Moving to Spain from Shannon?

The climate you'd be trading for

Swap Shannon for a typical Spanish city and, on the national picture, you're looking at 2 more hours of December daylight, about half the rain and about 11°C hotter summers. But "Spain" isn't one climate — it runs from the wet Atlantic northwest to the dry Mediterranean southeast, so the honest answer depends on where:

• Vigo Galicia · Atlantic

  vs Shannon: about 2°C milder winters, 1.5 more hours of December daylight, about 1.5× the rain and about 6°C hotter summers. mild, green and wet — Spain’s Atlantic northwest.

• Alacant Costa Blanca · Mediterranean

  vs Shannon: about 4°C milder winters, 2 more hours of December daylight, about a quarter of the rain and about 11°C hotter summers. dry, warm and sunny — the Mediterranean southeast.

• Málaga Costa del Sol · Mediterranean

  vs Shannon: about 5°C milder winters, 2 more hours of December daylight, about half the rain and about 12°C hotter summers. warm winters on the southern coast.

Climate deltas compare 1991–2020 normals for Shannon (Meteostat) against the same 30-year measure for each Spanish anchor. Rounded to whole degrees and bucketed rain ratios on purpose — coarse enough that measurement noise can't flip the direction.

Getting back to Shannon

Direct flights home run year-round from 7 Spanish airports:

• Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)
• Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)
• César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport (ACE)
• Fuerteventura Airport (FUE)
• Gran Canaria Airport (LPA)
• Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)
• Tenerife Sur Airport (TFS)

Seasonal (mostly summer): Girona-Costa Brava (GRO), Palma de Mallorca (PMI), Reus (REU).

Direct-route map from SpainScore's airport dataset (Spanish-departure scheduled routes). "Getting home easily" is one of the things the quiz can weight for you.