 Valladolid is located at roughly 735 metres above sea level, at the centre of the "Meseta Norte", the plateau drained by the Douro river basin covering a major part of the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula.The city of Valladolid lies on both banks of the Pisuerga River, a major right-bank tributary of the Douro.The city of Valladolid experiences a hot-summer Mediterranean climate ("Csa") with influences of a cold semi-arid climate ("BSk").