Which Spanish province is the lightest and which is the darkest?

[sweetalmonds]

you are missing around 20 provinces in the list. Nevertheless there is not a significant difference between provinces, although in general people are more tanned where they spend more time outdoors; chiefly coastal areas of the mediterranean and farmers in the countryside. People in the big city are fairly depgimented although taning saloons are a booming industry to allow people (particularly women) retain their golden tans during wintertime.

I excluded intentionally the southern half of Spain, with the exception of 3 provinces in Andalusia.

[Deneb]

Valladolid and Zamora are among the darkest provinces, for sure. Zamora is even darker than Southern Spain.

[alnortedelsur]

I voted for Navarra (because you can only vote for one option), but I also think that is between Northern Aragon and Navarra.

The darkest would be Murcia, I think.

But there is not much of a difference in pigmentation between the different Spanish regions. Spain is much more uniform than what many people think. There are plenty of darker types among northern Spaniards, and plenty of lighter types (including many people with colored eyes and blondish hair tones) among southern Spaniards.

[Sikeliot]

Cantabria, La Rioja, or Basque Country lightest. Canary Islands or Extremadura darkest.

[alnortedelsur]

I dont think so.



Murcia is not darker than Andalusia in general and Huelva in particular.

Which ones would be the lightest, and which ones the darkest, in your opinion??

Even admitting that the pigmentation differences between Spanish regions are minimal, of course.

[Sebastianus Rex]

Cantabria, La Rioja, or Basque Country lightest. Canary Islands or Extremadura darkest.

I don't know about that mate, I've been many times to some Spanish cities near the border in my opinion there's no way people in the city of Badajoz are on average darker than in most of Andalusia or for example in Huelva (just to compare two cities near the border i've been many times).

[Dominicanese]

no clue

likely the south

[Tietar]

Valladolid and Zamora are among the darkest provinces, for sure. Zamora is even darker than Southern Spain.

darker provinces in spain?, HAHAHAHAHAHA

Only your cherry picked footballers gitanoids are darker.

university students from Valladolid



from Basque country

[brennus dux gallorum]

darker provinces in spain?, HAHAHAHAHAHA

Only your cherry picked footballers gitanoids are darker.

university students from Valladolid



from Basque country

these are the people you once called non-southern europeans

[Autrigón]

Difficult question to answer...but ok let's go to generalize a bit. From my personal experience the lightest types could be Navarra, Asturias, Aragon, Palencia, Burgos...and Cadiz, yes Cadiz, the most southern point of Spain. I have met a lot of people from there (or people in tv, etc) who are blonds with blue eyes or redheads.

The darkest...maybe Extremadura, Jaen, Ciudad Real and Murcia...I dont count Canary Islands because they are not ethnically Spaniards