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We believed that “you don’t live anywhere like Spain.” This world ranking of quality of life does not have the same opinion

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“Where is it better to live?” The question is, obviously, subjective no matter how you look at it. But in the case that concerns us even more: the The Wharton School’s 2026 Best Countries Index takes as a basis How citizens around the world perceive the quality of life in different countries. That is, it is a study of brand perception and reputation (brand = country) that classifies the states that are considered to offer the highest quality of life in the world. This index classifies 85 countries according to 73 attributes grouped into such varied categories that range from entrepreneurship or openness to business to power or cultural influence through the generic “quality of life” and in its preparation more than 15,000 people from 33 countries have been surveyed. The report is almost 100 pages long, but Visual Capitalist has summarized it in a much more condensed and visual graph. Although the report has no trace of parameters such as GDP, investment in infrastructure, education or health, the brand image has its point: it makes the country more attractive for investment or tourism. For example, a button: the United Arab Emirates has gone from 17th place in 2024 to 10th place in 2026. Investing in improvements to its airport or the 2022 World Cup pays off. Simply put, having a country appear to have a high quality of life helps foreign investment or talent. Obviously, cultural biases and geopolitics also play a role. What countries seems who have a better quality of life The perceived quality of life. Visual Capitalist with data from the Wharton School The list is dominated by Europe, with 20 of the top 30 positions occupied by states from the old continent and the Nordic countries at the top. As a curiosity, Canada sneaks into the bronze and you have to look much further down to find its neighbor the United States: it is in 27th place, the last of the G7 economies and surpassed by Australia, Singapore, Japan, the Arab Emirates or China, which is just above. At the bottom of the table are Ukraine, Iran and Lebanon, places devastated by war or sanctions. The maxim “As in Spain you don’t live anywhere” seems to have its weight more within the Spanish state than outside: Spain scores with a 56.7 out of 100 scored by Sweden, placing it in 19th place out of the 30 best, immediately after Poland and just before France. It is far from the Nordic countries, but presiding over the Mediterranean countries. The lifestyle scores worse than the solidity of northern Europe. And despite this, Spain attracted almost 100 million tourists per year past, according to INE data. In any case, it is worth remembering that this is an index of perception and not real living conditions, so stereotypes and biases outweigh the daily experience of those who live there. Furthermore, the sample is relatively small to evaluate over 85 countries. In Xataka | Longevity experts are clear: “120 minutes of strength per week is associated with lower mortality” In Xataka | The largest expat platform in the world has chosen its three favorite cities to live. And they are all Spanish Cover | Visual Capitalist

If you live in Madrid and want to see the total eclipse on August 12, write down these 52 towns

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If you are thinking see the solar eclipse on August 12 in the Community of Madrid You will like to know that 52 municipalities have been enabled for this. This was announced by the Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Local Administration, Miguel Ángel García Martín, in an informative meeting, as explained from The Economist. There will be observation posts in 51 locations and a festival in another: Buitrago del Lozoya. Of course, it should be noted that not all of the announced municipalities will be able to see the eclipse in its entirety. What is the list of towns to see the solar eclipse in Madrid? The towns announced by the counselor are the following: We are Sierra Prádena del Rincón Braeyes Piñuecar-Gandullas Berzosa del Lozoya The Serna del Monte Gascons Villavieja del Lozoya Old Bridges Gorge of the Mountains Lozoya Canencia Valdepiélagos Cabanillas de la Sierra Navalafuente Coldscraper Talamanca de Jarama Valdeolmos-Alalpardo Torote Ash Soto del Real Meco The Saints of La Humosa Daganzo from Above Pezuela de las Torres Navacerrada Becerril de la Sierra Olmeda de las Fuentes Moralzarzal New Baztan The Mills Ambite Medium Col Manzanares Hole Old Apiary The Molar The Cabrera Saint Augustine of Guadalix San Sebastian de los Reyes Three Songs Villarejo de Salvanés San Lorenzo de El Escorial Robledo de Chavela Villamantilla Chinchon Chapinería Brunete San Martin de Valdeiglesias Navas del Rey Santa María de la Alameda Torrejón de la Calzada Tajuña pear trees Up to Tres Cantos, with this included, are the municipalities within the strip of totality. In the rest, you will only be able to see the solar eclipse partially, since the Moon will not completely cover the Sun and, therefore, the typical night in the middle of the day that characterizes eclipses will not be fully visible. Regarding the festival to be celebrated in Buitrago del Lozoyawill take place in the Riosequillo Swimming Pools Recreational Area and will feature informative, scientific, educational, cultural and family activities. In addition, there will be food trucks, music, children’s games and workshops throughout the day. Is one of the many festivals that will be celebrated throughout Spain on the occasion of this astronomical phenomenon. A map to plan If you want to know how long the totality will last in each of the indicated towns, what the quality of the sky is like or if they are small charming municipalities, you can plan with the help of our interactive map. Furthermore, this is not only useful for observing the solar eclipse in Madrid. You can choose your ideal observation point anywhere in Spain. Start by deciding if you want to see it in the strip of totality or if a partial eclipse closer to home will do. The good part is that next year we will have another total eclipse in Spain and many of the places that have been left out this time will be in its totality strip. Do you want to wait or do you prefer to see it now even if you have to travel? Image | Wikimedia Commons In Xataka | Leo Hernández, eclipse hunter: “I knew that whenever I could or life allowed me, I would try to travel to see more”

Follow the presentation of the new Samsung foldables live with us

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If there is a date that marks the halfway point of summer, it is, without a doubt, the Samsung Unpacked. The Korean company brings us together every summer to present its new devices (foldable, it’s no secret where the shots are going) in an event that points out ways. Last year it was in New York, this year it is in London and, as it could not be otherwise, you will be able to follow it live and direct with us. Galaxy Unpacked will take place today, Wednesday, July 22, at 3:00 p.m. Spanish peninsular time. You can follow it live through from our YouTube channelof our live page and from our Instagram profile. The schedules according to regions are as follows: Spain: 15:00 (14:00 in the Canary Islands). Mexico: 7:00 AM Colombia: 8:00 AM. Venezuela and Chile: 9:00 AM. Argentina: 10:00 AM. Live What we hope to see At the beginning of the year, within the framework of MWC, we learned about the Galaxy S26 Ultra and its brothers. The most conventional high-end is already on the table, so now is the time to get to know the new folding ones. Samsung renews its folding devices every year and around this time, aka the Z Fold and Z Flip, as well as smart watches. There have been various leaks that bring winds of change, but the most interesting is the one that came from Samsung itself. The firm published a series of very… suggestive videosin which he made us understand that would launch a new format. A third foldable? The evolution of the Fold or the Flip? We don’t know, but the company has something in the oven. Regarding the watches, it is to be expected that, having been completely renewed last year, in this event the improvement will be somewhat more incremental. We will surely see improvements in the battery, screen or performance. Samsung also has an outstanding debt with your glasses with Android XR and At Google I/O we saw a preview of what they have in the oven, so since dreaming is free… We will clear up doubts in a little while. We remember: the event will be today, July 22, at 3:00 p.m. Spanish peninsular time. In Xataka | Follow Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked live

NASA is looking for four people who want to live a year on Mars without leaving Earth

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Space travel can leave no room for improvisation. Especially if the destination is a place as inhospitable and unexplored as Mars. Or even the Moon. Therefore, before the first astronauts set foot on the red planet and a new batch of humans walk on our satellite, NASA has decided to carry out a dress rehearsal here on Earth. Of course, it will not be done with astronauts, but with a group of volunteers willing to spend a year in a simulated environment of both the confinement conditions of the trip and the subsistence with limited resources that will mean staying at a base in either of these two places. The mission is expected to begin in 2027, no earlier than August, so the search for volunteers is still underway. Two missions in one. The mission, named by NASA as Moon and Mars Exploration Analogis a mix of two other previous missions: HERA and CHAPEA. Both consist of the use of facilities that simulate the extreme conditions of a trip to Mars or the Moon. CHAPEA’s facilities are larger (158 m2), as they simulate what the installed base would be in either of these two locations. HERA, on the other hand, consists of a smaller environment (60 m2), which simulates the confinement conditions of space travel. Therefore, what will be done is to dock the vehicle, based on HERA, to a larger, but isolated environment, in which there is everything from private accommodation for the crew to a common work space, including a recreation room, cultivation area, medical room, food preparation area, airlock and two bathrooms. They are not astronauts, but almost. NASA has announced that it is looking for volunteers, possibly because its astronauts are busy with other tasks. However, not just anyone can apply. To start, they must be US citizens or green card holders, between 30 and 55 years old, with a good command of English and a height that does not exceed 1.88 meters. On the other hand, they must have a degree in engineering, biological sciences, physical sciences or mathematics. Basically, just like astronauts. In fact, it is preferable that they have these qualifications at an advanced level. Finally, they should not have special dietary needsnor require help to sleep. Furthermore, in relation to sleep, they should not be sleepwalkers either. Of course, added to all this is that they will have to pass a series of tests, both physical and psychological. Come on, they’re not astronauts, but almost. Training for a fake trip to Mars. The four selected volunteers will have a pre- and post-mission phase dedicated to data collection. Additionally, before embarking on this year-long simulation, they will have to train and prepare for what will come next. In total, all this will last two months. All simulations. For one year, these temporary astronauts will live and work in isolation and confinement while simulating both interplanetary travel and operations on the planetary surface, including spacewalk simulations. It is expected that the results will be useful for missions as imminent as those of the Artemis programbut also for future even more exotic trips, including the long-awaited Martian colonization. Image | Magnificent | POT In Xataka | We knew there was water on the Moon, but not why some craters were empty. Finally we have the answer

We have been believing for years that women live longer because of their lifestyle. Science has a much deeper explanation

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If we take a look at the World Bank’s global statistics, there is an unbreakable pattern that repeats itself in practically every country in the world: Women live longer than men. Conventional wisdom often dismisses this phenomenon with a quick response based on lifestyle or “men take more risks.” And although there is some truth in this, the scientific reality is much more complex. Because? To understand female longevity, We must focus on the DNA that we have in all our cells. Something very basic is that women have two X chromosomes, while men have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome. A fundamental difference, because that second X chromosome in women acts as a kind of backup. This means that if a gene on one X chromosome suffers a mutation or is damaged, the female body can turn to the healthy copy on the other chromosome. Men, however, play a single card, since if their only X chromosome has a defect, there is no plan B. In addition, this chromosome is vital because it houses a large number of genes related to the immune system, which gives women a more robust response to infections. It goes further. Genetics is not everything here, but the body has an ace up its sleeve, which are the mitochondria, which are nothing more than the “power plants” of our cells. These organelles are inherited only maternally and, as proposed in 2007sexual differentiation has a direct biological cost for men, translating into lower mitochondrial function and, therefore, greater cellular oxidative stress that accelerates aging. The hormones. Beyond genetics and mitochondria, we must mention sex hormones, which are in very different proportions between sexes. Estrogens, for example, are the main female sex hormones that, in addition to regulating the reproductive cycle, act as a powerful antioxidant shield. Among its effects stands out maintaining the flexibility of blood vessels, reducing “bad” cholesterol and preventing inflammation. This largely explains why the incidence of cardiovascular disease in women is significantly lower before menopause. In the man. On the other side of the coin we have testosterone. Although it is crucial for the development of muscle and bone mass, high levels of this hormone in men are historically associated with increased cardiovascular risk at an early age and long-term depression of the immune system. The evolution. Someone may fall into the idea that this system is something exclusive to humans, but evolutionary biology shows us otherwise. Here, a 2025 study analyzed 1,176 species and the results revealed that in mammals, females live on average 13% longer than males. The reason lies in reproductive strategies and the biological wear and tear derived from male sexual competition, such as fights over territory or mating. However, it was seen that andIn birds, males live 5% longer; since in the avian world, males usually have two identical sex chromosomes (ZZ) and females have different sex chromosomes (ZW). Furthermore, in many bird species, parental care is shared or falls to the male, which reduces their risk behaviors. Human behavior. Of course, biology does not operate in a vacuum and genetic and hormonal factors must be added. the behavioral gap and social. For example, the consumption of toxic substances has a greater prevalence in men, being associated with cancer, cirrhosis or respiratory diseases. But, as we have said before, testosterone is also linked to a greater propensity to take risks, which translates into higher mortality rates from traffic accidents or cases of violence. On the other hand, women suffer from “invulnerability syndrome” which causes them to seek preventive medical services much more frequently. Men tend to postpone visits to the doctor until diseases are in more advanced stages, making treatment difficult. In addition, women tend to build stronger social and emotional support networks, a factor directly linked to greater survival in old age. Images | Age Cymru In Xataka | 5 minutes of sleep, 2 of exercise and half a serving of vegetables: the macro study that supports a great longevity ‘hack’

Last hours to participate in the raffle for some JBL Live 780NC! Only for Xataka Xtra members

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Time is running out, xatakeros! Tomorrow the draw ends for some JBL Live 780NCgreat headphones to take advantage of their noise cancellation on your next plane or train trip. This is an exclusive giveaway for members of Xataka Xtra. If you still don’t know the Community, for only 30 euros a year You can be part of it and participate in draws like this, in addition to accessing a huge (and growing) catalog of advantages in digital services. JBL Live 780NC winner to be announced tomorrow, July 10, at 11:00 Spanish peninsular time. It will be communicated via email, on the members-only Discord server, and in an update to the original article. You can find it at this link. How to participate in the raffle for JBL Live 780NC This giveaway is reserved for Xataka Xtra members. If you are already part of Xtra, you just have to access your subscriber area and make sure the raffle entry box is checked. If you have already activated it to participate in a previous draw, you don’t have to do anything else. Make sure you check that box to automatically participate in the exclusive Xataka Xtra draws | Image: Xataka If you still don’t know Xataka Xtra, you can join for 30 euros a year (or from two euros per month) and access more exclusive giveaways like thisEl Consultorio, the Discord server, discounts on digital services and monthly meetings with editors. The winner will be chosen at random from all participating subscribers, along with two alternates. If the winner does not respond within the period indicated in the legal bases, the first substitute will be contacted, and if he/she does not respond either, the second will be contacted. Winning a giveaway does not exclude you from participating in the following ones. You can consult the complete legal bases here. In Xataka | Subscribe to Xataka Xtra

Earning $180,000 a year is no longer enough to live in San Francisco. The AI ​​boom has eaten up the technological middle class

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In San Francisco you can earn $180,000 a year and not make ends meet easily. The AI ​​boom It is making what would be a huge salary anywhere else become mere pocket change, preventing entry into an impossible real estate market and a standard of living unattainable for the majority. Silicon Valley’s dream is to move. In it New York Times They tell the story of Katrine Razniak, a LinkedIn recruiter, and her partner Adam Woodbury, a software engineer. They have been in the city for five years and earn 180,000 and 185,000 dollars respectively, but despite this they are not able to get something as basic as an apartment for two. They spent months looking for a one-bedroom apartment to move in together on a budget of $5,000 a month, but it was impossible. They say they saw one for $5,200 and the waiting list already had 30 interested parties an hour after the open house. Buying a house is not an option either: The median home price is $1.7 million.. Given this situation, the couple is considering moving to another state where their salaries would allow them to live as an upper class. The new elite. While Katrine Razniak and her partner have to continue living in shared apartments, there is a new technological upper class that can afford to live comfortably in the city. They are the new millionaires of the AI ​​boom, employees of companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, with stratospheric valuations and stock options. In October of last year, when OpenAI was worth $500 billionwe already talked about that the city’s real estate market was exploding. Employees began selling stocks and buying homes like there was no tomorrow, causing prices to skyrocket. There is no improvement in sight. Not even a year has passed and Sam Altman’s company worth 852 billion dollars and Anthropic aims for 900 billion. To put it in context, when Uber went public in 2019 it was worth 82 billion, we are talking about ten times that amount. The imminent IPO of the two companies, added to the recent IPO of SpaceX, aims to create new fortunes, until 20 new billionairesaccording to estimates. Working in technology is no longer a guarantee of success in San Francisco, now you have to work in AI (and own stocks). It’s not just the rent. The median salary in San Francisco is also higher than the rest of the country and has been growing over the past six years, going from $153,000 to $196,000 today. However, everything else has also gone up. Aside from housing, life in general isn’t exactly cheap either. According to data from Cost of Living Indexthe cost of living in San Francisco is 65.6% higher than the rest of the United States. Katrine Razniak says her monthly spending has grown by $1,000 without changing her lifestyle, causing her and her friends to replace restaurant outings with home-cooked dinners. The housing problem in San Francisco. Spain is going through a housing crisis unprecedented, but we are not the only country facing this situation; Canada, Germany, Mexico, China o The United States are also suffering from it. In San Francisco specifically, the housing market is absolutely broken. As we said, the average price of a home is 1.7 million dollars, more than triple the national average of $450,000, and the rent is already the most expensive in the entire country, even ahead of New York. The demand is very high and the construction of new buildings is stagnant and the little that there is at a decent price ($5,000 a month is decent) flies in a matter of seconds. Image | photoholgic in Unsplash In Xataka | Sleeping capsules for 800 euros a month: the housing shortage in San Francisco is reaching the extreme

so you can get some JBL Live 780NC

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It seems like yesterday when the adventure of Xataka Xtrabut not. Without eating or drinking it, we have found ourselves in the middle of summer and today we are witnessing a great little milestone: the tenth exclusive raffle for Community members. This time, the prize is none other than headphones JBL Live 780NC greencool over-ear headphones to take everywhere in summer. We will comment on the dynamics immediately, but not before highlighting that this draw is reserved for the Xataka Xtra subscribers. If you already belong to Xtra, you already know how it works and you have surely taken advantage of its advantages. If you don’t know it yet, for only 30 euros a year you can access an ever-growing catalog of exclusive benefits and discounts, an exclusive Discord server, a direct line with the editors to answer your questions and, of course, exclusive giveaways like this one. You can find all the information here. How to participate in the raffle for JBL Live 780NC Participating in this giveaway is as simple as being part of Xataka Xtraopen your member area and make sure that the box marked in red in the image below is activated. When you have done so, you will not only participate in this draw, but in all future ones. Make sure you check that box to automatically participate in the exclusive Xataka Xtra draws | Image: Xataka If you are already part of Xataka Xtra and have participated in previous draws, you don’t have to do anything. You will automatically participate in the draw, as you already did in the others. These are the coordinates of the draw that concerns us today: Requirements: be a Xataka Xtra subscriber and resident in Spain (Peninsula, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla) Start of the draw: Monday, June 29, 2026. End of the draw: Friday, July 10, at 9:00. Winner selection and resolution: Friday, July 10. How will the winner be chosen? From Xataka we will choose a random subscriber and two substitutes. If the winner does not respond within the period stipulated in the legal bases of each draw, the winner will go to the first substitute and, if this does not happen either, to the second. Winning a giveaway does not prevent you from winning in the following ones. You can find the legal bases at this link. JBL Live 780NC in orange | Image: Xataka As far as the prize is concerned, the JBL Live 780NC They are the latest on-ear headphones from JBL. Presented in Amsterdam just a few weeks ago, these headphones have two 40-millimeter drivers, compatibility with the Smart Tx and active noise cancellation. Server has had the opportunity to test them and not only do they sound good, but they they are very comfortable. Those pads are like a hug on your ears. You can use them via Bluetooth (and take advantage of LDAC), although if you like music and have trained ears you may be grateful to know that you can use them via cable. They are very complete headphones and ideal for canceling noise on your next flight, on the beach or simply to enjoy a movie lying on the couch. Good luck to everyone! In Xataka | Subscribe to Xataka Xtra

He believes that in 20 years millions of people will live there

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Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company, does not stand still since the tycoon moved to Florida to be closer to their headquarters. Now Bezos has given an enlightening talk about how he sees the future of the space sector. The businessman believes that millions of people will voluntarily live in space in 20 years. Don’t be sad. During a talk with John Elkann (president of Ferrari and Stellantis) at the Italian Tech Week TurinBezos did not mince his words. The tycoon said he did not understand how “someone who is alive right now can be discouraged” about the future. The reason for your optimism? A near future where artificial intelligence, robotics and, above all, space exploration, converge in “multiple golden ages.” The future of humanity is not only on Earth; according to Jeff Bezos, it is about to expand exponentially through space. The role of Blue Origin. “I think in the next couple of decades, there will be millions of people living in space; that’s how quickly this is going to accelerate,” said Bezos, who I had already confessed in the past his expectation that Blue Origin will end up being bigger than Amazon. This optimism is not just rhetorical. Bezos is investing billions of his personal fortune each year to build new technologies for the commercial exploitation of space: New Glenn, Blue Origin’s heavy rocket successfully completed its first mission for NASA: launching the two probes of the ESCAPADE mission heading to Mars (the probes will set their final course for the red planet in November 2026). Blue Origin He also recovered the first stage of the rocket on the high seas, becoming the second private company in the world to achieve this. However, the year 2026 has been complicated: in May, the fourth New Glenn exploded on its only launch pad during a static power-up, destroying towers and key infrastructure. NASA estimates that the platform will not be repaired before 2028. Orbital Reef, the commercial space station in the form of a luxury hotel for millionaires that will have scientific modules for when the International Space Station is removed from orbit. The project overcame a series of habitability tests with real people within full-scale models of its modules, within the framework of NASA’s space station development program, which foresees that the first private platforms will replace the ISS in the second half of this decade. bluemoon, the lunar module with which Blue Origin It aims to surpass Starship by solving one of the big problems of the SpaceX ship: the evaporation of cryogenic propellants in space. NASA has assigned Blue Moon the mission Lunar Base Ischeduled for fall 2026, which will land at the lunar south pole. Blue Moon will also participate in the Artemis III mission (2027, in low Earth orbit) and in Artemis IV, the first manned lunar landing scheduled for early 2028. The explosion of the New Glenn complicates the launch schedules, although NASA is working to undock the lunar module from the rocket so as not to delay the mission. Other lunar developments, such as the ability to make solar cells from lunar regolith. Bezos was clear: “If you’re going to go to the Moon and stay on the Moon, you need to use the Moon’s resources.” Exploit the Moon and space. One of Bezos’ goals is to turn the Moon into an industrial launch pad. “The Moon is a gift from the universe,” he said, noting that its low gravity makes it cost 30 times less energy to launch a kilogram of mass from the Moon than from Earth. In his vision, the Moon becomes a “rocket fuel depot” that will allow us to explore the rest of the solar system. Bezos’ vision directly connects the space race with the other great revolution of the moment: artificial intelligence. AI is a technology with an enormous energy thirst, and its data centers are becoming a true “energy hole” on Earth. Bezos’ solution: get them off the planet. The proposal is build gigantic data centers of gigawatts in space. The advantages are obvious: “We have solar power there 24/7, and solar power there has no clouds, no rain, no weather.” It’s not science fiction. In fact, Bezos predicts that this apparent science fiction will be economically viable very soon: “We will be able to surpass the cost of terrestrial data centers in space within the next two decades.” Space, he believes, will go from being a place for communications satellites to being the center of heavy industry and data infrastructure. In the end, Bezos’ vision unifies all the revolutions underway. If AI and robotics will take over production, what is left for humans? According to him, the freedom to choose. Bezos doesn’t believe we need to live in space to survive. Robotics technology will be so advanced that “we will be able to send robots to do that job.” So why will those millions of people go? Bezos’ answer is simple: “The majority will live there because they want to.” A version of this article was published in November 2025 In Xataka | The first civilian to take a spacewalk with Polaris Dawn is a millionaire, but he also pilots fighter jets Images | Blue Origin

Tell me where you live and I will tell you which city is a climate sister to yours

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Heat waves last longer and appear more frequently and there are also more floods and torrential rains: the weather has changed and the reason is climate change. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, you can see for yourself with this map with data since 1940 or, even more devastating, this other weather map in 2080. Or better yet, discover that, for example, in Seville the weather is the same as in some areas of Zambia or northern India. How do I know? Well, it’s not because I’ve been to any of those locations too much (three times in Seville), but because I’ve used the interactive map Climate Visualizedwhich is used to explore the weather patterns of any place on the planet using the classification of Köppen-Geiger. and find climate “brothers” throughout the world. This project is the work of Atlas Guo, a cartographer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and for its development he used the D3.js visualization tool and as a source, data from a scientific study (Beck et al. (2018)) who produced the most detailed global climate map that exists. Specifically, Guo uses the lowest resolution version (1 degree latitude per longitude), covering the period 1990-2020. From there, he turned it into an interactive and visual tool for anyone to explore. The Köppen-Geiger classification is the most used system in geography, ecology and climatology worldwide since it was formulated back in 1884 and the data from Beck and his collaborators made an enormous leap in precision. Having them at hand in an interactive and free graphical interface is a before and after, since reading and understanding a paper is something within the reach of few people, while with this project it is opened to the general public, curious people and students. The poster version of the project. Cartoguography At the end of the 19th century, climatologist Wladimir Köppen had a simple but powerful idea: classify all the climates in the world according to how much it rains and how hot it is every month. The result was five large climatic zones (tropical, arid, temperate, continental and polar) with up to 30 variants. Based on this, in 2018 Beck and his team updated that system with much more precise satellite and climate data (data from ERA5 and CHELSEA), producing the most detailed global climate map available. The study also estimates how those climate zones could change by the end of the century if emissions continue their current trend (RCP8.5 scenario), although that predictive part is not included in Guo’s web visualization. Other limitations to take into account are that it uses the lowest resolution of the study, which reduces the 30 Köppen climate types to 29 and blurs heterogeneities in coastal or mountain areas, which can be critical in more localized analyses. On the other hand, it remains in 2020, so it lacks the latest representations of climate drift. How it works The locations twinned with the time of Pamplona in the world. Cartoguophy Simply hover over a location or write in the search box to find out what type of climate you have and access monthly climate graphs, which are displayed in a side menu on the left: overview, temperature and precipitation. The months appear arranged in a circle, like a clock, starting with January. Each point on the circle shows both the temperature and rainfall for that month, all in a single drawing. In addition, that little dot is colored with a tone that you can find the same in other parts of the Earth. For example, Pamplona shares a climate with a good part of France, Belgium and Holland, but also with Melbourne, on the other side of the planet. In Xataka | The easiest way to understand global warming, in this climate map with data from 1940 In Xataka | The temperature your city will have in 2080, simulated on this disturbing interactive map Cover | Cartoguophy

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