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009 Campanar de Santa Maria de Palamós, des del mirador de la Punta d'en Roca

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Palamós Canyon

Cut by the Riera de l'Aubi.

When to go

Enric · CC BY-SA 4.0

Rim to floor

Afternoons, up top and down below.

In July the afternoon reaches 28 °C. The best months to hike are in May and in October. The wettest months are in April and in October.

rim · — mfloor · — m
  1. 12°12°Jan
  2. 13°13°Feb
  3. 15°15°Mar
  4. 18°18°Apr
  5. 21°21°May
  6. 25°25°Jun
  7. 28°28°Jul
  8. 28°28°Aug
  9. 25°25°Sep
  10. 21°21°Oct
  11. 16°16°Nov
  12. 13°13°Dec
Hike: May, OctWettest: Apr, Oct

Afternoon highs, 1991–2020 averages (NASA POWER) brought to the altitude of the rim and of the floor with the standard lapse rate (6.5 °C per 1 000 m). Shade, wind and rock change this on the day. Not a forecast.

Underwater canyon off the coast of Palamós in Girona, Catalonia

Palamós Canyon is a canyon in Spain, cut by the Riera de l'Aubi river.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there.

  • Palamósnearest town · 0.0 km in a straight line
  • Parking 100 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
  • Mirador de la Plaça Muradanearest viewpoint · 0.2 km from the floor
  • Girona-Costa Brava Airport (GRO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 31 km in a straight lineCar hire at GRO airport (Girona)Discover Cars · sponsored link
  • In May and in Octoberbest months to hike (estimate)

Plan the visit

Guided hikes, a bed nearby, a car.

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Towns nearby

  • Palamós0.0 km in a straight line
  • Calonge4.3 km in a straight line
  • Castell-Platja d'Aro6.2 km in a straight line
  • Palafrugell8.2 km in a straight line
  • S'Agaró8.7 km in a straight line
  • Sant Feliu de Guíxols11 km in a straight line
  • Santa Cristina d'Aro11 km in a straight line
  • Regencós12 km in a straight line

In our other atlases

What else is around Palamós Canyon.

The river that carved it, the waterfalls inside it, the mountains on the rim, the lakes, beaches and island nearby — from our six sister atlases, each with its own figures.

Peakyas96 mountains within 15 km
Puig d'Arques533 m · 12 kmPuig Rodó501 m · 12 kmPuig d'Aiguabona533 m · 12 kmPuig Miquel616 m · 13 kmPuig Aldric421 m · 14 kmGavarres533 m · 14 kmPuig de les Cols417 m · 15 kmPuig Gros466 m · 15 km
Coastya32 beaches within 15 km
Platja de Can Cristossea up to 24 °C · 3.9 kmCala Rovirasea up to 24 °C · 5.5 kmLa Platja Gransea up to 24 °C · 6.3 kmPlatja de Sa Concasea up to 24 °C · 8.0 kmPlatja de Sant Polsea up to 24 °C · 9.3 kmPlatja de Cala Urgellsea up to 24 °C · 14 kmPlatja de Cala Joanasea up to 24 °C · 15 kmCala Sa Tunasea up to 24 °C · 15 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, NOAA, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Month by month

The weather, at the floor and at the rim.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon · floor121315182125282825211613
Afternoon · rim121315182125282825211613
Night · rim66810141820211814107
Rain (mm)524460716335343758906542
Rainy days767886578976
Sun hours/day4.25.56.77.78.810.310.59.47.65.74.54.1
Snow on the ground (cm)111000000000
Afternoon · floorAfternoon · rimNight · rimRain (mm)Sun hours/day
Jan12126524.2
Feb13136445.5
Mar15158606.7
Apr181810717.7
May212114638.8
Jun2525183510.3
Jul2828203410.5
Aug282821379.4
Sep252518587.6
Oct212114905.7
Nov161610654.5
Dec13137424.1

Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the floor (— m) and the rim (— m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.

Photographs

Seen from the trail.

El Cañon de Palamos - panoramio
carlos corzo · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cobla Baix Empordà Aplec de Palamós
Peminsu · CC BY-SA 3.0
054 Santa Maria del Mar (Palamós), portal est, amb les figures de Sant Josep i Sant Nicolau
Enric · CC BY-SA 4.0

Recent years

Wet years, dry years.

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A dry year means a lower river and hotter rock; a wet one, more water in the gorge.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020266%8%125%309%90%332%207%138%141%90%218%107%
202160%90%44%68%90%65%45%58%155%25%191%35%
202235%12%225%79%46%35%46%125%108%36%39%67%
202330%73%16%27%109%158%74%115%77%31%12%16%
202432%65%190%141%128%306%76%74%101%105%61%69%
202539%102%353%41%149%23%331%102%170%15%35%404%

130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month

Compare with the neighbours.

Palamós Canyon

Spain

  • —Depth
  • —Rim to rim
  • —Length
  • —Steepest wall

Gorges del Montdony

France · 79 km

  • 796 mDepth
  • 19 kmRim to rim
  • —Length
  • 34°Steepest wall

See the guide

Gorges de Carançà

France · 105 km

  • 1,286 mDepth
  • 12 kmRim to rim
  • —Length
  • 35°Steepest wall

See the guide

Gorges de la Guillera

France · 101 km

  • 484 mDepth
  • 15 kmRim to rim
  • —Length
  • 19°Steepest wall

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name, type, published depth and lengthWikidata (Q128800977) · CC0
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Viewpoints, trails, bridges and the river line© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Rivers, waterfalls, mountains, lakes, beaches and islands nearbyCoastya, Lakeyas, Peakyas, Cascadyas, Islandyas, Riveryas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers or canyons?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, month by month, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit
lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Coming soonVisit
mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit
waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Coming soonVisit
islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit
canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.You are here