The first heat wave of this summer has raised temperatures between 10 and 15 degrees above normal for a month of June, with torrid nights that will persist until the weekend. According to State Meteorological Agency (Aemet)this episode of high temperatures will pass from the south to the north of the peninsula, in which it seems that the Cantabrian coast will be fought.
“Despite the slight drop compared to the beginning of the week, towns in the Guadalquivir valley such as Seville and Córdoba may reach 40° C, while this level will be reached in points in the Ebro valley such as Logroño and Zaragoza, as well as cities in the Tagus like Toledo and from Guadiana like Badajoz”, has highlighted Rubén Del Campo, spokesman for Aemet.
Many families try to save these days by increasing electricity consumption with the use of air conditioning or fans, in addition to other resources to get cooler rooms with the blinds down or keeping air currents inside the home.
Another option may be to look at what it costs to buy a house in an area with milder temperatures. But since we know the difficulties that someone from Seville could have moving to Santander, from idealistic We analyze the average price of housing in the coolest and hottest locations in each province, in addition to comparing it with the average price in the capitals, and their average temperatures.
From 8.5 degrees in the Pyrenees to 24 degrees in the towns of Jaén
As expected, the mildest temperatures are distributed among mountain towns in northern Spain, as in Benasque (Huesca), Espot (Lleida) or Queralbs (Girona), below the average temperature of 8.5 degrees in June. The average price of housing in these three towns in the Pyrenees is 2,430 euros/m2, 1,538 euros/m2 and 3,000 euros/m2, respectively. These three provinces share the majority of locations with the mildest temperatures in June, ahead of the Cantabrian coastal areas and central Spain.
On the opposite side, up to eight towns in the province of Jaén occupy the first places among the areas with the highest average temperatures recorded in Spain during a month of June such as Mengíbar, Espeluy, Torreblascopedro, Fuerte del Rey, Higuera de Arjona, Jabalquinto, Cazalilla or Lopera, all of them with average temperatures ranging from 23.9 degrees to 24.1 degrees, exceeding all the 31 degrees average maximum. Average house prices in these areas range from just 261 euros/m2 in Espeluy, to 589 euros/m2 in Mengíbar or 591 euros/m2 in Torreblascopedro.
Together with these populations from Jaén, they are followed by Villa del Río (Córdoba) and the Seville city, the provincial capital with the highest average temperature in Spain for a month of June, both with 23.9 degrees. But with a difference in average house prices, between 835 euros/m2 in the Cordoba municipality and 2,018 euros/m2 in the Seville capital. These average temperature data collected in June come from the study of Worldclim, which has collected information between 1970 and 2000 (from between 6,000 and 90,000 different weather stations).
Differences between the hottest and coolest in each province
Differences of up to 14 degrees can be found between municipalities of the same province. The greatest differences in average temperatures stand out, above all, in the provinces of the Pyrenees, such as between the towns of Chalamera (22 degrees) and Benasque (8 °C), both in the Huesca province, with a difference between average temperatures of up to 13.9 degrees between one area and another. Like the temperatures, the average prices are highly differentiated, with the previously mentioned price for Benasque (2,430 euros/m2) and just 545 euros/m2 for Chalamera.
Also in Lleida, with the 13.3 degree difference between the average for Aitona (21.7 °C) and Espot (8.4 °C). The prices of the house for sale in these locations range from 736 euros/m2 to 1,538 euros/m2, respectively.
Also in Girona, between the 20.6 degrees of Llançà, with its 2,052 euros/m2 on the Costa Brava, to the 8.4 °C average in Queralbs, in the middle of the mountains with its 3,000 euros/m2. The average temperature difference reaches 12.2 degrees.
In the southern area, there is also a difference of more than 10 degrees between the towns of Granada La Mamola (22.7°C), on the Tropical coast, and the town of Trevélez (12.4°C), in the Sierra Nevada. On this occasion, the coastal municipality is more expensive (1,303 euros/m2) than the mountain municipality (1,001 euros/m2).
In prominent provinces in the housing market such as Barcelona o Madrid, the differences reach 9 degrees between the 20.6° C of Sant Adriá de Besós to the 11.6° C of Fígols. Prices also vary between 2,277 euros/m2 for the first, and 1,092 euros/m2 for the second.
In the Madrid provincethe hottest town is Aranjuez (21.9° C) with 8.4 degrees of difference with Somosierra, which on average does not exceed 13.5° C. Their prices, however, are practically equal with 1,452 euros/m2 and 1,500 euros/m2, respectively.
Seville, Toledo and three other capitals are the hottest towns in their area
Among the provincial capitals, it should be noted that the cities of Sevilla (23,9° C), Toledo (22,4° C), Valladolid (18,6° C), Zamora (18.4°C) and also Santander (17.5° C) are the municipalities with the highest temperatures in their province. As we have already commented before, the Sevillian capital is the hottest capital in Spain, followed by Córdoba (23.8° C) and Murcia (23.3° C). The average house prices in these three capitals are in the same order with 2,018 euros/m2, 1,427 euros/m2 and 1,077 euros/m2, respectively.
Behind, between 22°C and 23°C are another 10 capitals such as Jaén (1,112 euros/m2), Alicante (1,526 euros/m2), Toledo (1,456 euros/m2), Malaga (2,240 euros/m2) or Valencia (1,979 euros/m2). Madrid (3,833 euros/m2) It has an average temperature of 20.8 degrees, while Barcelona (4,025 euros/m2) It is somewhat cooler with 20.5 degrees. The capitals of both archipelagos share the 21.3 degrees of Palma (3,244 euros/m2) and Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1,524 euros/m2) and the 20.9 degrees of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (2,025 euros/m2).
Between the capitals with the mildest temperatures they find each other Soria (15,9° C), Vitoria (16,1° C) y Lugo (16.4° C), which have disparate prices of 1,346 euros/m2, 2,456 euros/m2 and 1,215 euros/m2, respectively.
Behind, with average temperatures between 16.5 degrees and 18 degrees in June, come capitals from central and northern Spain such as Pamplona (2,543 euros/m2), Santander (1,909 euros/m2), Segovia (1,627 euros/m2) Bilbao (3,060 euros/m2) or San Sebastián, the most expensive capital in Spain with its 5,060 euros/m2.
