How many days can you spend in Spain?

Yes: Spain has been in the Schengen area since 1995, when checks at its borders with the other Schengen countries were abolished. It joined the EU in 1986.

It depends on why you’re there. A visitor from outside the EU can spend 90 days in any 180 in the Schengen area, Spain included, so a year’s days depend on how the stays fall. For tax, more than 183 days in the calendar year make you resident in Spain.

183 at most in the calendar year: more than 183 make you resident. Days aren’t the only test, though — you’re also resident if the main base of your economic activities or interests is in Spain, and presumed resident if your spouse and minor children live there.

As a visitor, the same as anyone from outside the EU: 90 days in any 180 across the 29 Schengen countries together. Since EES, your entries and exits are recorded at the border instead of stamped in your passport.

For a while. A non-lucrative permit needs more than 183 days a year in Spain to be renewed. Long-term residence is withdrawn after 12 months in a row outside the EU — 24 after an EU Blue Card — and the EU long-term permit also ends after 6 years outside Spain.