The heat will be horrendous, that willl be for months on end, and that will be in the shade!

But it all depends on your wider circumstances, if you happy where you are, and putting the heat aside, does moving to Sevilla offer you some benefits above what you have now, and lastly how long you be planning to live there.

Personally, i would do a short stint there like a couple of years in the interest of career progression, but understand consider spending the rest my life there...

 

I've lived in Seville for 39 years (my husband's from Seville), after spending the first 25 years of my life in the northeast of the US. ittedly it was a big change of climate for me, but even after all these years in Seville I can say that I REALLY DISLIKE the summer heat here. Life totally changes in July and August because you really cannot be out and about without totally melting from about 1 pm to 8 pm. So you have to adapt your lifestyle. You run all of your errands as early in the mornings as possible. You always walk on the shady side of the street. Your kids go out to play at night. Social life (for kids and adults) starts happening no earlier than about 9pm. During the hottest time of the day you stay home with windows closed, the blinds down against the sun and with the A/C running. If you have kids they go bonkers because they can't go out to play all day long. The only way to go out is if you have access to a pool. For all these reasons many many people do whatever they can to get away to the beach for as much of the summer as possible. Which means that the city empties out and there's not much going on.
One positive thing is that usually nights cool off to very pleasant temperatures. That's why there are so many eating establishments with outdoor seating, which allows people to sit outside at night having tapas and a beer until quite late while the kids play nearby. And at night you can open the windows and turn off the A/C. We sleep with windows open and a ceiling fan running probably 90% of the time. The other 10% of the time we do run the A/C all night - but there are plenty of people who don't have A/C in the bedrooms.
By the way, people who come to Seville in the summer have often been told that "everything is closed", but that's really not the case. Maybe there are fewer people working, but there are also fewer customers. It's rare for a place to totally close down for a month.
Aside from those 2 months or so of burning heat, Seville usually has lovely weather. It does get cold for a month or two in the winter (and houses usually aren't winterized) but personally I enjoy the change. No place is perfect, and for me the positives of Seville far outweigh the negatives.

 

This comment is pretty much my fear, that it’s just not possible to carry out your normal life from 11-8 for 2/3 months of the year. And as you mention, that’s now. With climate change it’s likely to get worse in the future.
We were in Santiago de Chile previously and the weather is my idea of perfect, 30-32C in the summer but fresh in the evening with low humidity and mild winters, It means you can be outside all year.

 

we’re currently in Madrid but studying, not working. It’s a good job in Sevilla but there are similar opportunities basically anywhere in Spain (this is the first that’s made an offer and is willing to sponsor his highly qualified visa but he only started applying 2 weeks ago).
Madrid had been 33c this week and I think that’s the upper limit pf being able to live normally and still be outside during the day.

 

If this is your maximum tollerance then you are in trouble. Even in the north it is likely to get considerably hotter than it has been in Madrid last week. Temperatures have been higher than normal than for the time of year, but we still haven't had the normal hot winds and full on summer heat in Madrid.

Hundreds of thousands of people live happily in Sevilla, If you have made the choice to come to Spain, been offered a good job with visa sponsorship and turn it down due to the heat, I personally think that is crazy.

Just me 2cts.

 

Seville hit 40c last week, but it was also a record for that kind of heat this soon in the summer season. Who knows if we're going to have intense heat sooner and sooner....global warming?

 

To the OP you say say 30 - 32C, "is your idea of perfect", but as soon as it hits 33C, "it is the upper limit of being the upper limit of being able to live normally.

Probably it doesn’t even fall much below those temperatures at night in Saville, during July and August!

Just think, Saville = inferno!

 

To the OP you say say 30 - 32C, "is your idea of perfect", but as soon as it hits 33C, "it is the upper limit of being the upper limit of being able to live normally.

Probably it doesn’t even fall much below those temperatures at night in Saville, during July and August!

Just think, Saville = inferno!

Maybe I’m a few degrees out somewhere or my perception has changed (this is our first summer since Jan-Feb 24!), in Santiago 30-32 always felt pretty pleasant, on occasions it got to 35 it became unbearable. We had a garden with shade and a pool too, different to being out where there’s only concrete.

anyway, I think we’ve decided that we’ll give Seville a miss whilst we still have other alternatives

 

If you work in a decent office job inside it is fine. Air Con is everywhere. The issue is if you intend to walk places or live in place which is exposed to the sun most of the day. Most people rise early and do their tasks before 11.00/1200. Then you close everything and remain in doors until later in the evening. Ceiling fans keep the air moving and obviously are not as expensive as AC. You certainly don't go lying outside etc as a daily activity - in fact the Spanish often wait to later in the evening for these things. So all in all the main problem is not so much the heat but the lifestyle you need to adopt. Personally , I find the summer boring as you are inside far more than in Winter if you aren't working. People do manage but no one ever says they like August!!!

 

Ah, I'm on the top floor of a building and I guess the concrete gets blasted with the heat during the day and retains the heat at night.

There are weeks on end when the temp doesn't drop below 30C at night. I have fans going 24/7 to keep the air circulating, which helps a lot.

I try to avoid using air con ar night, as much as possible. The other solution is of course leaving Spain during the summer months, which I've managed to do in recent years.

The miserable, unpredictable, wet and windy, damp British Climate is preferable to the Spanish incessant summer heat, and getting baked alive for months on end.

 

I would always recommend avoiding top floor apartments in Seville because they are notoriously hot in the summer.

 

I've always lived on the top floor since I've come to Spain, until this year.

 

On the other hand, getting an offer where someone is willing to sponsor your visa application....!

There are folks in small boats risking their lives to come and live in Europe, and some of them will never be legal, one supposes...

 

We weren’t expecting it. He’s a construction manager (jefe de obra here), started sending CVs off 2 weeks ago and in that time has had maybe 8 interviews. The wages aren’t great compared to what he made in Chile but there’s huge demand.
In the end we rejected Sevilla, so fingers crossed something else will come up before our student visa expires in December!

 

I am quite surprised that construction companies (most of which in Spain are nationally based and don't even have an international mobility expert in their HR department) are prepred to sponsor work permits and visas.

I wonder how much of this is great at first until they realise what's involved.

This is what seems to happen with UK employers saying "yeah sure" when employees want to work remotely from Spain, until they see what that actually implies!

In any case, even if only 50% of the offers are later made firm when reality hits, that's still great news for expats from non-EU countries.

 

I am quite surprised that construction companies (most of which in Spain are nationally based and don't even have an international mobility expert in their HR department) are prepred to sponsor work permits and visas.

I wonder how much of this is great at first until they realise what's involved.

This is what seems to happen with UK employers saying "yeah sure" when employees want to work remotely from Spain, until they see what that actually implies!

In any case, even if only 50% of the offers are later made firm when reality hits, that's still great news for expats from non-EU countries.

One of the major issues for Spain at the moment regarding the housing crisis is a lack of workers in the construction area. So yes they are going to need to bring in foreign workers - however I believe that south America is the main recruiting ground

 

It's quite surprising for me there is such an acute Labour/skills shortage in that particular sector, and that there are so many interviews and visa sponsorships offered/available.

 

On paper coastal Galicia like Vigo and A Coruna have the mildest climates in continental Spain. Mild winters and cool summers.

 

It is going to be hot again in southern Spain.