Palma
City in Spain: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Palma is a city in Spain, in Balearic Islands. About 438,234 people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Spain in our atlas.
It lies at 39.57° N, 2.65° E, about 34 m (112 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Madrid time zone.
Location
Red dot: Palma. Green dots: other major cities of Spain. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Palma has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 28°C (83°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 11°C (52°F). Around 512 mm (20 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
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.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in SpainNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Barcelona · 206 km
- Valencia · 259 km
- Alicante · 300 km
- Murcia · 368 km
- Zaragoza · 380 km
- Madrid · 552 km
- Bilbao · 629 km
- Córdoba · 662 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2512989 (CC BY 4.0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Castillo de Bellver: Poniol60, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Miro's Studio Sert - Palma de Mallorca: AxelBoldt, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- PALMAarena - panoramio: INDALOMANIA, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Estadi Lluís Sitjar: Estevoaei, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Es Baluard Palma de Mallorca 03: Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Grand Hotel (11453): Adgrant96, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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