Western Studio Film Sets, Tabernas Desert, Almeria, Spain

Climates
The Tabernas Desert is situated between the Sierra de los Filabres to the north and the Sierra de Alhamilla to the south-southeast, isolating it from the humid winds of the Mediterranean Sea, in an area with little rainfall known as Levante.
In the lowest areas of the Tabernas basin (about 400 meters above sea level), the average annual temperature is of about 17,9 °C ( (Soil–geomorphology relations in gypsiferous materials of the Tabernas Desert (Almerıa, SE Spain), page 4/30). Temperatures in winter rarely drop below freezing at night while during the summer, absolute maximum temperatures always surpass 40 °C (104 °F) in the shade. The annual average precipitation is slightly over 20 cm with only 1/3 falling in the hot season (May to October). The average annual sunshine is about 3000 hours.