Palmas, Las · Canarias
Arrecife
The capital of Lanzarote, established on a reef-strewn coast, once defended by an islet castle — its historic heart invites strolling along a pleasant seafront promenade.
What Arrecife is like
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide.
On a reef-strewn coast of Lanzarote.
On the table. Popular bars and restaurants line the Charco de San Ginés lagoon.
Worth the trip
- Castillo San Gabriel (16th century), built on an islet
- Castillo de San José, restored by César Manrique and transformed into a Contemporary Art Museum
- Playa del Reducto, for sunset views over volcanoes
Who it suits: Art and beach travellers
The numbers
The decision data — each figure against the Spanish average. Regional overlays and estimates are labelled, and where there's no local reading we say so plainly.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 18.8°C 11.1°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 29°C 1.2°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 18 days 74% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 8.2 h/day 14% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+)
- no local data
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €1,947/m² 12% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €12,079 17% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 24%
Schools
- Schools in town
- 24
- Nearest international school
- 3 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 447 34 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min
- Nearest health centre
- 1.3 km
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 106 days about the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 15 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 98% 19% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 99% 16% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 70,265
- Born in Spain
- 62.6% 26.2% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 3.4% 0.4% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.51 per 1,000
Numbers: SettleSpain town dataset, derived from INE, AEMET, Mitma, Ministerio del Interior and the Catastro. National average = the unweighted mean across all 8,132 Spanish municipalities with data. A blank means no municipal-level figure is published — not a zero.
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