The relief is not very pronounced, the average height is of about 125 mts. It takes in three different areas:

- The Pla, the area where there is the main urban nucleus, is characterised by its plain. Only the Vall de la Nou interrupts it, where, on the calcareous soils of a dark reddish colour, the cultivation of cereals has traditionally been alternated with orchards and vineyards.

- The sector of the Serra de Llevant is characterised by its soft relief. Due to climatic factors (shortage of precipitation, floods etc.), geomorphologic factors, those of anthropologic origin (fire culture) and others, the soil in general is not very developed. It includes the massif of Calicant in its north-eastern part, the highlands in the centre and in the southwest the hills of Llodrà and Mola des Fangar.

- The Marina makes up a platform of about 4 km in width which is formed by white gritty stone and inclines down to the sea. These calcareous grounds and atmospheric agents have favoured the appearance of diverse forms of càrstic erosion, originating numerous caves, abysses, hollows and slides.

Actually there are many natural cavities in the township, most of all caves. The most outstanding for their singular beauty are the caves of Drach, those of Hams and the whole of the Pirata caves.

A wide range of coves embellishes the coast of Manacor: Cala Moreia, Cala Morlanda, Cala Petita, Porto Cristo, Cala Anguila, Cala Mendia, s'Estany d'en Mas, Cala Falcó, Cala Varques, Cala Sequer, Cala Magraner, Cala Virgili, Cala Bota, Cala Antena, Cala Domingos and Cala Murada.

Torrents are the hydrological base of the township. The torrents of Son Caules, the one of Conies and that of Son Cifre flow into the torrent of na Borges, which has got a hydrographical basin with a surface of 338 sqkm and ends in the bay of Alcúdia. The others spring from the inner mountains, cross the marina and flow into the sea.
 

The climate is typically Mediterranean, temperate and with thermal seasonal variation. The mountains and the inland are sub-humid arid areas while the marine is semi-arid. The average annual temperature is in between 16º - 17º C.
 

The vegetation shows the very own vegetable species of Majorca. The forest area represents little more than 20 %. The heathland of wild olive trees and small palm trees spreads out over the marine with species like rockrose (hypericum balearicum), scrubs (lentiscus), hay (fenum), rosemary and heather. The pine grove is developed in the mountainous area and there are hardly any holm-oak woods.

On the coast we find marine fennel and gorse among others, while the marine thistle has almost disappeared from the beaches. At the wetter areas frequently grow tamarind and reed.

The cultivated land represents 74 % of the area. The agricultural landscape is very fixed by the presence of almond trees, cereals and fig trees, and on a smaller way, locust and vineyard. The cultivation of vegetable is focused on melon, pepper and lettuce.