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Spain

Kingdom of Spain

CapitalMadrid
CurrencyEuro (EUR)
PowerType C / F · 230 V
LanguagesSpanish

Spain runs late — lunch at two, dinner at nine or ten — and its high-speed AVE network makes Madrid, Barcelona, Seville and Valencia easy to link without flying. It is in Schengen, uses the euro, and the Canary Islands sit an hour behind the mainland.

Region
Europe · Southern Europe
Population
49.3M (49,315,949)
Area
505,992 km²

Right now in Madrid

Local time in Madrid — Europe/Madrid

Spain spans 3 time zones.

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7-day forecast for Madrid

Upcoming public holidays

National holidays in Spain over the next 12 months. See the full calendar.

Practical facts

Languages
Spanish
Calling code
+34
Internet domain
.es
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Time zones
Africa/Ceuta, Atlantic/Canary, Europe/Madrid

Power

Plug types: Type C, Type F

Voltage 230 V · Frequency 50 Hz

Check your charger’s label — most phone and laptop chargers accept 100–240 V and only need a plug adapter. Adapter guide.

Airports in Spain

+ 37 more airports — use search to find them.

Bordering countries

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Source: Wikipedia — Spain, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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