Pamplona sits in the middle of the map of Navarre. It is located on a plateau 449 metres above sea level. It covers 23.55 square kilometres. Today, Pamplona is a city with effective social services, good education and health systems, areas given over to leisure, high industrial activity and a consolidated communications network. In brief, a modern city with a high quality of life. Pamplona”s climate reflects a transition from a Mediterranean to an Atlantic climate. The average maximum temperature in August, the hottest month, is 27.1 degrees centigrade, while the average low in January, the coldest month, is 1.1. It rains for a total of 132 days in the year, mainly in the winter. The number of hours of sunlight stands between 1,800 and 2,000 a year.