 8% of 8,131 towns 5°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 62 days top 47% of 8,088 towns 9% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 6.4 h/day bottom 18% of 3,829 towns 12% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+)
- no local data
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €2,832/m² bottom 24% of 306 towns 28% more than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €15,334 top 36% of 8,059 towns 6% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 30.5% top 25% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 12 top 5% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 16 km top 16% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 447 #17 of 17 regions, −32 vs national 34 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 28 min top 38% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 74.2 km bottom 2% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 106 days #12 of 17 regions, +3 days vs national about the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 27 min top 6% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 92% top 41% of 8,132 towns 13% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 94% top 48% of 8,132 towns 10% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 29,240
- Born in Spain
- 83.6% 5.2% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 3.6% 0.2% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.33 per 1,000
Numbers: SpainScore town dataset, derived from INE, AEMET, Mitma and the Catastro. 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.
The year, month by month
AEMET 30-year climate normals — what a January or an August actually feels like, not the annual average.
How does Candelaria 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 Candelaria against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 30 min from San Cristóbal de La Laguna, if that's your anchor.
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