Hot and not cool: Spain prohibits the use of air conditioning below 27 degrees

Planning a vacation in Barcelona, ​​Madrid and other places in Spain that is boiling these days?

Please be equipped with a portable fan, because a new law in the country prohibits setting the air conditioning below 27 degrees Celsius in many public places.

And there are two good reasons for this

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04/08/2022

Thursday, August 4, 2022, 2:04 p.m. Updated: 3:10 p.m.

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Heat wave in Madrid, Spain.

July 2022 (Photo: Reuters)

If you are flying to Spain this summer, prepare to feel hotter than usual.

The Spanish government has just passed a decree that prohibits setting the air conditioning below 27 degrees Celsius in many public places, due to the severe heat wave that is plaguing the country and Europe.

The law applies to public buildings such as airports, bars, cinemas, train stations, shopping centers and theaters.

Although the law does not apply to households, the government encourages Spanish residents to follow the same rule at home as well.

The Spanish law does not only target air conditioning temperatures in the summer.

In winter, public buildings will also not be allowed to set their heating above 19 degrees, while the lights in shop windows will be required to be turned off by 10:00 p.m.

The new law prohibits setting the air conditioning below 27 degrees.

A beach in the city of Malaga (Photo: Reuters)

Tourists catching colds at La Malagueta beach in Malaga (Photo: Reuters)

Spain pledged to reduce energy consumption by 7%

So what's the point of all this?

Well, the Spanish government mainly wants to reduce energy consumption.

Like the rest of the EU countries, Spain has pledged to reduce energy consumption by seven percent and reduce the country's dependence on Russian oil and gas.

In addition, there are other benefits to using less energy.

While most of us remain dependent on fossil fuels as a source of electricity, consuming less energy means we emit less carbon dioxide emissions.

Spain's new energy law will enter into force on August 9 and will be enforced until November 2023.

Tourists on the beach at Playa del Ingles on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, last month (Photo: Reuters)

Meanwhile, Spain is in the midst of a very, very hot summer.

After two heat waves in July, temperatures this week in the Iberian Peninsula are expected to reach 40 degrees Celsius again.

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