Mallorca in August
Mancor de la Vall — August travel guide
August is among Mallorca’s busiest months. The small coves of the east and south-east fill early, and access is sometimes restricted. Set off early, or choose one of the longer beaches with more space.
Your month at a glance
What Mallorca feels like in August
Start → end of month
Sunrise06:49 → 07:17
Sunset21:02 → 20:22
Palma · local time 2026
Hot beach days, warm nights and a warm sea. August is a good time to slow the holiday down a little.
Take breaks in the shade, then enjoy another stroll by the water in the evening.
Rounded monthly averages: air temperatures and sunshine for Palma, sea temperatures around Mallorca. Individual days and locations vary.
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Worth a visit
The quietest places first
Alcanada
A quieter alternative to Port d’Alcúdia, 3 km to the east. Low villas sit among pines beside a pebbly, sandy shore without rows of sunbeds. Just offshor…
Coves de Campanet
A quieter cave visit near Campanet, with limestone formations rather than a boat ride or colourful show. Allow around forty minutes underground, then en…
Salines d'Es Trenc
Like July, but the lack of shade makes it tough unless you bring drinking water.
Son Serra de Marina
One of the bay's least crowded beach options in August.
Jardins d'Alfàbia
At the foot of the Sóller pass, this garden has irrigation rooted in Moorish times. Palm groves, a pergola with hidden water jets and a manor house make…
Palma Aquarium
A large aquarium on Playa de Palma, with Europe's deepest shark tank. Open all year, it is a reliable option for a rainy day with children.
Costitx
A coffee, a few lanes and a church at the heart of the village: Costitx lies north-east of Sencelles in central Mallorca. It makes a lovely short stop a…
Es Calderers
In hot weather, visit the outdoor areas during the cooler hours.
Església de Nostra Senyora dels Dolors
Sunny days bring colour into the church through its windows. Leave time to sit on a pew.
Església Nova
Visit in the morning and bring sun protection: there’s no roof over the nave.
Manacor
Manacor is a town for wandering, shopping and watching everyday life. Café-lined squares open between shops, narrow lanes run through the old centre, an…
Mancor de la Vall
A village stroll is worthwhile in summer too. Account for the heat on longer outings.
Museu d'Història de Manacor
Behind the Rafa Nadal Sports Center is a museum worth taking time over. Inside Torre dels Enagistes, the galleries explore the history of Manacor and it…
Worth considering — check the details
Ermita de Bonany
A pilgrimage sanctuary on the Puig de Bonany above Petra, 317 metres above sea level. Hermits lived here until 1990. On clear days, the terrace looks ac…
Ermita de Crestatx
A small pilgrimage chapel among pines near Sa Pobla, on the site of an older settlement. A paved path leads up to the church, with tables in the shade f…
Es Capdellà
A quiet village inland from the coast, just ten minutes from Peguera but with a very different feel: stone houses, a shop and a church square, with the…
Església de Son Serra
A church among the pines, beside the old Son Serra estate with its towers and farm buildings. A glimpse of the rural countryside behind Son Serra de Mar…
Puigpunyent
A village below Puig de Galatzó, twenty minutes from Palma yet rarely visited. Plane trees overhang the road, the church overlooks a square, old olive p…
Sant Miquel de Campanet
One of Mallorca's oldest churches, standing alone among the fields outside Campanet. Built on the site of a mosque after the conquest of 1229, it served…
Santuari de Santa Llúcia
A pilgrimage church on a rocky ledge above Mancor de la Vall, documented since 1275. The terrace looks across much of inland Mallorca, and even in summe…
Selva
A village at the foot of the Tramuntana on the road to Lluc. Sant Llorenç church stands above a broad outdoor staircase lined with cypresses — the lovel…
Capocorb Vell
It can be very hot with little shade. Come in the morning and bring water and sun protection.
Galilea
One of Mallorca’s highest villages, 460 metres above the sea. Two hundred residents, a white church with a red tower roof, a café on the square and, in…
Muro
Some shops close for holidays.
Orient
Forty residents in a high Tramuntana valley, reached by a road with seventeen hairpins. Rough-stone houses, ivy-covered façades and no shops, with walki…
Son Corró
It can get very hot. Visit in the morning if possible and bring water and sun protection.
Cala Brafi
A small, undeveloped bay with no kiosk or road to the sand. A rough path between dry-stone walls leads past a low wall to cross, the remains of a fisher…
Cala Moltó
A small cove with little shade; midday can be uncomfortable.
Castell de Santueri
A rocky hilltop fortress 408 metres above sea level near Felanitx, its walls rising directly from the cliff edge. Explore the ruins and cistern, then lo…
Esporles
A Tramuntana town whose main street was built above a stream: a long, tree-lined space beneath plane trees, with green-shuttered houses on either side.…
Monestir de Miramar
Ramon Llull founded a school for Eastern languages here in 1276. Six hundred years later, Archduke Ludwig Salvator bought the estate and began helping p…
Montuïri
The Cossiers dance on 23 and 24 August, a good reason to visit despite the heat.
Necròpolis de Son Real
It can be very hot, with no shade on the coastal path or at the graves. Come in the morning if possible and bring water.
Platja des Carbó
A strip of white sand between Colònia de Sant Jordi and Mallorca's southern tip, reached on foot or by boat. The water is clear enough to see the seabed…
Raixa
A country estate near Bunyola, transformed by an 18th-century cardinal into an Italian-style villa. A terraced staircase, stone lions and cypresses fill…
S'Alqueria Blanca
A quiet village between Santanyí and the coves that most people drive straight through. An unusually large church, a few sandstone lanes and the road up…
S'Estanyol de Migjorn
A small coastal settlement between Sa Ràpita and Palma bay, without hotels or a sandy beach. There is a marina, holiday homes, a shingle cove and a harb…
Santuari de Gràcia
The middle of the three religious houses on Puig de Randa, built beneath an overhanging cliff that extends right above the roof. Cypresses fill the fore…
Andratx
The main town of the south-west was built inland from its harbour to keep it safer from corsair raids. Sandstone houses climb the hillside towards a for…
Banys Àrabs
An 11th-century brick chamber in an old-town garden, with twelve columns, horseshoe arches and a dome pierced by round skylights. The Arab Baths are amo…
Cabrera
Cabrera lies around ten kilometres south of Mallorca and has been a national park since 1991. You arrive by boat to find quiet bays, walking paths and v…
Cala Millor
Nearly two kilometres of pale sand, a car-free promenade and hotels behind it. Cala Millor is an unmistakable holiday resort, with a few more year-round…
Cala Pi
A narrow inlet reaches roughly 400 metres inland, ending in a small sandy beach. Old boathouses line the water, while a watchtower built in 1663 stands…
Canyamel
The bay is busy too, though the atmosphere is generally quieter than Cala Ratjada.
Capdepera
Founded by royal order in 1300, Capdepera rises beneath a large medieval fortress. Explore the stone lanes and walk the castle walls; in May, the Mercat…
Castell de Bellver
A striking circular Gothic castle, built above Palma between 1300 and 1311. Inside is a two-storey round courtyard; outside are views over the city, har…
Castell de Capdepera
Above Capdepera stands a former walled settlement, with walkable defensive walls, the Miquel Nunis tower and a medieval chapel. Its residents gradually…
Colònia de Sant Jordi
A former fishing harbour in southern Mallorca, now a holiday resort with several beaches close by. Boats leave for Cabrera, and you can walk along the c…
Colònia de Sant Pere
Popular with Mallorcan summer visitors; the small beach and holiday homes are busy.
Coves d'Artà
A limestone cave with a huge opening above the sea near Canyamel. Inside, a guided route climbs and descends steps through lofty chambers filled with ro…
Coves dels Hams
The caves near Porto Cristo take their name from their hook-shaped formations. Smaller than the nearby Coves del Drac, they combine unusual limestone sh…
El Toro
A residential neighbourhood above a south-western bay, beside Port Adriano, the marina redesigned by Philippe Starck. A small sandy beach sits between t…
Es Baluard
Cool inside, very hot outside.
Estellencs
Four hundred residents on a steep west-coast hillside, stone lanes and a fortified church tower. Below, a small rocky cove has a boat slipway. The route…
Far des Cap de ses Salines
Mallorca’s southernmost point has a lighthouse built in 1863, flat coastal rocks and open sea, with the uninhabited island of Cabrera on the horizon. Th…
Gordiola
A family glassworks dating back to 1719, beside the road to Manacor in a castle-like building. Watch glassblowers at work downstairs, then explore the c…
Gorg Blau
After a dry summer, the reservoir level is noticeably lower.
La Seu
Palma’s cathedral was begun in 1230 and built over several centuries. Its Gothic buttresses rise above the water, with one of the world’s largest rose w…
Mirador de Ricardo Roca
The first major viewpoint on the west-coast road after Andratx. Stone steps climb from beside a road tunnel to a rocky lookout with coastal views in bot…
Mirador Es Pontàs
A freestanding rock arch in the sea, one of the south-east coast’s best-known views. The viewpoint lies between Cala Santanyí and Cala Llombards, costs…
Palau de l'Almudaina
The royal palace beside Palma cathedral began as a Moorish alcázar, later converted into a residence for Mallorca’s kings by Jaume II. Reopened on 29 Ju…
Palau March
The March family's city palace between the cathedral and the Almudaina: a terrace filled with 20th-century sculpture, historic living rooms and an 18th-…
Hafen von Palma
The Copa del Rey arrives in early August — worth seeing, but the city is busy.
Passeig del Born
Some shops and restaurants take a summer break.
Platja de Muro
A long sandy stretch of the Bay of Alcúdia, with protected dunes and pines at Es Comú rather than a continuous hotel frontage. S'Albufera lies behind it…
Portocolom
One of Mallorca's largest natural harbours, with a quieter atmosphere than many east-coast resorts. Fishing boats line up outside colourful boathouses,…
Puerto Portals
The south-west's marina, with 670 berths, rows of white boats and a white tower by the quay. You come here to look around rather than swim.
Sa Ràpita
A marina on the flat south coast, with an old watchtower and a beach strewn with seagrass rather than loungers. From here, you can walk along the shore…
Santanyí
Some shops close for their annual holiday.
Santuari de Cura
A monastery estate on the highest point of the Pla, 548 metres above the plain. Ramon Llull retreated here in the 13th century. Today, there is a cloist…
Santuari de Sant Salvador
A pilgrimage church has stood here since 1348, 509 metres above Felanitx at the southern end of the Serra de Llevant. Today there are guest rooms, a res…
Santuari de Lluc
Mallorca's spiritual centre, a sanctuary at 525 metres in the heart of the Tramuntana, with guest rooms, a children's choir and a Rosary Way whose desig…
Son Marroig
Archduke Ludwig Salvator's country estate above the west coast, with a white marble pavilion on the edge — the best-known viewpoint between Valldemossa…
Torre des Verger
A round 16th-century watchtower on an isolated rocky outcrop above the west coast. Climb the stone steps to the roof for one of the Ma-10's finest coast…
Cala Anguila
Very busy in high season. Arrive early for a spot or sunlounger; parking is not guaranteed.
Cala Mandia
Peak season brings plenty of swimmers. I would arrive early or late; walk if you are staying nearby.
Cala Mondragó
Three beaches within a natural park — S'Amarador, Ses Fonts de n'Alís and small Caló des Borgit. Pale sand lies between pines and rocks, reached by walk…
Mirador Es Colomer
The busiest period, particularly late afternoon and around sunset.
Platja de Palma & S'Arenal
The busiest and most expensive month, even by this resort's standards.
Pollença
On 2 August the town re-enacts the pirate attack in Moros i Cristians. A memorable spectacle, with huge crowds.
Port d'Alcúdia
It is busy. Book accommodation early and reserve restaurant tables.
Porto Cristo
A town with two different daily moods. From ten until four, coaches bring visitors to the Coves del Drac. Before and after, Porto Cristo is a quiet harb…
Cala Bona
Much busier in the main season than during the autumn visit.
Es Fortí
There’s no shade on the open platform. Sun and hot stone walls make a visit tiring on very warm days; come in the morning or late afternoon.
Finca pública de Son Real
The long walk to the coast can be very hot. The management also lists Saturday closures for the museum and information centre.
Mirador Son Real
Parts of the route are exposed to the sun. In hot weather, come early or late in the afternoon.
Santa Magdalena
Little shade on the climb. In very hot weather, walk or cycle at cooler times or choose another day.
Ses Païsses
Even with tree-shaded paths, it can get very hot. Come in the morning and bring water. Closed on Sundays and public holidays.
Talaiots de Son Fornés
It can get very hot. Much of the excavation is exposed, so come in the morning and bring water. Trees provide shade for a break.
Son Fred
It can get very hot. Visit in the morning if possible and bring water and sun protection.
Son Servera
Old-town buildings provide shade and a breeze can help, but Friday markets get very crowded.
Better saved for another month
These places have their appeal, but this month does not show them at their best.
Algaida
Most people know Algaida only from the sign on the Palma–Manacor road. It’s the turn-off for Puig de Randa, but the village itself has old windmill towe…
Ariany
Mallorca’s youngest municipality, Ariany only separated from Petra in 1982, after two unsuccessful attempts. This ridge-top village in the Pla has a chu…
Binissalem
Mallorca’s wine town, at the heart of the Balearics’ first designated wine-growing area. Golden sandstone manor houses, a substantial church and Septemb…
Búger
Some businesses take their summer break; temperatures can exceed 33°C.
Caimari
Around eight hundred people live at the foot of the Tramuntana, among rough stone lanes and olive groves. The old pilgrims' path to Lluc starts here, an…
Campos
A farming town in the south, with golden sandstone streets and a long connection to dairy farming, capers and vegetables. Many visitors pass through on…
Llubí
A village in the Pla known for capers rather than conventional sightseeing. A church above the rooftops, a shaded square and just over two thousand resi…
Maria de la Salut
Just over two thousand people live on this rise in the Pla, with a substantial fieldstone church and a long square beneath plane trees. There’s little a…
Petra
A golden sandstone village in the Pla, birthplace in 1713 of Juníper Serra, whose name is especially familiar in California. His small, low house still…
Pina
Around 450 residents, a Baroque church, an old well and natural-stone lanes, plus a convent whose religious community spread across Mallorca from 1856.…
Porreres
A village in the Pla known for its apricots and windmills. An unexpectedly large church stands in the centre, while the hilltop sanctuary of Monti-sion…
Sa Pobla
A small town on the edge of s'Albufera, built on drained marshland and known for two things — potatoes and the devils of Sant Antoni in January.
Sant Joan
Two thousand residents on a rise in the Pla, a church with a hefty tower and a town hall with a figure on its gable. Above the village stands the Consol…
Sant Jordi
A village in the Prat de Sant Jordi, the flat plain east of Palma, between fields, farm tracks and the airport flight path. Aircraft climb away above th…
Santa Eugènia
A rarely visited village halfway between Palma and Inca, with stone houses, a shady square and a hillside church — plus views across the plain that you…
Santuari de la Consolació
A small 15th-century sanctuary on a 205-metre hill near S'Alqueria Blanca, rarely busy and with views over the east coast. Getting up is the challenge —…
Santuari de Consolació
A small pilgrimage church on a hill above Sant Joan, reached by a broad stone staircase. There is a well, shade beneath the pines and picnic tables, wit…
Sencelles
A quiet village between Palma and Inca, birthplace of Sor Francinaina Cirer, who was later beatified. Her house remains a place of pilgrimage and explai…
Son Carrió
A village inland from Sa Coma and Cala Millor with a church that seems far too grand for its size. Sant Miquel has an arched entrance, a fan-shaped wind…
Alaró
Heat and annual business closures.
Campanet
A village below the Tramuntana with a large church and a broad, tree-lined square. Nearby are two very different natural sights — the caves and Fonts Uf…
Ermita de Betlem
Fire risk may lead to route closures; check current conditions.
Es Jonquet
The rocky spur heats up and has no trees. Come early or in the evening, or leave it for another day.
Randa
A village of a hundred people at the foot of Puig de Randa, with a stone cross at the fork in the road and lanes of rough stone houses. The climb to the…
Santa Margalida
The inland village at the highest point of a municipality that also includes Can Picafort and Son Serra de Marina. A Baroque church rises above the roof…
Torre de Son Jaumell
Paths may close because of wildfire risk.
Bunyola
A village at the foot of the Tramuntana with a lovely old railway station. The wooden Sóller train stops here before disappearing into the long tunnel b…
Es Llombards
A village of six hundred people between Santanyí and Mallorca’s southern tip, built from local sandstone. A few lanes, an arched gateway and dry-stone w…
Felanitx
A working town in the east, with a church above a broad flight of steps, locally grown capers and wine, and two hills rising beyond it, Sant Salvador an…
Inca
Mallorca’s third-largest town has long been shaped by leatherworking. It has the bustle of an inland commercial centre, the island’s largest market on T…
Llucmajor
The independent Kingdom of Mallorca ended on the fields outside this town in 1349. Today Llucmajor is a working town with broad squares shaded by plane…
El Terreno & Bellver
Too hot for the climb, with increased forest fire risk.
Santa Catalina
Summer holidays mean a noticeable number of restaurants close, including some favourites. The weakest month.
Pollentia
The remains of an important Roman town just outside Alcúdia. An urban centre developed here after the conquest of 123 BC. The forum, theatre and Sa Port…
Santuari de Sant Salvador (Artà)
Too hot for the climb, and the stone courtyard heats up fiercely at midday.
Santa Maria del Camí
A wine village on the old Palma–Inca road, with traffic passing straight through. Sunday brings the market, the surrounding estates belong to the Biniss…
Ses Salines
A village of golden sandstone on the road to Mallorca's southern tip, named after the coastal saltworks. In the centre, a lane forks around a tall windo…
Sineu
In the heart of Mallorca, Sineu hosts one of the island's oldest markets every Wednesday, under a royal charter dating from 1306. Its livestock section…
Artà
A small north-eastern town beneath a fortified hilltop sanctuary, surrounded by some of Mallorca’s least developed countryside. Nearby Ses Païsses is on…
Cala Figuera
August puts pressure on this small village, with parking particularly difficult.
Can Pastilla
At the western end of Playa de Palma, ten minutes from the airport by car: a marina, a rocky waterfront promenade and the start of the long sandy beach…
Ermita de la Victòria
Too busy for the narrow road. Come in September instead.
Fornalutx
The island’s steepest village, built from the rock it stands on. Stepped lanes replace streets, painted tiles line the eaves and terraces climb towards…
Palma
Much of the city takes its own holiday. Heat and business closures coincide with cruise crowds; my least favourite month.
Casc Antic
Large cruise crowds and many independent shops taking their summer break. The least appealing month.
La Llotja & Es Puig de Sant Pere
Hot and crowded, with some establishments taking their summer break.
Port d'Andratx
An upmarket natural harbour in a deep, sheltered bay, with fishing boats on one side, yachts on the other and villas covering the surrounding hillsides.
Alcúdia
The busiest month, with coach parties arriving from across the north coast.
Banyalbufar
The busiest month. I would choose another time to enjoy the village.
Cala Agulla
A broad sandy bay north-west of Cala Ratjada, backed by pine woods and dunes. Pale sand fills the centre, with rocky shelves in the shallow water at eit…
Cala d'Or
A resort planned in the 1930s by an Ibizan who brought the style of his home island with him. Low white buildings surround turquoise coves and a marina,…
Cala de Sant Vicenç
Four small coves beneath the dramatic cliffs of Cavall Bernat, rising around 300 metres above the coast. Houses and hotels cluster around the water, in…
Cala Fornells
Around two kilometres from Paguera, Cala Fornells feels quite different. Rocky shores and small patches of coarse sand meet turquoise water, with terrac…
Cala Llombards
Pale sand between high rocky sides, clear water and boathouses built into the shore. Cala Llombards is no secret, but outside the busiest weeks it still…
Cala d'en Marçal
Golden sand, gently shelving water and a nearby bus stop make Cala d'en Marçal Portocolom's convenient family beach. It is easy to enjoy — and understan…
Cala Mesquida
A broad stretch of pale sand with protected dunes behind it and a wooden boardwalk crossing them. Cala Mesquida faces north, so waves and currents can b…
Cala Ratjada
A working fishing harbour and lively holiday resort on Mallorca's north-east coast. Three different beaches are within reach on foot, with a 19th-centur…
Cala s'Almunia
Around 110 steep steps lead down to fishermen's cottages, boathouses, rock and a tiny strip of sand. Cala s'Almunia is quite different from a convention…
Cala Santanyí
Pale sand and gently shelving water in a rocky-sided bay, with hotels close behind. Cala Santanyí is a practical family beach and a useful starting poin…
Caló des Moro
One of Mallorca's best-known small coves, with turquoise water below steep rocky sides. Reaching the tiny sandy area involves rough paths and a demandin…
Camp de Mar
A compact sandy bay in the municipality of Andratx, surrounded by pine-covered slopes. A wooden footbridge leads out to a small rocky island with a rest…
Can Picafort
A small fishing settlement first recorded in 1860 has become a busy holiday resort. Come for the beach, the promenade and everything within walking dist…
Cap de Formentor
Mallorca's north-eastern tip, reached along a rocky peninsula with a lighthouse at its end since 1863. The twenty-kilometre approach is spectacular, wit…
Deià
An ochre-coloured village on the slopes of the Teix, long associated with writers and artists and now one of Mallorca's more expensive places to stay. R…
Es Trenc
Less suitable for a quiet beach day. Bring water and sun protection, and have another plan if the car parks are full.
Peguera
Three sandy bays in a row, separated by pine-covered rocky headlands, with a plane-tree-lined boulevard behind that belongs to pedestrians in the evenin…
Palmanova
Broad sandy bays with pale, shallow water, right beside Magaluf but with a different feel. The quieter neighbour, and my choice for the beaches.
Platja de Formentor
One of the north's best-known beaches: pale sand beneath old pines, the peninsula's mountains behind and water in shades of blue ahead. Summer road acce…
Port de Pollença
Finding a spare café table can be difficult.
Port de Sóller
Train tickets can sell out, traffic queues at the tunnel and car parks fill.
Port de Valldemossa
A tiny fishing settlement beneath the cliffs, reached by six kilometres of tight hairpin bends. A few stone houses and boats on slipways sit beside the…
Porto Petro
A kilometre and a half from Cala d'Or, but a different world — a natural harbour where fishermen still unload their catch, small sandy coves and a quiet…
Sa Calobra
The car park fills from nine and space on the shingle is limited. Visit another time if you can.
Sant Elm
Mallorca's westernmost village, a small seaside resort at the end of the road. The uninhabited island of Dragonera lies opposite. Beyond here, there is…
Santa Ponça
A large resort in the south-west with a broad sandy beach, marina and offshore islands. Jaume I landed here in 1229 — a stone cross above the bay marks…
Ses Covetes
A small coastal settlement at the western end of Es Trenc, giving access to the natural beach. The unfinished apartment blocks were demolished in 2013.
Sóller
Train tickets can sell out, traffic queues at the tunnel and the port is crowded.
Valldemossa
August is extremely busy, with car parks filling from ten.