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Island location La Palma in southern Europe

For a detailed description of this island, see our info-island-page:La Palma

Physical characteristics - Location

Coordinates:	long: -17.85792 lat : 28.68973
Coordinates (gr,min,sec): WGS84	long: -17°51'28.5264 lat : 28°41'23.0244
Surface area:	708.2 km² (1.865 x Isle of Wight)
Length coastline:	158.1 km
Average height:	859 metre
Length island:	42 km
Maximum width island (estimate):	24 km
Name :	Vulkaan Roque de los Muchachos - Cumbre Vieja (2426 metre)
Orientation island:	North - South

Demographic data island

Habited:	Yes
Number of inhabitants:	85840
Population density:	116.70 inh/km2
Important places (direction):	Roque del Faro (N) Franceses (N) Barlovento (NNO) La Cuesta (NO) Oropesa (NO) Veranda de las Lomades (NO) San Juan (NO) San Andrés (NO) La Galga (NO) El Granel (NO) Puntallana (O) Santa Lucía (O) Tenagua (O) Las Nieves (O) Santa Cruz de la Palma (O) San Pedro (O) Breña Baja (ZO) Villa de Mazo (ZO) El Pueblo (ZO) Callejones (ZO) San Simon (ZO) La Sabina (ZO) Malpaises (ZO) Tiguerorte (ZZO) Tigalate (ZZO) Monte de Luna (Z) Las Caletas (Z) Los Canarios (Z) Las Indias (z) El Remo (ZW) Jedey (ZW) Puerto Naos (WZW) La Bombilla (WZW) El Paraíso (WZW) El Paso (W) Los Llanos (W) Tazacorte (W) Puerto (W) La Punta (W) El Jesús (WNW) Tinizara (WNW) El Roque (NW) Fagundo (NW) Puntagorda (NW) Las Tricias (NW) Hoya Grande (NNW) Llano Negro (NNW) Santo Domingo (NNW)

Naming - Location

Local native name:	Isla de La Palma
Archipelago (island group):	Canary Islands
Neighboring islands (Island hopping):	1) La Gomera 57.7 km EastSouthEast 2) El Hierro 67.3 km South 3) Tenerife 85.4 km EastSouthEast 4) Gran Canaria 199.8 km EastSouthEast 5) Fuerteventura 323.3 km East 6) Lanzarote 375.4 km East 7) Isla de Lobos 379.8 km East 8) Graciosa 410.4 km East 9) Montaña Clara 412 km East 10) Ilhas Desertas 414.5 km NorthNorthEast 11) Alegranza 414.5 km EastNorthEast 12) Ilhas Desertas 421.4 km NorthNorthEast 13) Madeira 427.7 km North 14) Ilhas Desertas 430.7 km NorthNorthEast 15) Santa Maria 1113.5 km NorthWest 16) São Miguel 1193.5 km NorthNorthWest 17) Ilhéu de Vila Franca 1204.6 km NorthWest 18) Terceira 1375.8 km NorthWest 19) Perejil Island 1400.7 km NorthEast 20) São Jorge 1407 km NorthWest 21) Pico 1412.8 km NorthWest 22) Peñon de Vélez de la Gomera 1451.9 km EastNorthEast 23) Graciosa 1456.7 km NorthWest 24) Faial 1457.6 km NorthWest 25) Peñon de Alhucemas 1487.8 km EastNorthEast
Country:	Spain
Location in Country:	West-southwest
Name Comunidad autónoma:	Autonomous Community Canary Islands
Name Provincia:	Province Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Main place:	Santa Cruz de la Palma
Location Main place:	East
Sea:	Atlantic Ocean
Distance to main land:	415 km
Nearest Country:	Marocco
Type Water:	vulcanic
island-Type:	island in sea
Remarks:	many ecotourism

Municipalities

North - South	West - East	Name	km2	Inhabitants
1	4	Garafía Hotels Photos	104	1829
2	8	Barlovento Hotels Photos	45	2387
3	9	San Andrés y Sauces Hotels Photos	42	4972
4	1	Puntagorda Hotels Photos	31	1955
5	14	Puntallana Hotels Photos	35	2423
6	11	Santa Cruz de la Palma Hotels Photos	45	17132
7	2	Tijarafe Hotels Photos	54	2757
8	6	El Paso Hotels Photos	135	7698
9	10	Breña Alta Hotels Photos	31	7279
10	12	Breña Baja Hotels Photos	14	4952
11	3	Tazacorte Hotels Photos	11	5786
12	5	Los Llanos de Aridane Hotels Photos	36	20525
13	13	Villa de Mazo Hotels Photos	72	4908
14	7	Fuencaliente de la Palma Hotels Photos	57	1925
15	15	Granadilla de Abona Hotels Photos	162	38866

Topographic islandmap La Palma

Height map of La Palma

Relief: Height Classes in percentages

Relief: Slope Classes in percentages

Weather at La Palma

The weather type in Paso, El	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Precipitation last 3 hours:	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 meter per second (Wind force - bft 3)
Winddirection:	Northwest
Atmospheric pressure:	1025 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 11 February 2026:	11 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise:	08:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset:	19:58 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather-page: La Palma

The weather for the next few hours

Paso, El - ES (longitude: -17.8579, latitude: 28.6897)
Distance weather station to the center island (direction NNW): not known

10:00
9 degrees Celcius
1025 mbar
overcast clouds weericoon

13:00
11 degrees Celcius
1024 mbar
broken clouds weericoon

16:00
13 degrees Celcius
1024 mbar
scattered clouds weericoon

19:00
12 degrees Celcius
1026 mbar
clear sky weericoon

22:00
12 degrees Celcius
1026 mbar
clear sky weericoon

Climate: Temperature and Precipitation

Transport on your island-holiday

Directly accessible from Western Europe (The Netherlands) by plane:	Yes
International airport present :	Yes
Accessible by car:	No
Distance from Western Europe (The Netherlands) (rough estimate):	4129 km
Ferry connection - Car - Car - with mainland:	Yes
Boat Connection - pedestrian - with mainland:	Yes
Bicycle facilities:	Yes

island-Island, island-Tourism - island-attractions

Wikipedia:	Wikipedia La Palma
Tourist information:	Info La Palma
Youtube:	Youtube La Palma

island accommodation: Hotel ,Holiday Home, Camping

Hotel	Hotel at La Palma booking.com
Camping	1) Centro de Naturaleza La Rosa 2) Camping Albergue Tau 3) Camp Lagoon 4) Llanos de Los Tanques
Holiday Home
Bed & Breakfast
accommodation-page	La Palma

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Landuse La Palma

Forest

241.3 km2

34%

Nature

244.1 km2

35%

Agriculture

74.3 km2

11%

Rock outcrop

99.5 km2

14%

Urban area

20 km2

Infrastructure

1 km2

Sand

24.6 km2

Water

3.4 km2