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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Why people fall for Garachico
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
Who Garachico 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 Garachico lands.
Garachico is mid-pack for all six profiles we score (between the 55th and 86th 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
- 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
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- 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
Schools
- Schools in town
- 4 top 15% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 20 km top 20% 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
- 41 min bottom 39% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 42.1 km bottom 7% 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
- 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%)
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: 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 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.
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