Valencia
City in Spain: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Vista cap a l'ajuntament des de l'edifici Roca, València: Joanbanjo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Valencia is a city in Spain. About 824,340 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Spain in our atlas.
It lies at 39.47° N, 0.38° W, about 15 m (49 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Madrid time zone.
Location
Red dot: Valencia. Green dots: other major cities of Spain. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Valencia has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 33°C (91°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 3°C (38°F). Around 395 mm (16 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
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
- Alicante · 126 km
- Murcia · 177 km
- Zaragoza · 246 km
- Palma · 260 km
- Madrid · 303 km
- Barcelona · 304 km
- Córdoba · 415 km
- Málaga · 462 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2509954 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q24017120 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Vista cap a l'ajuntament des de l'edifici Roca, València: Joanbanjo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- CAMP DE MESTALLA GRADA DE LA MAR 2014: Valencia CF, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Valencia, Ciudad de las Ciencias y de las Artes: Jcca76, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, València, Valencia, Spain - panoramio (19): Ben Bender, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- L'Oceanografic, Valencia, Spain 1 - Jan 07: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Museu belles arts valència2: Felivet, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ciudad Ciencias y las artes en Valencia: Areyes108, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Museu Valencià d'Etnologia, sala Secà i Muntanya, carro de televisions: Joanbanjo, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Palau de la Generalitat- Valencia: Anual, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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