# Where in Spain is there a climate with cold winters and very hot summers?

Question 3016 · Task 3 · Territorial organisation of Spain. Physical and political geography · CCSE 2026

**In Spanish, as in the exam:** ¿En qué lugar de España hay un clima que se caracteriza por inviernos fríos y veranos muy calurosos?

- a) Canarias. (Canarias (Canary Islands).)
- b) Comunidad Valenciana. (Comunidad Valenciana (Valencian Community).)
- c) Madrid. (Madrid.) · Right answer

**Right answer:** c) Madrid.

## Why

Madrid is in the centre of the peninsula and has a continental climate, with cold winters and very hot summers. Canarias has a mild climate all year, and the Comunidad Valenciana has a Mediterranean climate, with mild winters.

Question 3016 of the Manual de preparación de la prueba CCSE 2026 © Instituto Cervantes: https://cervantes.org/sites/public/produccion/files/2026-10/manual-preparacion-prueba-ccse-2026.pdf

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