Gran Canaria has a wide variety of climates, due to both the altitudinal gradient and the effect of the trade winds , which cause marked differences between windward and leeward landscape, for this reason, it is called "the miniature continent". The island capital Las Palmas de Gran Canaria It is considered the town with the best climate in the world according a study from the University of Syracuse ( New York ). Meanwhile,Mogan , south of the island, is the place of the European Union with more clear days. grancanario Climate makes it remarkable ecological diversity: the island has more than one hundred native plants, as well as other hundred shared with the rest of the Canaries
