Spain Show cave
Coves del Drach
18 °C inside, all year.
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The descent
The entrance, at 30 m.
The real relief above Coves del Drach, measured on the Copernicus model every 30 m, and the cave going down at the same vertical scale.
The depth is the one published by those who explored it; the shape of the galleries is a sketch, not a survey. No depth has been published for this cave yet.
30m
Entrance altitude
from the 30 m relief model
18°C
Inside, all year
the yearly average outside, at the entrance
Inside and outside
18 °C inside, all year.
Deep inside, a cave keeps the average temperature of the year outside: about 18 °C here, in January and in August. In August the afternoon reaches 29 °C at the entrance, 10 °C warmer than inside: take a jacket. The best months to escape the heat are from July to August.
- 14°11°Jan
- 14°10°Feb
- 15°11°Mar
- 18°13°Apr
- 21°16°May
- 26°20°Jun
- 29°24°Jul
- 29°24°Aug
- 26°22°Sep
- 23°19°Oct
- 18°15°Nov
- 15°12°Dec
Outside: afternoon and night averages for 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) brought to the altitude of the entrance. Inside: the yearly average, which deep parts of a cave keep. Near the entrance it follows the weather a little.
Cave on Mallorca
Coves del Drach is a show cave in Spain. The entrance is at 30 m. It has stalactites and stalagmites and the sea at its mouth. It is open to visitors.
Getting there.
- Show cave: open to visitorsticket requiredOfficial site↗
- Porto Cristonearest town · 0.5 km in a straight line
- Parking 120 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Viewpointsnearest viewpoint · 0.6 km from the entrance
- Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 51 km in a straight lineCar hire at PMI airport (Palma de Mallorca)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
Guided tours, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above.
The ground above the cave, with the relief shaded, the line of the section and what people have mapped around the entrance.
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1.5 km
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6.0 × 6.0 km, north up. The line is the section above. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Around the entrance.
- 24other cave entrances within 3 kmCoves dels Hams, Coves del Drach, Cova Negra and 21 more
- 4viewpoints within 3 kmPunta des Pagell and 3 more
- 2marked hiking routes within 3 kmEl Camí IT4TR3 El Camí Illenc: de l'Alguer a Formentera, Cuevas del Drach
- 33car parks within 2 km
- 12information boards and visitor centres within 3 km
- 24bus stops within 2 km
- 1campsites within 8 kmCampament Hipocampo
- 153hotels and guesthouses within 8 kmProtur Vista Badia, Lorenzo, Villa Miel and 150 more
- 78restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- springs within 2 km
- sinkholes within 3 km
- caving clubs and spots within 15 km
- climbing crags within 3 km
- named waterfalls within 4 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, around the entrance. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Porto Cristo0.5 km in a straight line
- Cala Millor9.1 km in a straight line
- Son Servera9.8 km in a straight line
- Manacor11 km in a straight line
- Portocolom15 km in a straight line
- Felanitx17 km in a straight line
- Artà18 km in a straight line
- Calonge19 km in a straight line
In our other atlases
What else is around Coves del Drach.
The river at the entrance, the waterfalls, the lakes, the mountains and volcanoes above, the canyons, beaches and islands nearby — from our other atlases.
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, NOAA, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Month by month
The weather outside, at the entrance.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon | 14 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 15 |
| Afternoon | 14 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 15 |
| Night | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 12 |
| Rain (mm) | 46 | 44 | 40 | 46 | 37 | 14 | 10 | 25 | 68 | 69 | 83 | 52 |
| Rainy days | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
| Sun hours/day | 4.6 | 5.4 | 7.0 | 8.2 | 9.5 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 7.4 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| Afternoon | Afternoon | Night | Rain (mm) | Sun hours/day | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14 | 14 | 11 | 46 | 4.6 |
| Feb | 14 | 14 | 10 | 44 | 5.4 |
| Mar | 15 | 15 | 11 | 40 | 7.0 |
| Apr | 18 | 18 | 13 | 46 | 8.2 |
| May | 21 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 9.5 |
| Jun | 26 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 11.2 |
| Jul | 29 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 11.1 |
| Aug | 29 | 29 | 24 | 25 | 9.9 |
| Sep | 26 | 26 | 22 | 68 | 7.4 |
| Oct | 23 | 23 | 19 | 69 | 6.1 |
| Nov | 18 | 18 | 15 | 83 | 4.4 |
| Dec | 15 | 15 | 12 | 52 | 4.4 |
Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the altitude of the entrance (30 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.
Photographs
Inside and around.
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 183% | 6% | 133% | 255% | 102% | 196% | 83% | 140% | 110% | 72% | 89% | 101% |
| 2021 | 121% | 40% | 94% | 52% | 139% | 104% | 77% | 57% | 141% | 89% | 216% | 55% |
| 2022 | 17% | 24% | 220% | 91% | 70% | 90% | 18% | 96% | 89% | 75% | 68% | 87% |
| 2023 | 59% | 156% | 16% | 18% | 120% | 131% | 56% | 185% | 97% | 63% | 24% | 52% |
| 2024 | 125% | 72% | 155% | 116% | 137% | 185% | 48% | 120% | 65% | 113% | 88% | 53% |
| 2025 | 65% | 79% | 251% | 61% | 89% | 12% | 301% | 78% | 92% | 79% | 73% | 224% |
130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month
Where these figures come from
| Name, type, published depth and length, visitors | Wikidata (Q429431) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| The relief above, the entrance altitude, the section and the 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Entrances, springs, sinkholes, opening hours and what is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Rivers, waterfalls, lakes, mountains, canyons, beaches and islands nearby | Coastya, Lakeyas, Peakyas, Cascadyas, Islandyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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