Cantabria may not be infinite, but it has two enormous thermostats in the sea and in its mountains that turn its geography into a climatic mosaic. This can surprise a tourist when they arrive in Spain and get to know this community in comparison with others, As happens to this Australian who reacts in a particular way.
As you may already know, Cantabria is a Spanish region characterized by its great variety of landscapes. From the mountains of the Picos de Europa to the beaches of the Cantabrian Sea, passing through green valleys and charming villages. This diversity is also reflected in its climate.
Due to the influence of the Gulf Stream, which brings warm waters to the Cantabrian Sea, Cantabria enjoys much milder temperatures than those that would correspond to its latitude. The region has a temperate Atlantic climate, with average rainfall and mild temperatures all year round.
The textbooks say that Cantabria has an oceanic, temperate and humid climate, characteristic of the western regions of Europe. But this classification does not support a detailed analysis of rainfall and temperatures in a region that, in practice, contains three different ones.
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The entire seafront, from the coast to the Cantabrian mountain range, forms a block of oceanic climate, with mild temperatures and rain all year round, cold winters and cool summers. But the influence of the sea gradually loses strength as the first mountainous elevations appear.
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In this way, the climate is divided into two halves: the coast and the interior belt, with more rain and more drastic temperatures. The Cantabrian Sea makes it very difficult to drop below zero degrees on the coast, but a little further inland there are many more days a year when these numbers are seen on the thermometers.
The same thing happens with high temperatures, where in Santander it is difficult to see more than 25 degrees, while inland they can have up to 60 days like that. Precipitation also increases towards the interior as you gain altitude. But in that division we were talking about, the rain is drastically reduced.
Storms come in from the west and the volume of precipitation increases with altitude, but curiously it is not the Picos de Europa where it rains the most. That privilege belongs to the Pasiegas mountains. In addition, in the Liébana area they have a climate that is even similar to the Mediterranean and has nothing to do with the rest.
This Australian can’t contain himself
But the most touristic part is focused more on the sea, especially in summer. This area of the peninsula is adored by many for being almost a refuge from the extreme heat that can be found in most of Spain. This Australian is struck by the weather, as he shows in the video.
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The sea softens the temperatures, both in winter and summer, although as we go inland the extremes become more acute. This tourist who is in Cabo de Ajo also encounters quite a bit of wind, since strong gusts are recorded at that point in the region due to its peculiar location.
