San Sebastián de La Gomera | |
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Municipality | |
 San Sebastián de La Gomera | |
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 Location of Las San Sebastián de La Gomera | |
  San Sebastián de La Gomera  San Sebastián de La Gomera | |
| Coordinates:28°5′32″N17°6′36″W / 28.09222°N 17.11000°W /28.09222; -17.11000 | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous Community |  Canary Islands |
| Province | Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| Island | La Gomera |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Adasat Reyes Herrera (Agrupación Socialista Gomera (ASG)) |
| Area | |
• Total | 113.59 km2 (43.86 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 9,584 |
| • Density | 84.37/km2 (218.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (CEST (GMT +1)) |
| Postal code | 38880 |
| Area code | +34 (Spain) + 922 (Tenerife) |
| Website | Town Hall |
San Sebastián de La Gomera is the capital and a municipality ofLa Gomera in theCanary Islands, Spain. It also hosts the main harbour. The population was 9,584 in 2023,[3] and the area is 113.59 square kilometres (43.86 sq mi).[1]
The port serves ferry routes to the islands ofTenerife,La Palma andEl Hierro. Streets include Calle Real and F. Olsen. A bus station namedEstación de Guaguas is used for bus lines throughout the island; it is located on Avenida Del Quinto Centenario.
On 6 September, 1492,Christopher Columbus, having restocked his provisions and made repairs, departed from San Sebastián de La Gomera on his first expedition to what he thought were theIndies not knowing that the Americas were what he eventually discovered.[4]
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San Sebastián de La Gomera has a hot desert climate (Köppen:BWh;Trewartha:BWal) with an annual precipitation of only 146.8 millimetres (5.78 in) and no more than 18 days of precipitation.
| Climate data for San Sebastián de La Gomera WMO ID: 60008; Climate ID: C329Z; coordinates28°05′23″N17°06′41″W / 28.08972°N 17.11139°W /28.08972; -17.11139; elevation: 15 m (49 ft); 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1989–present[5] | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 27.1 (80.8) | 30.8 (87.4) | 34.9 (94.8) | 33.4 (92.1) | 38.6 (101.5) | 36.1 (97.0) | 38.9 (102.0) | 41.9 (107.4) | 37.4 (99.3) | 36.2 (97.2) | 33.7 (92.7) | 29.0 (84.2) | 41.9 (107.4) |
| Mean maximum °C (°F) | 24.9 (76.8) | 24.9 (76.8) | 26.8 (80.2) | 25.5 (77.9) | 27.9 (82.2) | 30.7 (87.3) | 33.5 (92.3) | 33.9 (93.0) | 30.9 (87.6) | 31.1 (88.0) | 28.3 (82.9) | 25.9 (78.6) | 36.4 (97.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) | 21.4 (70.5) | 22.0 (71.6) | 22.3 (72.1) | 23.3 (73.9) | 25.2 (77.4) | 26.8 (80.2) | 27.9 (82.2) | 27.4 (81.3) | 26.5 (79.7) | 24.6 (76.3) | 22.8 (73.0) | 24.3 (75.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 18.9 (66.0) | 18.8 (65.8) | 19.4 (66.9) | 19.8 (67.6) | 21.0 (69.8) | 22.8 (73.0) | 24.4 (75.9) | 25.3 (77.5) | 25.0 (77.0) | 24.0 (75.2) | 22.1 (71.8) | 20.1 (68.2) | 21.8 (71.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.2 (61.2) | 16.3 (61.3) | 16.7 (62.1) | 17.3 (63.1) | 18.6 (65.5) | 20.3 (68.5) | 21.8 (71.2) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.6 (72.7) | 21.4 (70.5) | 19.5 (67.1) | 17.4 (63.3) | 19.2 (66.6) |
| Mean minimum °C (°F) | 13.7 (56.7) | 13.6 (56.5) | 13.9 (57.0) | 15.1 (59.2) | 16.5 (61.7) | 18.4 (65.1) | 20.4 (68.7) | 21.1 (70.0) | 20.5 (68.9) | 18.8 (65.8) | 16.7 (62.1) | 14.8 (58.6) | 12.8 (55.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 11.4 (52.5) | 11.9 (53.4) | 11.2 (52.2) | 13.0 (55.4) | 14.5 (58.1) | 17.0 (62.6) | 18.6 (65.5) | 18.4 (65.1) | 19.3 (66.7) | 15.5 (59.9) | 11.8 (53.2) | 13.2 (55.8) | 11.2 (52.2) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 10.2 (0.40) | 22.1 (0.87) | 12.3 (0.48) | 8.9 (0.35) | 1.1 (0.04) | 0.5 (0.02) | 0.4 (0.02) | 2.1 (0.08) | 2.2 (0.09) | 19.2 (0.76) | 35.0 (1.38) | 32.9 (1.30) | 146.8 (5.78) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 1.9 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 17.2 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 69 | 70 |
| Source:State Meteorological Agency/AEMET OpenData[6][7][8] | |||||||||||||
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