Santiago del Teide

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Canarias allows houses only inside the rural settlements the town plan marks.

Ley 4/2017, arts. 35 y 60. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2003. The region's planning viewer ↗

The national urban information system (SIU) maps the land class for 100% of the municipality.

Only the town hall can confirm it, in writing: ask for a certificado urbanístico.

Is there water?

No well or borehole is recorded in Santiago del Teide. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 60% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 32% low permeability, local groundwater only; 8.2% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 76 ha, in 2025.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 66% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 64% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 95%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 287 mm a year (1971–2000), about 174 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 25 °C, about 27.6 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 0 a year, about 0 by 2041–2070.

Around it

El Tanque · Guía de Isora · Garachico · Buenavista del Norte · Los Silos · Icod de los Vinos · La Orotava