Re: Which part of Spain has the best climate?
 

The airport?

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Tenerife gets plenty of rain because it's in the Atlantic. Lowest rainfall in Iberia/Europe is Cabo de Gata - Nijar, with 150mm per annum. Alicante, Murcia and Almeria all get around 300mm (which is what has fallen in Alicante over the last 10 days, which is the worst rainfall in 12 years). I can't see why a couple of weeks rain would put a Brit off though.

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When deciding where in Spain to move, apart from access to airport & other stuff, when it came to weather we wanted to warmest overall & chose CdS region. However I think one's views change the longer you live here (at least mine have). Within a short time I realised the thing I liked best wasn't necessarily the temperature but the likelihood of seeing sun most if not every day (maybe not for long, but put against UK odds it was laughably likely). As time's gone one, though, while that's still my number 1 weather issue, number 2 swings between being able to heat the pool to over 30 just by using the sun, and wishing to goodness I didn't like the mountains so much because it's godawfully cold in old houses up yur in the winter!

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Has he also thought about the heat in the summer?

I can understand him not wanting to live on an island. I'm on Ibiza. It can be difficult getting hold of some things and it is expensive. If I was retired I would settle somewhere on the mainland. I do like it here but I don't think I would waste my time trying to convince your friend it would suit him.

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Doesn´t mention Galicia as the wettest, how strange!

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The wettest village in Spain is actually Grazalema in Cadiz province!

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Yes it is, or one of the wettest. Great place to go by the way if you haven´t been up there.:thumbup:

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So where dose it say that any where where it is the wettest? (of what BTW?)

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We just had our first summer here in Asturias. I found the CDS too hot (couldn't do anything during July/August) Here, it was not too hot and not too cold.

Autumn is now on its way and the leaves are falling, changing colour. Very beautiful.

Asturias may be mild but I think we are lucky that we don't get anything severe. The winter just gone was mild and we didn't get any snow nor bad frost.

It is much better than southern England anyway.


But it does rain alot so you always need an umbrella and raincoat.

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I´m just winding you up, as I know you like to say how dry it is in Galicia.:thumbup:

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It does (as mentioned above) depend on what type of climate you enjoy. For some the south of Spain is uncomfortably hot in the summer - but if on the coast and with a sea breeze it is not so bad - I like it.

What many people mean by the best climate is the warmest winters - that is what I looked for before moving to Spain. I think many people can be shocked by the climate outside of the summer months which can seem as sold and damp as the UK - particularly when houses often do not have carpets and central heating.

My mother moved to Spain about a year before me and she went to Mallorca and the North east is beautiful but from mid September onwards it is quite damp cool and wet. I ended up on the Costa Tropical which has a sub tropical micro-climate (unique in Europe) where various tropical fruits are grown - mangoes chirimoyas bananas lychees etc. We never have frosts here. The micoclimate (caused by the Sierra Nevada mountains - it is an hours drive from the coast to go to the ski resort) provides the warmest winters in mainland europe. May be not as dry as (parts of ) Almeria but we only get about 30 days of rain a year. The area still stays lovely and green along the coast in summer due to huge underground streams.

It is an interesting place less than 40 minutes from Granada and sandwiched between Almeria and the Costa del Sol. The town of Motril (which is the main town here) has excellent medical facilities. You will need to learn a bit of Spanish which is not too hard to get by here as many waiters and people in stores do not speak english - but are friendly and helpful.

If you search for salobrena and "salobrena weather" (probably the top site will be salobrenaweather.com -not mine!!- will give you weather stats for the area) or a search on the Costa Tropical should find more information. There are more photos on my site below and also I have a new flickr page with very few photos at this time - just search for salobrenavillas on flickr. Photo attached to post too!

I am not saying that the Costa Tropical has excellent weather all year round - in the winter you will need to wrap up - but mainly in the evenings if you go out - during the day is often quite decent (19 degrees C) - but we do get cold snaps which you will need to turn some form of heating on for to survive!

Hope this helps and best of luck.

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I would agree that Tenerife is worth reconsidering.
I lived there many years and still probably didnt see everything worthwhile, but was never ever bored.
Like most of the Western Canaries,even the tiny ones, TF has its own micro climate which can vary on all sides, plus central on any given day.
If its wet in the North its dry in the South,if its too hot on one side it will be cooler on another side,e.g.the East side almost always has a fresh breeze and its easy to move around to catch whatever weather you prefer,not to forget the magnificent Teide district, Taganana,and the superb Mercedes mountains and rainforests of the North plus the very interesting and pretty West coast.
Most of this is repeated on the other smaller, lovely and different Western isles within easy daily reach.
The other point mentioned regarding ex-pat communities is easily avoided in one of the Canarian villages, which have only a very fine sprinkling of ex-pats.

Regarding the Peninsula, there are few places where you can be guaranteed not to get some extremes of weather at sometime.
Having stayed in most areas at some time I chose inland Valencia as the best balance I could find,for weather, people,infrastructure and scenery,....but be careful,......NOT too far inland!

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Can you expand on this? Why not too far inland? I'm guessing it's either because winters are colder, or that there's less access to English-speakers.

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Mainly due to colder winters, once you get more than 20 or 30 km inland and more than 400 mts asl you start to find quite a difference.
Also once you get 50km or more inland the lush green vegetation begins to disappear.
On the bright side you will probably avoid the Gota Fria.

I just use my own area about 25km inland from Valencia as a basic guide,no doubt it varies within the region,.....eg the area mainly South of Alicante is more arid, due partly to less annual rainfall than areas close to Valencia.

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I have some friends who moved to Murcia region on recommendation from there DR as they have issues with damp.

Also East of Malaga region has a good reputation for mild dry winters.