Yes, for those of you unfamiliar with world weather patterns Spain gets very cold. Barçelona (my adopted home) tends to be wet and cold not unlike San Francisco for most of December through early May. In Madrid one can easily freeze one's nads off. That's one of the reasons The Squeeze and I come to Buenos Aires and stay from November through the end of April. If you want a really hot, humid time in Spain go to Barçelona in August. You'll feel the need to shower four or five times a day.