# Rain in Spain

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 9, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-in-spain/194028 "2003-08-09T14:59:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-in-spain/194028/1 "2003-08-09T14:59:45Z")

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Does the rain in Spain actually stay mainly in the plains?

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**Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-in-spain/194028/2 "2003-08-09T15:04:27Z")

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No.

It falls everywhere **but** the plains, if I recall my Spanish geography correctly. Spain has a desert-ish area called “La Extremadura” that’s basically a big plain. Rain falls everywhere else.

[sub]I am not a Spaniard; and I’m posting based on vague recollections of high school geography. I may be wrong.[/sub]