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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.4314,Lat: 28.1191
Elevation	139 meter above sea level
Local time	20:36:51pm
Population	306000 (10th largest city in country)
At island	Gran-canaria
Name province/region	Canarias
Name Subregion	Las Palmas
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Las Majadillas	3.4 km	West
2 Lomo Verdejo	3.4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Las Perreras	3.5 km	WestSouthWest
4 El Secadero	3.6 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Lomo Blanco	3.9 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1275 km	EastNorthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	1284 km	NorthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	1705 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastNorthEast). 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 29.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Moriscos with a height of 1771 meter (at a distance of 20.8 km and direction WestSouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Gran Canaria (Fissure vent) at a distance of 19.1 km (direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 1225.1 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1715 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 78%, hill: 18%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Gran Canaria Airport (at a distance of 21 km and direction South).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

10.4 km2

24.7%

Agriculture

5.5 km2

13.1%

Urban area

23.1 km2

54.7%

Infrastructure

2.9 km2

6.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in country Spain

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 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 Landscape	Spain	24 km	West
2 San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	98 km	NorthWest
3 Teide National Park	Spain	123 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bahía del Confital	ES	2 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Las Palmas

Type of weather in Las Palmas	broken clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.05 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	13 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	08:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:33 Europe/Amsterdam