Palma de Mallorca
Palma
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About
Palma, also known as Palma de Mallorca, is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of Mallorca on the Bay of Palma. With a population of 438,234 as of 2024, it is the 8th-largest city in Spain.
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Why visit
Visit Palma de Mallorca for music, theater, and performance, religious and civic architecture, archaeology and older urban layers. For Palma de Mallorca, the useful material is practical and visible: museums, streets, religious buildings, markets, performance spaces, food, and nearby landscapes. A good itinerary should stay selective. A good route in Palma de Mallorca begins with one serious site and adds smaller stops only when they clarify the same area. The result is a day in Palma de Mallorca that can be followed, remembered, and adjusted. Day trips from Palma de Mallorca work best when they change the reader's understanding of the base, not just the mileage.
When to avoid
Do not assume Palma de Mallorca can be handled as a simple cluster of adjacent stops. For Palma de Mallorca, avoid widening the route after the day is underway. In Palma de Mallorca, it is usually better to choose a nearby church, market, cafe, gallery, or walk than to cross town for a secondary stop. This keeps the day flexible when transport, weather, or opening hours change.
Summer (June-August)
For Palma de Mallorca, June through August usually require the most attention to heat, light, and weather. Dry heat and strong afternoon sun make long outdoor routes tiring. A day in Palma de Mallorca works better when exposed places are balanced with shade, interiors, and a short route. In Palma de Mallorca, interiors and evening programming should take part of the pressure off the outdoor route.
Winter (Dec-Feb)
December through February are the cooler or wetter period in Palma de Mallorca. Use Palma de Mallorca in cooler months for walks, with cold evenings kept in mind. For Palma de Mallorca, ask how much the season limits walking, transport, and day trips, not just what the thermometer says. In Palma de Mallorca, this is often a season for interiors, short walks, and slower observation rather than ambitious routing. Keep Palma de Mallorca compact in this season: fewer outdoor sections, better hour checks, and practical rides when conditions make transit awkward.
The next week in Palma de Mallorca
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Showers
18° / 14°
6.1 mm
UV Moderate
Sat
Partly cloudy
19° / 12°
UV High
Sun
Overcast
21° / 12°
UV High
Mon
Overcast
21° / 15°
UV High
Tue
Overcast
22° / 16°
UV High
Wed
Overcast
25° / 16°
UV High
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
27° / 12°
Typical high / low
1 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.3h
06:35 – 20:55local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Palma de Mallorca
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI) at 8 km.
Getting around Palma de Mallorca
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Empresa Municipal de Transports Urbans de Palma de MallorcaSagalés-CaldenteyGrupo RuizFlixBus-euBlaBlaCar BusFlixBus-deFlixBus-deB MetroSagalés-CaldenteyMoventisSFM R4Empresa Municipal de Transports Urbans de Palma de MallorcaNS IntAutocares Rafael NadalTrains Express Régionaux
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Himasaram.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.