Cost of Living in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 🇪🇸 Spain - For Locals, Nomads, and Tourists

Researched Updated Oct 29, 2026 Last changed Oct 31, 2026 About costs

Cost breakdown

Digital nomad: short-term stay (1-3 months). Furnished Airbnb or coliving near center, coworking, eating out ~3x/day, travel health insurance.

Expat: long-term resident (1+ years). Renting apartment in center, mix of cooking and dining out, local health insurance, settled lifestyle.

Family: middle-class 4-person family. 2-3 bedroom in suburbs, groceries for 4, international school, car/transport, family health plan.

Local: budget-conscious local resident. Renting outside center, cooking at home, public transport, local phone plan.

Tourist: short-stay visitor (1-14 days). Hotel/Airbnb nightly, all meals at restaurants, taxis, sightseeing.

CategoryCost

Housing 2 20 $1,459 $943 $1,347 $680 $99

Utilities 19 22 23 — $131 $155 $101 —

Internet & Mobile 6 4 5 $52 $46 $64 $46 $3

Groceries 13 24 $175 $377 $754 $236 $9

Transportation 3 16 29 1 $117 $103 $260 $35 $24

Dining Out 18 19 17 30 1 $942 $322 $543 $130 $43

Leisure Activities 14 28 17 $108 $79 $224 $34 $14

Health Insurance 9 19 $68 $70 $161 — $2

Visa & Legal Fees 12 10 11 $8 $8 $34 — —

Total $2,929 $2,079 $3,542 $1,262 $194

Itemized prices

Local prices converted to the selected currency.

Housing

Apartment (1 bedroom) 2 $786.00 $561 – $1,210 per month

Coworking Space 7 $135.00 per month

Airbnb (1 month) 20 $1,459.00 $1,235 – $1,900 per month

Coliving Space 21 $618.00 per month

Food & Dining

Coffee 1 19 $2.40 per cup

Beer 17 1 $4.85 per pint

Meal (Inexpensive) 18 19 $17.50 per meal

Fast Food Combo 30 $5.50 per meal

Apples 13 $2.06 per kg

Bread 13 $1.47 per loaf

Milk 13 $0.99 per liter

Rice 13 $1.14 per kg

Chicken Fillets 13 $8.21 per kg

Beef 13 $16.95 per kg

Wine (Mid-range) 25 $7.35 per bottle

Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 19 $78.57 per meal

Water (1.5L bottle) 24 $0.47 per bottle

Transportation

Taxi Start 16 $4.32 per trip

Taxi per km 16 $1.51 per km

Monthly Transport Pass 1 3 $36.95 per month

Gasoline 29 32 $1.97 per liter

Ride-hailing (5km) 16 $9.63 per trip

Scooter Rental 8 $184.08 per month

Services

Mobile Plan 5 $18.04 per month

Internet (60 Mbps+) 6 $33.67 per month

Gym Membership 14 $28.04 per month

Tennis Court (Weekend) 28 $14.59 per hour

SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 4 $11.22 one-time

Entertainment

Cinema Ticket $8.31 per ticket

Clothing

Jeans 1 $112.00 per pair

Summer Dress $33.61 per dress

Running Shoes 1 $90.00 per pair

Personal Care

Haircut 26 $15.71 per visit

Laundry 27 $4.49 per kg

Healthcare

Doctor Visit (GP) 15 $44.89 per visit

Pharmacy (basic meds) 31 $4.38 per purchase

About these costs

Method: Researched
Last updated: Oct 29, 2026
Last changed: Oct 31, 2026
Exchange rate: 1 USD = 0.8909 EUR on Oct 19, 2026

Checked against the sources below and compared with similar cities. Numbers in the list point to these sources.

Compared with La Laguna, Puerto de la Cruz, Granada, Hanoi, Berlin, Zurich

Change history

Oct 31, 2026
- Method Generated Researched
- Airbnb (1 month) 1383.97 1459
- Apartment (1 bedroom) 749.65 786
- Apples 2.54 2.06
- Beef 13.84 16.95
- Beer 3.46 4.85
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- Bread 1.38 1.47
- Chicken Fillets 8.07 8.21
- Cinema Ticket 9.23 8.31
- Coffee 2.08 2.4
- Coliving Space 691.98 618
- Coworking Space 138.4 135
- Dining Out local 115.33, nomad 518.99, expat 230.66, family 230.66, tourist 40.37 local 130, nomad 942, expat 322, family 543, tourist 43
- Doctor Visit (GP) 69.2 44.89
- Fast Food Combo 9.23 5.5
- Gasoline 1.85 1.97
- Groceries local 288.33, nomad 115.33, expat 345.99, family 807.31, tourist 0 local 236, nomad 175, expat 377, family 754, tourist 9.2
- Gym Membership 46.13 28.04
- Haircut 17.3 15.71
- Health Insurance local 23.07, nomad 69.2, expat 92.26, family 288.33, tourist 5.77 local 0, nomad 68, expat 70, family 161, tourist 2.2
- Housing local 749.65, nomad 2075.95, expat 1095.64, family 1614.63, tourist 115.33 local 680, nomad 1459, expat 943, family 1347, tourist 99
- Internet & Mobile local 46.13, nomad 57.67, expat 57.67, family 69.2, tourist 5.77 local 46, nomad 52, family 64, tourist 2.8
- Internet (60 Mbps+) 40.37 33.67
- Jeans 69.2 112
- Laundry 5.77 4.49
- Leisure Activities local 34.6, nomad 230.66, expat 92.26, family 173, tourist 11.53 local 34, nomad 108, expat 79, family 224, tourist 14
- Meal (Inexpensive) 13.84 17.5
- Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 57.67 78.57
- Milk 1.15 0.99
- Mobile Plan 17.3 18.04
- Monthly Transport Pass 40.37 36.95
- Pharmacy (basic meds) 11.53 4.38
- Rice 1.73 1.14
- Ride-hailing (5km) 9.23 9.63
- Running Shoes 92.26 90
- SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 11.53 11.22
- Scooter Rental 28.83 184.08
- Summer Dress 40.37 33.61
- Taxi Start 4.04 4.32
- Taxi per km 1.27 1.51
- Tennis Court (Weekend) 17.3 14.59
- Transportation local 46.13, nomad 69.2, expat 57.67, family 230.66, tourist 17.3 local 35, nomad 117, expat 103, family 260, tourist 24
- Utilities local 69.2, nomad 34.6, expat 80.73, family 138.4, tourist 0 local 101, nomad 0, expat 131, family 155, tourist 0
- Visa & Legal Fees local 0, expat 57.67, family 57.67 local 0, nomad 8.42, expat 8.42, family 33.67
- Water (1.5L bottle) 0.92 0.47
- Wine (Mid-range) 9.23 7.35
Monthly Transport Pass, Cinema Ticket, Summer Dress, Wine (Mid-range), Water (1.5L bottle), Haircut, Doctor Visit (GP) and the taxi lines re-sourced: dead redirects and wrong-city pages dropped, operator and tracker pages put in their place (radiotaxisantamaria.com, radarsuper.com, doctoralia.es)

Santa Cruz de Tenerife cost of living