Teruel, the capital of the province of the same name in Aragón, rises on a hill at 915 metres above sea level at the confluence of the Turia and Alfambra rivers, in a basin surrounded by plateaus and mountain ranges. It is one of the coldest provincial capitals in Spain. Its climate is cold continental Mediterranean, with long, harsh winters and short, moderate summers. The annual average temperature barely reaches 12 °C, with summer highs of 30 °C and winter lows that frequently drop to -6 °C.
Annual rainfall is around 356 mm, scarce and concentrated in spring and autumn. Teruel is legendary for its icy winters, with over 80 frost days per year and temperatures that occasionally fall below -15 °C on the clearest nights. Snow appears several times each winter. Its position in an enclosed basin favours thermal inversións and cold-air pooling, generating extreme radiation frosts. The daily temperature range can exceed 20 °C.