Lightning strikes in Spain
The detection network has located 102,172 lightning strikes in Spain since the archive began, including 66,102 in the last 7 days. That is 1.10% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking Spain #12 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. Spain is counted under Europe in the continent totals.
Daily strikes, last 14 days
| Day (UTC) | Detected strikes |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | 131 |
| 2026-08-13 | 9,288 |
| 2026-08-12 | 1,186 |
| 2026-08-11 | 7,195 |
| 2026-08-10 | 17,556 |
| 2026-08-09 | 7,690 |
| 2026-08-08 | 23,056 |
| 2026-08-07 | 993 |
| 2026-08-06 | 11,804 |
| 2026-08-05 | 1,418 |
| 2026-08-04 | 4,000 |
| 2026-08-03 | 8,555 |
| 2026-08-02 | 28 |
| 2026-08-01 | 6,266 |
Strikes by state or province
Regions follow Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries. "Unassigned" counts strikes inside Spain's territory but outside every region polygon, mostly coastal water and lakes.
| # | State / province | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lleida | 16,834 | 10,593 | 16.5% |
| 2 | Teruel | 15,049 | 11,181 | 14.7% |
| 3 | Huesca | 12,965 | 6,727 | 12.7% |
| 4 | Navarre | 8,191 | 6,812 | 8.0% |
| 5 | Barcelona | 6,917 | 2,147 | 6.8% |
| 6 | Girona | 6,589 | 1,492 | 6.4% |
| 7 | Murcia | 6,127 | 6,099 | 6.0% |
| 8 | Unassigned | 4,654 | 2,045 | 4.6% |
| 9 | Zaragoza | 3,808 | 3,169 | 3.7% |
| 10 | Albacete | 2,841 | 2,683 | 2.8% |
| 11 | Castellón | 1,752 | 758 | 1.7% |
| 12 | Valencia | 1,545 | 873 | 1.5% |
| 13 | Balearic Islands | 1,447 | 12 | 1.4% |
| 14 | Alicante | 1,435 | 1,426 | 1.4% |
| 15 | Tarragona | 1,403 | 254 | 1.4% |
| 16 | Gipuzkoa | 1,271 | 1,214 | 1.2% |
| 17 | Granada | 1,231 | 1,168 | 1.2% |
| 18 | Cuenca | 1,139 | 1,135 | 1.1% |
| 19 | Jaén | 865 | 853 | 0.8% |
| 20 | Soria | 790 | 739 | 0.8% |
| 21 | Burgos | 691 | 691 | 0.7% |
| 22 | La Rioja | 676 | 675 | 0.7% |
| 23 | Ciudad Real | 669 | 669 | 0.7% |
| 24 | Asturias | 527 | 527 | 0.5% |
| 25 | Biscay | 406 | 380 | 0.4% |
| 26 | Guadalajara | 367 | 194 | 0.4% |
| 27 | Pyrenees-Atlantics | 294 | 242 | 0.3% |
| 28 | Araba / Álava | 280 | 280 | 0.3% |
| 29 | Almería | 269 | 248 | 0.3% |
| 30 | Pyrénées-Orientales | 268 | 81 | 0.3% |
| 31 | Cantabria | 177 | 177 | 0.2% |
| 32 | León | 157 | 155 | 0.2% |
| 33 | Segovia | 114 | 114 | 0.1% |
| 34 | Ariège | 93 | 39 | 0.1% |
| 35 | Haute-Garonne | 56 | 44 | 0.1% |
| 36 | Hautes-Pyrénées | 56 | 31 | 0.1% |
| 37 | Toledo | 40 | 40 | 0.0% |
| 38 | Sant Julià de Lòria | 38 | 25 | 0.0% |
| 39 | Lugo | 29 | 29 | 0.0% |
| 40 | La Massana | 25 | 11 | 0.0% |
| 41 | Palencia | 22 | 22 | 0.0% |
| 42 | Ourense | 10 | 10 | 0.0% |
| 43 | Zamora | 8 | 8 | 0.0% |
| 44 | Community of Madrid | 8 | 8 | 0.0% |
| 45 | Escaldes-Engordany | 8 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 46 | Córdoba | 7 | 7 | 0.0% |
| 47 | Valladolid | 6 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 48 | Pontevedra | 5 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 49 | A Coruña | 5 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 50 | Ávila | 4 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 51 | Bragança | 2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 52 | Badajoz | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 53 | Málaga | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
These are detected strikes, and detection coverage differs by region; the data hub explains the method and its limits. For the climatological picture, see which countries get the most lightning.
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