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General information - Location

CountrySpain
Location in country Southwest
Location in EuropeSouth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -15.473,Lat: 28.0609 marker
Elevation326 meter above sea level
Local time14:33:50pm
At islandGran-canaria
Name province/regionCanarias
Name SubregionLas Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipalityPalmas de Gran Canaria, Las

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 La Calzada0.3 km SouthSouthEast
2 Siete Puertas0.6 km WestNorthWest
3 Llanos de Maria Rivera1.1 km West
4 Llanos de Maria Ribera1.1 km WestSouthWest
5 Las Cuevas1.2 km NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 Gibraltar   Gibraltar1282 km EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa   Portugal1291 km NorthEast
3 MadridSpain1712 km NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 5 km (direction EastSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Chira (0.7 km2 at a height of around 903 meter above sea level) at a distance of 21.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 14.6 km and direction West).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 12.2 km (direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1232.4 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1725 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 17%, hill: 65%, low mountains: 19%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Gran Canaria Airport (at a distance of 17 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 101 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Nature   30.9 km2 
 39.3% 
 Agriculture   32.9 km2 
 41.9% 
 Viticulture   2 km2 
 2.6% 
 Urban area   10.9 km2 
 13.9% 
 Infrastructure   1 km2 
 1.3% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of La Palma in country Spain


La Palma at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural LandscapeSpain19 km WestNorthWest
2 San Cristóbal de La LagunaSpain98 km NorthWest
3 Teide National ParkSpain121 km WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
Pino SantoES0 km North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Tafira Baja

Type of weather in Tafira Bajabroken clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction: North
Air pressure: 1014 mb
Humidity: 49 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:13 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :08:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :21:33 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Tafira Baja - ES (longitude: -15.473, latitude: 28.0609)
Distance weather station to place (direction WZW): 0 Kilometers

17:00
19 degrees
1014 mbar
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20:00
16 degrees
1015 mbar
light rainweericoon
23:00
14 degrees
1016 mbar
light rainweericoon
2:00
14 degrees
1015 mbar
light rainweericoon
5:00
13 degrees
1016 mbar
light rainweericoon
8:00
15 degrees
1018 mbar
light rainweericoon
11:00
16 degrees
1019 mbar
few cloudsweericoon
14:00
16 degrees
1019 mbar
light rainweericoon










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