Over three thousand people have died in Spain in the last three months due to extreme temperatures, almost double the number of deaths during the same period last year.
The alarm was raised by Health Minister Monica Garcia after the release of the latest data from the Daily Mortality Monitoring System (MoMo), according to which the country has recorded 3,158 deaths linked to the scorching temperatures that have been recorded in several abnormal waves since mid-June.
The number of heat-related deaths increased especially during the month of July, which ended with 2,026 deaths from extreme heat, a 91% increase compared to July 2025, making it the deadliest July since records began in 2015, behind only the same month in 2022.
The fourth heat wave, which began at the end of the month and is said to have caused 160 deaths in three days, also took its toll . "Extreme heat has already caused more than 3,000 deaths in Spain in just three months. Double the number of a year ago," Garcia wrote on X, calling the situation "a public health priority."
"Adapting to climate change is as urgent as reducing the emissions that cause it," the minister added in the post. The victims, MoMo reports, are mostly elderly: most were over 65 and over 1,200 were at least 85 years old. The most affected regions were Catalonia, with 544 deaths, followed by Andalusia (262) and the Valencian Community (235).
