26-05-2025
KEY POINTS: Everything that changes in Spain in June 2025
Last day to file your tax return online
June 30th is officially the end of the tax campaign for earnings in 2024, but if you want to pay via direct debit or if you are owed any money back and what to be paid directly into your bank account, you must do it by June 25th.
School's break up for summer
June also sees the end of the school year and the start of the official summer season across Spain. Most schools in most regions will have their last day on Friday June 20th, but some may continue on an extra week or so, depending on the type of school and area. It's always better to check with your local authority for exact term dates.
Anti-tourism protests
Overtourism protests organised by the Southern Europe Network Against Touristification are due to take place on June 15th across many major cities and islands. As well as marches through crowded tourist areas, they are planning picket lines at airports and famous landmarks, blockades for tour buses and occupations of key tourist sites.
Changes to ATMs in Spain
According to the Accessibility Law approved in May 2023, ATMs must be accessible to all users regardless of their abilities or condition. This means that starting from June 28th, all ATMs in Spain will have to aim to provide information through multiple sensory channels. This includes bigger font, high-contrast screens, along with voice guidance systems and braille keyboards. Banks will have until June 29th, 2030, to adapt existing ATMs to the new regulations.
Scam calls from abroad to be blocked in June
The Ministry of Digital Transformation and Public Service has called for phone companies to block spam calls from abroad. The new rules came into effect on March 7th and established a maximum period of three months until June 7th for operators to begin blocking calls. Telefónica has already begun blocking calls and SMS messages originating from other countries that use Spanish numbers.
June to be hot and dry
Spain's State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has shared its forecast for the next few weeks. It has stated that "the week between May 26 and June 1st will be warmer than normal throughout Spain, especially in the interior of the Peninsula." Temperatures could even reach or exceed 34°C in large areas of the country, especially in the valleys of major rivers by the beginning of next month. June will be "Hot with little rain and predominantly stable weather in most of Spain," the agency wrote in a message on the social network X.
Madrid to launch 'Operation Tarmac'
Madrid City Council has launched an 'Operation Tarmac' campaign, which will involve renovating 256 streets across the city throughout the summer months, starting in June.
Roads will be assessed for renovation depending on their level of wear and the average amount traffic they support. The total investment of the works will cost €12.2 million and cover 604,425 square metres.
After nearly two years of renovations, the Sant Antoni-Joan Oliver municipal library in Barcelona's Eixample district will reopen on June 2nd.
The renovation has improved the air-conditioning, lighting, and thermal insulation at an investment of €3.15 million. There will also be a new area for children.
Possible nationwide healthcare strike on June 13th
The medical unions, which called a doctors' strike in February for May 23rd, have now postponed the strike until June 13th. The strike committee is formed by the Spanish Confederation of Medical Unions (CESM) and the Andalusian Medical Union (SMA) who have been protesting Framework Statute for healthcare workers. This includes the incompatibility of working in both the private and public sectors at the same time and the regulation of on-call shifts.
If it goes ahead, the strike will be at a national level and last the whole day on June 13th.
Corpus Christi celebrations take place
The Corpus Christi celebrations across Spain will take place this year around June 19th. The festivities commemorate the body of Christ and occur nine weeks after Easter.
The festival is celebrated very differently across the country. In the Catalan town of Sitges, Elche de la Sierra in Albacete, and some places in Tenerife, for example locals make brightly-coloured patterned carpets on the streets, made of either flower petals or sawdust.
In Granada, they have elaborate processions, while in Barcelona they decorate the city's fountains with flowers and place an egg to 'dance' in the water.
Noche de San Juan
June is also the month Spain celebrates the Noche de San Juan or Nit de Sant Joan in Catalonia. Saint John's Eve occurs on the night of June 23rd and sees Spaniards across the country celebrating with bonfires and fireworks. It marks St John the Baptist's birth as well as one of the shortest nights of the year.
Again, this festival is different, depending on where you are in the country. In Galicia, Pagan traditions of banishing evil mix with religious ones as bonfires are set up on the beaches and people jump over them for good luck. In Catalonia, towns and cities go all out to celebrate Sant Joan with firecrackers, fireworks, and traditional sweet coca bread. And in Alicante Las Hogueras or Les Fogueres take place, which similar to Valencia's Las Fallas festival where large papier-mâché sculptures are burnt.
Batalla del Vino
Another festival taking place in June is the Batalla del Vino or Wine Battle in the Riojan town Haro. Here on June 29th locals gather for a giant wine fight. Everyone meets on a hillside outside the town dressed in white and by the time the fight is over, everyone's clothes have turned to shades of red and purple grapes.
