Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
City in Spain: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Las Palmas 2016 18: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is a city in Spain, in Canary Islands. About 383,516 people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of Spain in our atlas.
It lies at 28.10° N, 15.42° W, about 122 m (400 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Atlantic/Canary time zone.
Location
Red dot: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Green dots: other major cities of Spain. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Sep, with average highs near 24°C (76°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 16°C (61°F). Around 157 mm (6 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Dec.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in SpainNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Sevilla · 1,384 km
- Málaga · 1,440 km
- Córdoba · 1,506 km
- Murcia · 1,778 km
- Madrid · 1,784 km
- Alicante · 1,852 km
- Valencia · 1,939 km
- Zaragoza · 2,071 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2515270 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q23984578 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Las Palmas 2016 18: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)