Majorca enjoys a temperate semitropical climate with an average of 8 sunny hours during daytime and amounts of precipitation of 1400 millimetres in the north and 400 millimetres in the south of Majorca.
The short winters are mild and humid. During the summer months, however, it hardly rains. Then the temperatures in the island inside can rise about 40°C.

 

Majorca scenery zones

Majorca is split in six scenery zones (in Catalan comarques).

Serra de Tramuntana

The 15-kilometre-wide Serra de Tramuntana mountain applies to more than 90-kilometre length of the island Saturday Dragonera in the southwest up to Cap Formentor in the north. The highest point of the mountain chain is with 1448 metres of the Puig a major.

The northwest part of the mountains is stamped by precipitous and rocky coastal regions with small bays and stony beaches. The biggest harbour is Port de Soller. A weather scabbard forms climatic the Serra de Tramuntana to the lower parts of the island which comes with it to the pleasure of milder winters, but also less precipitation. The number of inhabitants of the region amounts approx. 107.000 (state: 2009). The municipalities biggest by far are Calvia in the south and Pollenca in the north.

Raiguer

The area It Raiguer lies south-east of the Serra de Tramuntana. The region of the Raiguer and in particular the city of Inca is known as a centre of the shoe and leather craft on Majorca. In the region inhabitants (state live approx. 125.000: 2009). The biggest towns are Inca, Marratxi and Alcùdia.

Plà de Mallorca

In the centre of Majorca de Majorca is the region of Plá. The highest elevation is the 540-metre-high mountain Puig de Randa.

From the region of Plà most agricultural products of the island come for the everyday needs like potatoes, rice, maize and vegetables.
The number of inhabitants amounts to approx. 50,000 people (state: 2009). Therefore the Plá the most thinly settled area on Majorca. The biggest city of the region is Can Picafort in the bay of Alcúdia.

Llevant

Llevant is the eastern and northeast region of Majorca. Llevant ranges from the Serres de Llevant, to a mountain range substantially lower than the Serra de Tramuntana in the west. Here there are only three small mountains with more than 500-metre height. The coastal line resembles a chain of many small harbours and sandy beaches on an otherwise rather rocky coast. The farthest beaches offer Cala Millor in the Badia de Son Servera, Saturday Coma in the Cala Moreia and Cala Ratjada with the Calla Agulla. On the northwest side with Colònia de San Pere and his physical beach S'Arenal de sa to Canova as well as the nature-protected bays of the north-east coast it is rather more quietly than in the tourist strongholds Calla Millor, Saturday Coma and Calla Ratjada. The biggest place of the Llevant is Manacor. Here live more than half of approx. 77,000 inhabitants of the region.

Migjorn

Migjorn is located south of the region of Plà de Majorca. The highest elevation is the approx. 500 meter high Puig Sant Salvador (Felantitx). The town Campos is the centre of the Migjorn.

On the coast of the Migjorn the very attractive and famous beach of Es Trenc is located. The coastal line of the Migjorn reaches from see `Arenal in the west (municipality of Llucmajor) to Portocolom (municipality of Felanitx). The Migjorn counts approx. 76,000 inhabitants (year 2009). The coastal line is stamped by level rocky segments with sandy bays.

Palma de Mallorca (Ciutat de Mallorca)

The capital is the political and economic centre of Majorca. Palma was founded in the year 123 B.C. by the Romans and is since this time the political and economic centre of Majorca. The number of inhabitants amounts to approx. 390,000 people (2009).