Although the approach of good weather in Barcelona, this year calçotadas and barbecues are prohibited to be done at home. There were established strict regulation to it, according to 20minutos. The Catalan Government has published new measures regarding activities that involve fire, during the summertime, due to high temperatures.

This way, people from Barcelona cannot organise barbecues and calçotadas in balconies and terraces. The Catalan Government stats that the use of fire can be a risk to public health and safety due to the danger of fire and smoke. The regulation is part of the Decree 64/1995, reinforced after the fires that happened in Catalonia, in summer of 2022.