Barcelona
City in Spain: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Barcelona is a city in Spain, in Catalonia. About 1.7 million people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Spain in our atlas.
It lies at 41.39° N, 2.16° E, about 15 m (49 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Madrid time zone.
Location
Red dot: Barcelona. Green dots: other major cities of Spain. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Barcelona has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 3°C (37°F). Around 518 mm (20 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Oct.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in SpainNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Palma · 206 km
- Zaragoza · 255 km
- Valencia · 300 km
- Alicante · 403 km
- Murcia · 466 km
- Bilbao · 472 km
- Madrid · 500 km
- Córdoba · 696 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3128760 (CC BY 4.0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Güell BCN edited: Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Torre Agbar - Barcelona, Spain - Jan 2007: Diliff, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Palau Güell, Antoni Gaudi, Barcelona 2: Thomas Ledl, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- El Tibidabo, l'observatori Fabra i la punxa d'una torre veneciana: jordi domènech, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- WLM14ES - Palau Nacional i seu del MNAC de Barcelona - MARIA ROSA FERRE: MARIA ROSA FERRE ✿ from Vilafranca del penedes, Catalunya, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Fundació Miró: Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Palau Berenguer d'Aguilar: Pere López, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
