Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas property and area FAQs

Las Palmas , officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands in Spain. It is also the fifth-most populous urban area in Spain and, depending on sources, the ninth or tenth most populous metropolitan area in Spain.

For Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 68 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-21. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, at a recorded elevation of approximately 5 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Tamaraceite (13,669 residents in the cited settlement record), Ciudad del Campo (4,759 residents in the cited settlement record), Lomo los Frailes (4,643 residents in the cited settlement record), Jinámar (3,840 residents in the cited settlement record), and Lomo Blanco (3,770 residents in the cited settlement record). Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

Las Palmas is located in the northeastern part of Gran Canaria, about 150 km (93 mi; 81 nmi) west of the African coast in the Atlantic Ocean. Las Palmas experiences a desert climate, offset by the local cooler Canary Current, with warm temperatures throughout the year. It has an average annual temperature of 21.2 °C (70.2 °F).

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 100.6 square kilometres for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is treated as an official municipality. The page is joined to institutional datasets by its five-digit INE identity, not by a loose name match.

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is in Las Palmas province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

Yes. The structured municipality record includes an official website field. NLS treats that as identity context and not as property-market evidence.

The audited municipality record contains 53 additional named-place records for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 28.1272, -15.4314. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 35016 and keeps the province label Las Palmas. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The official municipality context used for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has INE code 35016. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 8 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

Dividing the INE population of 376,986 by the recorded municipal area of 100.6 km² gives approximately 3,749.2 residents per km² for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is an official municipality in Las Palmas province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 68 official population nuclei for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

The stated official-data scope is Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality. Current NLS listings use the property-search area itself, while official market and demographic measures keep their own published geography visible.

The latest imported INE population for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality is 376,986, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality, recorded population changed by 0.6%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality is €14,968 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 45.0 years for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality, for period 2023.

INE records 20.4% of residents aged 65 or over for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality, in period 2023.

The displayed series for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality begins at 374,732 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The population figure uses INE period 2023. The page shows the period beside the value so it is not mistaken for a live counter.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.60 people per household for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality, for period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality, the lowest population value is 372,236 residents in 2016.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 8.4% for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality, in period 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality changed by 0.6%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The page uses 9 published observations for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality is 374,545 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality, the highest population value is 376,986 residents in 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality records €2,312 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 29.3% for Canarias in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for Canarias begins at 27.3% in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Canarias, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 30.0% in 2025Q2.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed regional foreign-buyer share observations for Canarias is 25.9%. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The page displays 12 quarterly MITMA observations for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality, up to the latest published period in the chart.

The latest displayed MITMA point records 1,075 housing transactions in 2026Q2 for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality.

INE reports a house-price index of 110.4 for Canarias in 2026Q2. An index is not a euro price per square metre.

The displayed series for Canarias begins at 90.6 index points in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The page uses 12 published observations for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality, running from 2023Q3 to 2026Q2.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed registered sale-price benchmark value for Las Palmas province changed by 19.4%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Within the same displayed series for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality, the lowest quarterly transaction count value is 817 transactions in 2023Q3.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed registered sale-price benchmark observations for Las Palmas province is €2,462 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The current Notariado snapshot records an average completed sale price of €211,635 for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality. An aggregate average is not a valuation of an individual home.

The displayed series for Las Palmas province begins at €2,290 per m² in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Across the latest four displayed MITMA quarters, resale housing represents 83.6% of transactions for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality.

Within the same displayed series for Canarias, the lowest regional house-price index value is 90.6 index points in 2024Q3.

Dirección General del Catastro records 41,828 buildings for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 166,801 dwellings for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.

Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,967 for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 30,247 energy certificates for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The Catastro extract records 166,801 dwellings across 41,828 buildings for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality, or approximately 3.99 dwellings per recorded building.

The 1950–1969 band contains 12,183 recorded buildings for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality, representing 29.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 8,507 recorded buildings for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality, representing 20.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1950–1969, with 12,183 buildings, or 29.6% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality, 8.9% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The 2010 onward band contains 889 recorded buildings for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality, representing 2.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Before 1950 band contains 8,580 recorded buildings for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality, representing 20.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 10,992 recorded buildings for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria municipality, representing 26.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The current eligible public inventory contains 0 listings for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.