CLIMATE

Spain, one of the warmest countries in Europe:

Spain’s predominant climate is Mediterranean-temperate, with dry summers, and pretty constant temperatures during the winter. In Spain, you will enjoy more than three thousand hours of sunlight.
However, the main characteristic of Spanish climate is its variety, due in part to Spain’s geographical diversity. In the higher areas of the country, the climate gets rougher, and snow is frequent from the beginning of winter to the end of spring.

The Cantabrian mountains mark the first well-defined climate dividing zone. To the north of this range, i.e. in the narrow northern strip, where the Basque Country, Cantabria, Asturias and Galicia are situated, lies what we may call rainy Spain, with a maritime climate par excellence, with only slight variations in temperature, mild winters and cool summers, an almost constantly cloudy sky and frequent rainfall, although less so during the summer. This climate, which is typical of western Europe, favours a northern European type of vegetation.

To the south of the Cantabrian range lies dry Spain, which has extremely varied climates, always characterized by scarce rainfall and a pitiless burning sun in an intensely blue sky, occasionally crossed by short-lived, fierce local thunderstorms.