How to write the shipping address in Spain

Spanish address format: example

A Spanish shipping address typically has three lines containing all the recipient’s details. Additional information can be included in case of international shipments or specific cases.

To correctly write a Spanish shipping address, you should follow this format:

1. Recipient’s details. Full name or company name.
2. Street and house number
   Apartment details like floor or door (optional, after the house number)
3. Postal code and town/city
4. Country. Only in the case of international shipments.

Additional information on the Spanish shipping address

In the Spanish address, you can provide some additional information. Typically, details about the apartment are included on the same line as the street name and house number in the address.

To identify the right apartment, you can write the floor number and the apartment or unit number (or even position).

For example, if the recipient lives on the 3rd floor of Calle Aduana 7 in the apartment 17, you can write: Calle Aduana 7, 3 o, 17.

The additional information on the Spanish shipping address is mainly used for postal deliveries.

Postal code on the Spanish shipping address

The postal code (in Spanish ‘códigos postales’) provides important information to sort the shipments and locate the hubs for the delivery. The Spanish postal code has five digits:

• The first two digits in the postcode identify the province and autonomous city. For this reason, the prefix can be from 1 to 52.
• The last three are used to identify the city and the delivery area.

If you are not sure which is the correct postal code when writing the Spanish shipping address, you can use Correos postal address finder.

Format address for shipping to the Canary islands

When shipping a parcel to the Canary islands, the address format is the same used for any other shipment to Spain.

The postal code for deliveries to the Canary islands are:

• 35: province of Las Palmas
• 38: province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife