marchena

I did not expect to have such a low temperature here around Sevilla specialy inside the house, simply freezing!

Hillybilly

LOL welcome to Sevilla! I was once told it snows only once in about every 30 years around here...so far it's snowed for 3 out of my 7 winters here and we have frosts and sub-zero temps every year...

marchena

Wow I was thinking we will spring temperatures in the winter so I did not worry when I saw there is no heating in any houses in the campo but definitly one is needed or otherwise live in only one room all the family packed together.

poolboy

stop complaining & put a jumper on.

its 11 degrees in Denia, 15 degrees more than UK tonight!

rachelk

I sympathise, having spent two years in Córdoba. It was the heat I was scared of beforehand, but in reality it was the winter really got me down.

Snow - yes, the first year I was there it snowed for the first time in 36 years. The second year I was there it snowed again. I didn't stay for a third.

steviedeluxe

He's right - it is bitterly cold in the UK tonight (it has been for a few days now).

marchena

Yes but the houses in UK are heated and sometimes overheated, the best thing is to be outside all day outside is nicer than inside except today a chilly wind was everywhere.

jojojojojo

In UK houses you have central heating, carpets, insulation, damp course. In Spain they build their houses to keep cool, lots of tiles and draughts! It doesnt matter about the temperature outside when you're sitting indoors, its expensive and hard work to get a Spanish house warm and cosy, so its usually just one room with everyone huddled around the fire!

Jo

steviedeluxe

I have to admit that in Madrid I found different places had differing ways of coping with the cold. Modern apartment blocks had shared centralised central heating, and were over-powering in some cases. Older blocks (although not freezing) were a tad chilly when winter was at its peak. However I know that detached villas/chalets were often under-powered in this respect. Some of the detached villas where the rich people lived, were in fact the worse places to be once the mercury dipped below zero.

poolboy

spot on, I have a thermometer measuring inside & out temps.

at a villa if unused & unheated it is warmer outside than in - to warm up initially I open the windows as its stale air which is cold.

currently (in a flat) it is 12 deg out, 20 deg in. you don't half feel it as it was hot & sunny today, soon as the sun goes down the temp drops 10 degrees.

to anyone in the UK - keep safe & warm, drive carefully tomorrow.

HBG

When I first came to Spain, the winters didn’t bother me and felt a lot warmer than the UK. But I must admit that I get very cold now and need a lot of heating in the house.

I often wonder if my skin has got browner and thinner at the same time. Or have the winters got colder?

Whichever is true, I know that at least three cold months lie ahead.

Fredbargate

Christmas dinner was always eaten outside followed by a dip in the sea.

35 years later I believe it's all the cheap booze that has thinned the blood

wilki

I have never been so cold as my first few nights in spain, I slept with all my clothes on in a sleeping bag, and was still frozen. But come the summer, had to sleep on the cold tiles on the floor to keep cool.

jojojojojo

My husband commutes and he came over yesterday. He says its freezing in the UK, but the house there is lovely, warm and cosy. He's cold here tonight and sitting almost on top of the gas heater at the moment. He much prefers the UK in the winter cos its geared for the cold!

Jo xxx

Dick Dasterdly

Exactly right.
It's beautiful outside here in my part of the UK, with a nice crisp covering of snow.
Lovely and cosy inside, with a property geared up for cold weather.

In fact I'm as as snug as a bug in a rug, and will likely delay my return to Spain until Almond Blossom time or thereabouts.

Now had I still had my place in the Canaries, it might have been a different story.