Due to Spain's geographical situation and orographic conditions, the climate is extremely diverse[8]; discounting the mountain climate, it can be roughly divided into five areas:
A Continental Mediterranean climate in the inland areas of the Peninsula (largest city, Madrid).
An Oceanic climate in the Galician mountains and the coastal strip near the Bay of Biscay or (largest city, Bilbao). This area is often called Green Spain.
A Semiarid climate or arid Mediterranean in the southeast (largest city, Murcia).
A Mediterranean climate region extends from the Andalusian plain along the southern and eastern coasts up to the Pyrenees, on the seaward side of the mountain ranges that run near the coast. Also in Ceuta and Melilla (largest city, Barcelona). Localized Subtropical climate areas exist in the coasts of Granada and Málaga (Costa Tropical). According to Köppen's classifications, the Galician coast has a mediterranean climate too (Csb), though with less hot summers than the central and southern peninsula.
A Subtropical climate in the Canary Islands (largest city, Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife).
The rain in Spain does not fall mainly in the plain. It falls mainly in the northern mountains.
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