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Countries Closest to Spain

Which countries are closest to Spain?
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Last updated: September 29, 2019
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First submittedSeptember 1, 2014
Times taken169,612
Average score80.0%
Rating4.96
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km
Country
miles
0
Andorra
0
0
France
0
0
Morocco
0
0
Portugal
0
0
Gibraltar
(United Kingdom)
0
68
Algeria
43
314
Mauritania
195
334
Italy
208
373
Monaco
232
468
Switzerland
291
km
Country
miles
498
Tunisia
310
671
Germany
417
716
Liechtenstein
445
719
Vatican City
447
724
Austria
450
760
San Marino
472
805
Belgium
500
811
Luxembourg
504
816
Mali
507
860
Ireland
534
cuotak
+13
Level 67
Sep 2, 2014
Fuerteventura of Canary Islands is only ~310km from Mauritania
jriddycuz
+14
Level 67
Sep 2, 2014
Yeah, the Canary Islands should also put Senegal, Gambia, and maybe even Guinea-Bissau on this list.
kalbahamut
+5
Level 82
Nov 6, 2014
Senegal is the closest but it's farther away than 860 km.
TenThousand
+8
Level 76
Feb 12, 2020
1248 km to Senegal. The closest point in Spain to Senegal is the island of El Hierro in the Canary Islands.
jajaco2017
+3
Level 57
Jan 18, 2017
but not a country
Monni
+9
Level 55
Jan 18, 2017
what are you trying to say?
ketchupkawawa
+22
Level 52
Jan 19, 2017
It's part of Spain, though
divantilya
+12
Level 37
Jun 13, 2017
What? Are you saying that Senegal isn't a country?
poltergeist
+11
Level 58
Jul 5, 2019
he's saying that the canary islands arent a country.
TurkeyCookTime
+12
Level 76
Feb 6, 2020
The Canary Islands are part of Spain, and therefore should be considered when finding distances to other countries. what Kal was trying to say is that even with the Canary Islands, Senegal is still too far away for this list
Diiiiabloo
+1
Level 31
Dec 12, 2022
100%, USA would use alaska as their furthest land
TheGeographyGuy
+2
Level 34
Apr 6, 2018
um.. maybe
TheGeographyGuy
+2
Level 34
Apr 6, 2018
he is maybe
cooladri
+17
Level 65
Mar 24, 2019
Forgot to switch accounts?
Thanu
+2
Level 49
Sep 5, 2021
what about the Netherlands >?
TenThousand
+2
Level 76
Sep 6, 2021
945 km
riverdale
+3
Level 44
Feb 1, 2022
The Netherlands ARE Spain ;-)
Nachtschicht
+2
Level 58
Feb 1, 2022
...AND Germany... according to their national anthem...
buck1017
+6
Level 77
Sep 20, 2014
how come Morocco is in red? Isn't that little section in Africa part of Spain and not considered a territory?
MyMindWentBlank
+14
Level 61
Oct 31, 2016
It's not... Gibraltar is.
kidibu
+11
Level 91
Sep 20, 2014
Out of sheer curiosity...how far is Malta?
sawmos
+3
Level 52
Mar 26, 2015
787 miles
TenThousand
+8
Level 76
Mar 25, 2017
Actually a wee bit closer than that, but still outside the top 20: 962 km / 598 miles. The nearest part of Spain to Malta is at Menorca.
TenThousand
+4
Level 76
Oct 25, 2014
Other Countries Closest quizzes: US including its territories, England, Turkey, Brazil, Africa.
ander217
+5
Level 75
Nov 6, 2014
Got Italy but forgot Vatican City and San Marino. Sigh.
Hamburgler
+1
Level 47
Jan 26, 2018
I'm honestly really proud of myself for thinking of those countries at the last second :)
Doggies
+2
Level 24
Nov 6, 2014
How far is Egypt from Spain? It looks like Egypt and Mali are very similar distances from Spain. Also, Egypt neighbours Tunisia.
TenThousand
+5
Level 76
Nov 6, 2014
2077 km/1290 mi. Libya, which borders Tunisia, is 985 km/612 mi away.
divantilya
+6
Level 37
Dec 29, 2016
No it doesn't. Egypt border Libya, if anything.
ddddan
+11
Level 81
Nov 7, 2014
I'm surprised Malta didn't make it
Roger77024
+1
Level 57
Nov 8, 2014
How about Saharawi ADR?
TenThousand
+5
Level 76
Jan 19, 2017
98 km/61 mi to Western Sahara, and 307 km/191 mi to the Saharawi ADR line of control. Morocco invaded Western Sahara in 1975, and current control of the country is divided like this. We (differently from this website’s editorial policy for featured quizzes) recognise Western Sahara as a country, and it appears in the Countries 197 to 205 quiz. Western Sahara/Saharawi ADR is recognised by 44 countries, and the Moroccan occupation by none.
Moeilijk
+3
Level 61
Jan 26, 2022
Not a fully recognized nation and was recently annexed by Morocco.The ratio from recognized to non-recognized of Western Sahara is 41% recognized out of 193 UN members.
TenThousand
+2
Level 76
Jan 27, 2022
As pointed out above, the annexation has not been recognised by any country. In any case, although it occupies most of the country, about a fifth of its land area remains unoccupied.
DrWhoFanJ
+2
Level 62
Feb 1, 2022
Surely Morocco recognises its own annexation of what it would call its own territory?

Or, rather, it simply recognises the whole thing as the one country of Morocco?

epicdjyoshi
+3
Level 30
Aug 14, 2015
19/20. Forgot monaco. AHHH
Hollygomerryround
+3
Level 37
Nov 20, 2015
I forget Monaco in everything lol
Hamburgler
+3
Level 47
Jan 26, 2018
I was ten seconds away from forgetting San Marino and Vatican City.
epicdjyoshi
+2
Level 30
Aug 14, 2015
YAY. Full marks. FINALLY :)

:)

:)

PjotrL
+3
Level 74
Aug 16, 2016
Hey Jerry. Is Croatia the near miss? :-)
TenThousand
+2
Level 76
Aug 16, 2016
Yes, it's 882 km / 548 mi away.
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 60
Nov 8, 2023
I would think Slovenia would be closer.
TenThousand
+1
Level 76
Nov 9, 2023
From the Spanish Balearic Islands, Croatia's Istrian Peninsula appears in "front" of Slovenia.
ruchi
+1
Level 19
Sep 28, 2016
Western Sahara? Mauritania?
TenThousand
+2
Level 76
Sep 28, 2016
If you include Western Sahara as a nation (recognized by about 40 countries) then Yes - see reply to Roger77024 above. Mauritania is already listed. The nearest Spanish location to these two is the Canary Islands..
ADNPEREZ
+2
Level 66
Oct 14, 2016
How come Ireland is closest than the UK?
TurkeyCookTime
+2
Level 76
Apr 2, 2020
UK is on the list - at Gibraltar
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 75
Nov 15, 2020
Yes, if the UK wasn't already there for Gibraltar it would be on the list closer than Ireland.
bmjs98
+1
Level 54
Jan 18, 2017
Only missed Ireland. After UK wasn't on there I didn't even think to try it.
Crabsarespooky
+2
Level 63
Dec 11, 2020
UK is on there...
jajaco2017
+1
Level 57
Jan 18, 2017
Morocco is not 0 km. as it is across the Mediteranian
Antofagasta
+11
Level 67
Jan 18, 2017
Ceuta and Melilla. See me above.
DonStar
+1
Level 41
Jan 18, 2017
My own fault for not getting Mali and Mauritiania when I started quiz I wondered if there would be more African countries but didn't put them in
vermillionaire
+1
Level 49
Jan 18, 2017
Just barely remembered Ireland with 0:01 left.
alieninvasion109
+1
Level 25
Jan 19, 2017
Thought Liechtenstein then got distracted and forgot to type it :( life lesson learned!
LongHistory3
+1
Level 21
Jan 19, 2017
forgot Italy

how is that possible

Stanke
+1
Level 29
Feb 6, 2017
Forgot about enclaved countries and Ireland.
catlover2496
+3
Level 44
Mar 10, 2017
Where did you get this information?
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 60
Nov 8, 2023
These quizzes are usually hand-measured with Google Maps.
TenThousand
+1
Level 76
Nov 9, 2023
Nope :)
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Apr 18, 2017
There are two things I just don't get: 1) Spain and the Netherlands are on the Continent, while Ireland is an Island off to the northwest of Spain. How could Ireland be closer to Spain than the Netherlands? and: 2) Vatican City is IN Italy. If Italy is 334 Km from

Spain, how can the Vatican be 719 km away from Spain?

Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Apr 18, 2017
This quiz is based on the closest points, not the average point.
TenThousand
+3
Level 76
Apr 18, 2017
And the closest point in Italy to Spain is Sardinia!
BallumItfc
+1
Level 37
May 6, 2017
Is Malta not within 880km?
TenThousand
+2
Level 76
May 6, 2017
Nope, 963 km.
GeoGuy8
+1
Level 66
Sep 9, 2017
spain dosent touch morroco then theres a strait but even if it did have a manmade bridge, uk owns gibraltar
TenThousand
+5
Level 76
Sep 9, 2017
It does, at Ceuta and Melilla.
undeadwarrior
+1
Level 63
Sep 10, 2017
Ireland, but not the UK???
CardinalSin
+1
Level 77
Apr 14, 2019
I agree with undeadwarrior. Even if you forgot about the Channel Islands, Lizard point in Cornwall looks on the map to be much closer than anywhere in Ireland and Jersey most certainly is, surely?
TenThousand
+4
Level 76
Apr 14, 2019
You'll see the UK appear as an answer anyway here, but to answer your question, the closest point in the UK is St Agnes, in the Scilly Isles, 686km/426 miles away. We would have listed the UK as at this distance, but Dan has made the call to count Gibraltar as a part of the UK, so the UK appears in this quiz as 0 km away. Generally in our quizzes we work from the legal standpoint that British Overseas Territories such as Gibraltar, Akrotiri & Dhekelia, Cayman Islands, etc, do not form a part of the UK, even though they are subject to its jurisdiction. That is why this quiz, and the unfeatured one minute sprint version of this quiz, have the same 20 answers, but with different distances showing for the UK.
QuizTaDa
+2
Level 50
Mar 24, 2019
Missed Mauritania and Mali. Surely Malta and Western Sahara are closer? Does this include the Canary Isles?
TenThousand
+2
Level 76
Mar 24, 2019
Yes , it includes the Canary Islands. See our answer to Roger77024 above re Western Sahara. See our answer to Ballumltfc above re Malta.
Vekoma
+2
Level 45
Mar 24, 2019
I had all but two with ten seconds left and barely got PORTUGAL lmao. So thankfully I only missed Ireland.
walmartdrivethru
+2
Level 24
Apr 15, 2019
Somehow I forgot France.

Yes, you heard that right. I forgot France

BrennoAU
+2
Level 43
Sep 6, 2020
I can name several people (Melbourne has a lot of Vietnamese refugees) who wished they had also forgotten France
Mdog27
+2
Level 65
May 12, 2019
Why not Algeria? Algeria is pretty close to Spain. Well, closer then Tunisia anyway.
TenThousand
+2
Level 76
May 12, 2019
It's always been there!
Mdog27
+2
Level 65
Jun 14, 2019
It wasnt when I last took the quiz. Maybe I just missed it on accident.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Jun 10, 2019
than*
RedLightning
+2
Level 47
Jul 23, 2019
Lol I remembered all of the microstates but forgot Luxembourg
TenThousand
+4
Level 76
Sep 28, 2019
This is pretty weird. I fly to Spain tomorrow and this quiz pops up. Either Dan is psychic or he has very good contacts.
Lucknowite
+2
Level 42
Sep 28, 2019
Probably he is guessing your route or country ;)
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Sep 29, 2019
We've been following your movements closely, Jerry.
Pharley
+3
Level 73
Sep 29, 2019
"Numbers in red indicate an external territory" There are no numbers in red...?
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Sep 29, 2019
Fixed
Sifhraven
+2
Level 67
Feb 12, 2020
I believe the Netherlands is near 945 km, I wonder how many countries score between that one and Ireland with 860km. Closest I could find was just below 943km from south of Maastricht to north of Figueres.
Juls211
+2
Level 65
Apr 4, 2020
Surprised that Malta isn't on here.
iknowthings
+1
Level 62
Apr 13, 2020
0:19 left good quiz
cyroman
+1
Level 59
May 15, 2021
How is Ireland closer than Netherlands? That one totally surprised me.
StabakMallick
+1
Level 21
Jun 26, 2021
Cyprus and Malta Greece should be here also
TenThousand
+2
Level 76
Jun 26, 2021
Malta is the closest of those three, at 962 km / 598 miles away.
StabakMallick
+1
Level 21
Jul 3, 2021
Turkey,Libya,Egypt can be in the list too
AlexThirkell
+6
Level 75
Dec 7, 2021
New Zealand could be on the list, if the list were longer.
TenThousand
+3
Level 76
Dec 7, 2021
:) For those of you who don't know what country you'll end up in if you drill a hole through the earth from Auckland, maybe Alex's comment will give you a hint...
SirPhilippines
+1
Level 65
Feb 1, 2022
Great quiz (as always), but these comments are hurting my brain.
bozoclown
+1
Level 55
Feb 1, 2022
It appears on a map that Mauritania is closer than Mali, but maybe I am judging by a map that doesn't reflect the curvature of the globe or something.
Monteiro05
+2
Level 20
Feb 1, 2022
What about Netherlands?
FatSpartanJediLlama
+1
Level 67
Feb 1, 2022
23 seconds remaining
Aejom
+1
Level 38
Feb 2, 2022
How is Italy not here
GeneralZ
+2
Level 42
Feb 2, 2022
Italy is literally there.
bn9043
+1
Level 61
Feb 19, 2022
Only missed Mali. Somehow didn't think of it. Disappointed in myself.
RedStar12345
+1
Level 48
Apr 5, 2022
I filled most of them... and then I got stuck with four empty countries... which were the small micro countries than never pop into one's mind: Andora, Monaco, etc...
Gustavol
+1
Level 35
May 16, 2022
I didn't have idea that Mali would be in the quiz
CormacmcCarthy
+1
Level 26
Jun 18, 2022
I find it hard to believe Ireland is closer to Spain than Malta
Ethanoridk
+1
Level 40
Oct 14, 2022
I forgot San Marino :(
NewZealand1709
+1
Level 27
Dec 27, 2022
Do New Zealand
ComputerG1
+1
Level 21
Jul 29, 2023
Portugal Is Closer To Spain Then Morocco. Obviously.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Aug 2, 2023
than*
JackintheBox
+2
Level 79
Aug 2, 2023
See: Ceuta and Melilla
ComputerG1
+1
Level 21
Jul 29, 2023
If Ireland Then Why Not United Kingdom?
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Aug 2, 2023
What do you even mean
McKenzieFam
+1
Level 63
Jan 7, 2024
Well, let's think.

Because UK Is Further Away Than Ireland From Spain?

NewJersey
+1
Level 41
Aug 4, 2023
If Liechtenstein close to Spain, why isn't Switzerland on there? 1,764.5 km (Switzerland) 1,673.6 km (Liechtenstein)
TenThousand
+1
Level 76
Aug 4, 2023
Switzerland is there
Rubikskid11
+1
Level 42
Mar 21, 2024
how the heck did i forget portugal
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