Plaza de España, Seville
Commissioned by Alfonso XIII in 1928, Plaza de España is a site of regionalist architecture designed by Aníbal González. It is a bien de interés cultural, one of the 102 sights on this site, and is the 16th most looked-up sight in Spain on English Wikipedia.
Planning a visit
The site is 9 km from Seville Airport and 392 km from Madrid. Temperatures vary by month. July and August are the warmest, with daily highs of 35 °C and 34 °C and minimal rain. December is the wettest month with 104 mm of rain. Other months include March with a high of 21 °C and 40 mm of rain, May with a high of 26 °C and 32 mm of rain, and October with a high of 25 °C and 71 mm of rain. January and February are cooler, with daily highs of 15 °C and 17 °C and lows of 6 °C and 7 °C.
The plaza is located near several other sites. The Alcázar of Seville is 0.9 km away, while the General Archive of the Indies and Torre del Oro are both 1 km from the plaza. Seville Cathedral is 1.1 km away, and Italica is 8.8 km from this location.
Weather by month
The warmest month is July, with an average high of 35 °C. The wettest is December, with about 104 mm of rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high, °C | 15 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 26 | 31 | 35 | 34 | 30 | 25 | 19 | 16 |
| Average low, °C | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 8 |
| Rainfall, mm | 68 | 51 | 40 | 54 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 71 | 90 | 104 |
| Rainy days | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
Temperatures and rainfall: 1981–2010 averages for this spot (4 km grid), from CHELSA. Rainy days: 2015–2024, NASA POWER.
