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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -16.3771,Lat: 28.3581
Elevation	171 meter above sea level
Local time	18:13:53pm
At island	Tenerife
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Candelaria

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Candelaria	0.7 km	SouthEast
2 Brillasol	0.8 km	NorthEast
3 Punta Larga	1.4 km	EastNorthEast
4 Araya	1.5 km	WestNorthWest
5 La Viuda	2.2 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	1300 km	NorthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1324 km	EastNorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1738 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

La Palma lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de la Cueva de las Niñas (0.6 km² at a height of around 892 meter above sea level) at a distance of 86.8 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Teide (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 27.4 km (direction West). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1258.6 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1762 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 35%, hill: 33%, low mountains: 19%, moderate high mountains: 11%, high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tenerife Sur Airport (at a distance of 38 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (at a distance of 14 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.8 km2

15.9%

Nature

15.5 km2

27.9%

Agriculture

23.3 km2

42%

Urban area

7.5 km2

13.4%

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 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	14 km	NorthEast
2 Teide National Park	Spain	28 km	West
3 Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape	Spain	81 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Montes y cumbre de Tenerife	ES	1.7 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB La Palma
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Candelaria

Type of weather in Candelaria	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	08:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam