Climate Spain

somiedo natural park, cantabrian mountains, asturias.



the mediterranean coast in cartagena, region of murcia



tablas de daimiel national park.

three main climatic zones can separated, according geographical situation , orographic conditions:

the mediterranean climate, characterised warm/hot , dry summers, dominant in peninsula. has 2 varieties: csa , csb according köppen climate classification.

the csa zone associated areas hot summers. predominant in mediterranean , southern atlantic coast , inland throughout andalusia, extremadura , much, if not most, of centre of country. csa zone covers climatic zones both relatively warm , cold winters considered extremely different each other @ local level, reason köppen classification eschewed within spain. local climatic maps divide mediterranean zone (which covers of country) between warm-winter , cold-winter zones, rather according summer temperatures.
the csb zone has warm rather hot summers, , extends additional cool-winter areas not typically associated mediterranean climate, such of central , northern-central of spain (e.g. western castile–león, northeastern castilla-la mancha , northern madrid) , rainier areas (notably galicia). note areas relatively high rainfall such galicia not considered mediterranean under local classifications, classed oceanic.


the semi-arid climate (bsk, bsh), predominant in southeastern quarter of country, widespread in other areas of spain. covers of region of murcia, southern valencia , eastern andalusia, true hot desert climates exist. further north, predominant in upper , mid reaches of ebro valley, crosses southern navarre, central aragon , western catalonia. found in madrid, extremadura, castilla-la mancha, , locations of western andalusia. dry season extends beyond summer , average temperature depends on altitude , latitude.
the oceanic climate (cfb), located in northern quarter of country, in atlantic region (basque country, cantabria, asturias, , partly galicia , castile–león). additionally found in northern navarre, in highlands areas along iberian system , in pyrenean valleys, humid subtropical variant (cfa) occurs. winter , summer temperatures influenced ocean, , have no seasonal drought.

apart these main types, other sub-types can found, alpine , continental climates (dfc, dfb / dsc, dsb) in pyrenees parts of cantabrian range, central system, sierra nevada , iberian system, , typical desert climate (bwk, bwh) in zone of almería, murcia , eastern canary islands. low-lying areas of canary islands average above 18.0 °c (64.4 °f) during coldest month, having tropical climate.