Portugal vs Spain
Portugal vs Spain: Days above 35 °C
Days above 35 °C in 2014: 6.1 days in Portugal and 8.6 days in Spain, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in Spain, by 2.5 days, or 1.4 times that in Portugal.
days a year · CMIP6
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
- The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts Portugal at 18 days and Spain at 30.6 days in 2100.
Every year
days a year · CMIP6
| Year | Portugal | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6.1 | 8.6 |
| 2013 | 5.7 | 6.8 |
| 2012 | 4.8 | 6.9 |
| 2011 | 4.3 | 6.7 |
| 2010 | 4.7 | 7.7 |
| 2009 | 5.4 | 6.9 |
| 2008 | 5.1 | 7.4 |
| 2007 | 4.6 | 6.3 |
| 2006 | 4.6 | 7.1 |
| 2005 | 5.5 | 6.5 |
| 2004 | 4.4 | 7 |
| 2003 | 3.4 | 6.4 |
| 2002 | 4.9 | 6.2 |
| 2001 | 4.4 | 6.3 |
| 2000 | 4.1 | 5.7 |
| 1999 | 4 | 5.6 |
| 1998 | 3.5 | 5.6 |
| 1997 | 3.8 | 5.1 |
| 1996 | 2.9 | 4.4 |
| 1995 | 2.2 | 3.7 |
| 1994 | 2.9 | 4.5 |
| 1993 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| 1992 | 2.2 | 3 |
| 1991 | 2.9 | 4.6 |
| 1990 | 3.3 | 5.9 |
| 1989 | 3.5 | 4.7 |
| 1988 | 3.6 | 4.7 |
| 1987 | 2.5 | 3.6 |
| 1986 | 2.2 | 3 |
| 1985 | 2.3 | 3.1 |
| 1984 | 1.9 | 2.8 |
| 1983 | 1.7 | 3.2 |
| 1982 | 1.9 | 3.3 |
| 1981 | 2 | 3.4 |
| 1980 | 2.3 | 3.3 |
| 1979 | 2.4 | 3.6 |
| 1978 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| 1977 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| 1976 | 2 | 2.9 |
| 1975 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| 1974 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| 1973 | 1.8 | 2.7 |
| 1972 | 2.6 | 3.7 |
| 1971 | 1.9 | 3.4 |
| 1970 | 1.4 | 2.5 |
| 1969 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
| 1968 | 2.1 | 3 |
| 1967 | 2.1 | 3 |
| 1966 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 1965 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 1964 | 2.6 | 3.8 |
| 1963 | 1.9 | 2.8 |
| 1962 | 2.1 | 3.7 |
| 1961 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| 1960 | 2.5 | 3.7 |
| 1959 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
| 1958 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
| 1957 | 2.1 | 2.8 |
| 1956 | 2.6 | 3.4 |
| 1955 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| 1954 | 1.8 | 3.3 |
| 1953 | 2.2 | 3.2 |
| 1952 | 2.7 | 3.7 |
| 1951 | 3.1 | 4.1 |
| 1950 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2015–2100
| Year | Portugal | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 61.8–11.4 | 9.54.7–16 |
| 2016 | 5.62.2–11.8 | 8.74–17 |
| 2017 | 5.92.1–11.5 | 9.54.4–17.1 |
| 2018 | 6.92.1–14 | 10.25.1–21.2 |
| 2019 | 6.12.4–13.7 | 10.25.9–17.3 |
| 2020 | 5.91.5–13 | 9.93.7–18.3 |
| 2021 | 6.22.7–11.5 | 94.6–17.3 |
| 2022 | 82.3–14 | 13.25.7–20.2 |
| 2023 | 7.21.9–14 | 11.15–18.7 |
| 2024 | 7.23.1–15.4 | 11.86.4–20.2 |
| 2025 | 6.42.1–13 | 114–19.6 |
| 2026 | 6.91.8–13.7 | 11.44.5–20.5 |
| 2027 | 8.32.9–16 | 12.45.1–21 |
| 2028 | 7.41.7–16.9 | 12.74.3–23.1 |
| 2029 | 7.91.9–16.6 | 12.84.5–22.3 |
| 2030 | 7.83–15 | 13.15.5–20.5 |
| 2031 | 6.82.4–16.1 | 11.65.7–21.3 |
| 2032 | 8.94.2–16.6 | 14.78.2–22.8 |
| 2033 | 8.34.2–16.5 | 13.68.3–23.3 |
| 2034 | 10.13.9–18.3 | 15.77.4–23.7 |
| 2035 | 9.44.5–16.7 | 157.9–25.4 |
| 2036 | 8.33.1–18.5 | 14.27–26.1 |
| 2037 | 9.72.8–17.1 | 14.87.1–23.6 |
| 2038 | 10.25.8–18.6 | 17.49.5–28.7 |
| 2039 | 9.64.6–19 | 16.29.2–24.9 |
| 2040 | 7.91.7–19.5 | 14.86.2–27.9 |
| 2041 | 10.44.1–15.9 | 16.36.3–25.4 |
| 2042 | 7.93.4–17.7 | 14.97.2–26.3 |
| 2043 | 10.53.8–19.2 | 15.96.4–27.2 |
| 2044 | 9.33.6–17.9 | 16.18.3–25.8 |
| 2045 | 11.64–18 | 18.28.1–27.2 |
| 2046 | 10.43.4–19.6 | 176.5–27.3 |
| 2047 | 8.74.8–18.6 | 16.49.5–25.9 |
| 2048 | 9.53.6–17.5 | 16.87.4–27.2 |
| 2049 | 13.86.6–23.5 | 20.410.1–32.1 |
| 2050 | 12.76.5–21.2 | 20.410–29.3 |
| 2051 | 10.33.4–22.5 | 197.9–33 |
| 2052 | 124–23.1 | 20.18.5–31.5 |
| 2053 | 12.46.6–24.7 | 20.211.6–32.7 |
| 2054 | 123.7–23.4 | 18.68.7–32.4 |
| 2055 | 124.4–22.9 | 21.610.6–32.1 |
| 2056 | 12.76.3–21.4 | 20.613–33.3 |
| 2057 | 11.76.4–20.8 | 20.312.4–31.7 |
| 2058 | 12.64.3–24.1 | 22.69.4–34.2 |
| 2059 | 12.75.9–22.8 | 20.28.9–34.9 |
| 2060 | 14.96.4–25.7 | 22.912.1–35.4 |
| 2061 | 177.2–27.9 | 23.912.7–36.9 |
| 2062 | 13.86.1–24.8 | 22.513.1–33.5 |
| 2063 | 15.63.7–26.6 | 25.58.3–38.1 |
| 2064 | 14.75.2–27.6 | 23.911–38.4 |
| 2065 | 14.55.2–27.1 | 24.310–37.2 |
| 2066 | 14.67.2–24.1 | 23.112.1–33.5 |
| 2067 | 156.9–24.1 | 26.213–37.9 |
| 2068 | 15.46.1–30 | 22.910.2–39.1 |
| 2069 | 16.18.6–27 | 26.714.1–38 |
| 2070 | 17.76.7–30.2 | 27.714.7–41.5 |
| 2071 | 15.86.7–26.2 | 26.414.7–38.1 |
| 2072 | 15.77–30.6 | 26.712.4–40.3 |
| 2073 | 17.17.1–31.6 | 24.914.5–40.1 |
| 2074 | 14.46.4–26.8 | 21.812.9–38.2 |
| 2075 | 14.76.5–25.3 | 24.610.9–41.6 |
| 2076 | 15.37.9–29.7 | 25.813.7–39 |
| 2077 | 18.26.3–28.6 | 26.513.9–40 |
| 2078 | 16.56–34.4 | 2712.4–45.3 |
| 2079 | 14.28.2–27.7 | 24.415.1–38.7 |
| 2080 | 179.7–31.3 | 26.714.3–42.7 |
| 2081 | 16.97.9–27.8 | 26.614–40.7 |
| 2082 | 16.38.5–26.4 | 2816.3–40.5 |
| 2083 | 19.88.3–30.3 | 28.714.5–43 |
| 2084 | 198.5–29.5 | 27.716.8–43.8 |
| 2085 | 199.6–29.5 | 30.119.7–41.6 |
| 2086 | 19.48.2–30.7 | 28.313.6–42 |
| 2087 | 17.47.4–33.9 | 28.816.2–44.7 |
| 2088 | 19.67.5–31.7 | 31.215.6–47.5 |
| 2089 | 18.27.5–28.1 | 29.916.1–41.7 |
| 2090 | 19.58.4–31 | 3015.3–43.7 |
| 2091 | 18.58.3–31.9 | 31.814.7–46.1 |
| 2092 | 18.69.3–32.2 | 29.516.1–40.3 |
| 2093 | 18.38.8–28.6 | 28.415.7–40.9 |
| 2094 | 17.47.2–33.6 | 29.914–47.7 |
| 2095 | 17.68.1–29.7 | 30.916.5–43.9 |
| 2096 | 20.410.6–30.4 | 31.216.7–45.7 |
| 2097 | 19.68.6–34.6 | 31.817.6–46.8 |
| 2098 | 16.48.7–27.4 | 28.316.9–42.9 |
| 2099 | 21.410–34.9 | 32.816.5–47 |
| 2100 | 1811–32 | 30.616.4–45.6 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Days in a year whose highest temperature passes 35 °C, averaged over the country.
- Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal, CMIP6 multi-model median.
- The dashed line is the CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its models’ 10th–90th percentile.
- Climate model values are the median of the CMIP6 models, run on past emissions to 2014 and on SSP2-4.5, a middle-of-the-road path, after: they are not measurements.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Portugal vs Spain
Health
- Life expectancyPortugal: 82.4 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPortugal: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPortugal: 2.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPortugal: 95.2% in 2022Spain: 99.6% in 2022
- DepressionPortugal: 4.42% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide ratePortugal: 7.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPortugal: 10.4 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthPortugal: -0% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePortugal: 1.51 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPortugal: 61.5% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median agePortugal: 46.2 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPortugal: 24.1% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration ratePortugal: 2.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPortugal: 1.71% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPortugal: $5.51B in 2025Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personPortugal: $563 in 2025Spain: $839 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPortugal: 4% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPortugal: 52,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerPortugal: 0.12% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPortugal: 1.01% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPortugal: 90 million TIV in 2025Spain: 237 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsPortugal: 1 million TIV in 2025Spain: 341 million TIV in 2025