
Atlantic · Santa Cruz de Tenerife
La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro
The western Canaries: cheap, green and very isolated. Almost no direct mainland flights — everything routes through Tenerife.
3towns
in the base
1 450median
€/m²
3alive
in winter
10months
above 20 °C
0prices from the
official bulletin
What it costs
3rd cheapest coast of 26
2
cheaper
Rías Altas
1 375€/m²
1 206–2 762 by town
3
this coast
La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro
1 450€/m²
1 400–1 500 by town
4
pricier
Campo de Gibraltar
1 609€/m²
1 350–2 512 by town
La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro sea temperature by month
Average sea surface temperature, °C, off each town for 2015–2024. Next to each name: how many months a year the water is above 20 °C.
Los Llanos de Aridane10 mo above 20 °C
21
J
20
F
20
M
20
A
21
M
22
J
23
J
24
A
24
S
24
O
23
N
22
D
San Sebastián de La Gomera10 mo above 20 °C
20
J
20
F
20
M
20
A
21
M
22
J
23
J
24
A
24
S
24
O
23
N
22
D
Santa Cruz de La Palma10 mo above 20 °C
21
J
20
F
20
M
20
A
21
M
22
J
23
J
24
A
24
S
24
O
23
N
22
D
NOAA OISST satellite series on a grid of about 25 km: it averages a bay or cold water off a cape with the open sea.
Where it is
Towns, cheapest first
sourced price for 0 of 3
200 m to sea
La Palma
Santa Cruz de La Palma
1 400€/m²asking
Winter5/5
Sea10 mo
Car-free4/5
No nómina3/5
Internet400
Nomad month1 062 €

4 km to sea
La Palma
Los Llanos de Aridane
1 450€/m²asking
Winter5/5
Sea10 mo
Car-free2/5
No nómina4/5
Internet300
Nomad month1 062 €

200 m to sea
La Gomera
San Sebastián de La Gomera
1 500€/m²asking
Winter5/5
Sea10 mo
Car-free3/5
No nómina3/5
Internet300
Nomad month1 110 €
Articles that include this coast
- Which Canary Island: warmth, sun, sea, crowds and rent compared on official dataThe warmest winter day, the warmest night, the most sun, the fewest guests per resident and the lowest rent: each question has its own island and its own measurement.
- Where are the Canary Islands? Seven islands, one SpainSpain, in the Atlantic, 97 km off Africa. Each island through the places in our base: its province, the distance to Madrid, the February sea, winter by state data and the water at its beaches.
- Best places to live in coastal Spain: five lists, not one rankingAlive in winter, longer swimming, no car needed, cheaper, with children — five sorts of the base by measured fields. A single ranking does not exist.
- Winter sun in Spain: 30 towns that stay open all winterWinter-sun lists usually rank the weather. This one ranks what stays open: January against the summer peak from Spain's social security data, plus sea months, rent and the drive to the airport.
- Which coastal towns are actually alive in winterMost resorts shut down from November to March. Tourists never notice; people moving there notice everything — and no directory measures it.
- How long the swimming season actually lasts«Three hundred days of sunshine» is said of every coast. You swim in the water, and by water the places range from two months to nine.
Median rather than mean: a single expensive spot skews the average for the whole coast. Airports: SPC, TFS.