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Best beach destinations in Europe in February: ranked by beach score

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria tops the list at 56 /100 in February. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.

Top three in February: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (56 /100) , La Laguna (44 /100) , Almería (36 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 44 /100.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 56 /100 19 °C 15 °C 32 mm 5 296 h 19 °C
2 La Laguna Spain 44 /100 16 °C 13 °C 36 mm 6 296 h 19 °C
3 Almería Spain 36 /100 17 °C 8.2 °C 24 mm 4 279 h 15 °C
4 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 34 /100 17 °C 7.2 °C 53 mm 6 268 h 15 °C
5 Limassol Cyprus 32 /100 16 °C 9.4 °C 42 mm 7 266 h 17 °C
6 Elche Spain 32 /100 16 °C 7.0 °C 20 mm 4 262 h 14 °C
7 Nicosia Cyprus 31 /100 16 °C 7.3 °C 48 mm 7 263 h 17 °C
8 Cartagena Spain 31 /100 16 °C 9.9 °C 21 mm 4 267 h 15 °C
9 Valencia Spain 29 /100 16 °C 6.9 °C 27 mm 4 255 h 14 °C
10 Málaga Spain 27 /100 16 °C 9.7 °C 48 mm 6 266 h 15 °C
11 Alicante Spain 27 /100 16 °C 8.3 °C 29 mm 5 263 h 14 °C
12 Gibraltar Gibraltar 25 /100 15 °C 10 °C 76 mm 8 268 h 15 °C
13 Castelló de la Plana Spain 25 /100 15 °C 6.4 °C 28 mm 4 254 h 14 °C
14 Vladivostok Russia 25 /100 -3.5 °C -10 °C 14 mm 3 255 h -0.4 °C
15 Marbella Spain 24 /100 15 °C 9.3 °C 72 mm 7 265 h 15 °C
16 Valletta Malta 21 /100 14 °C 11 °C 50 mm 8 268 h 15 °C
17 Catania Italy 21 /100 15 °C 7.2 °C 60 mm 7 248 h 15 °C
18 Palma Spain 20 /100 14 °C 9.0 °C 33 mm 6 257 h 14 °C
19 Odesa Ukraine 20 /100 3.4 °C -1.9 °C 29 mm 5 172 h 3.8 °C
20 Lisbon Portugal 20 /100 14 °C 9.2 °C 52 mm 7 248 h 15 °C
21 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Spain 20 /100 13 °C 5.3 °C 33 mm 6 247 h 13 °C
22 Sabadell Spain 20 /100 13 °C 3.6 °C 33 mm 6 246 h 13 °C
23 Marseille France 19 /100 12 °C 4.9 °C 41 mm 6 244 h 13 °C
24 Constanţa Romania 19 /100 6.3 °C -0.1 °C 33 mm 6 194 h 5.8 °C
25 Montpellier France 19 /100 12 °C 3.9 °C 50 mm 6 239 h 12 °C
26 Barcelona Spain 19 /100 13 °C 5.2 °C 35 mm 6 248 h 13 °C
27 Athens Greece 18 /100 13 °C 5.5 °C 48 mm 7 238 h 15 °C
28 Toulon France 18 /100 12 °C 5.7 °C 48 mm 6 241 h 13 °C
29 Makhachkala Russia 18 /100 5.2 °C 0.2 °C 27 mm 6 205 h 4.6 °C
30 Varna Bulgaria 18 /100 7.1 °C 0.5 °C 37 mm 6 192 h 6.4 °C
31 Severodvinsk Russia 17 /100 -7.4 °C -12 °C 22 mm 7 79 h -1.0 °C
32 Mariehamn Aland Islands 17 /100 -0.2 °C -3.1 °C 28 mm 7 119 h 1.3 °C
33 Mariupol Ukraine 16 /100 1.5 °C -3.2 °C 37 mm 7 149 h 3.6 °C
34 Nice France 16 /100 12 °C 4.7 °C 60 mm 7 242 h 13 °C
35 Monaco Monaco 16 /100 12 °C 4.9 °C 60 mm 7 241 h 13 °C
36 Stockholm Sweden 16 /100 0.6 °C -4.0 °C 31 mm 8 124 h 1.9 °C
37 Oulu Finland 15 /100 -5.9 °C -11 °C 29 mm 8 93 h -0.2 °C
38 Taganrog Russia 15 /100 0.5 °C -3.9 °C 42 mm 8 151 h 3.7 °C
39 Taranto Italy 14 /100 13 °C 6.3 °C 56 mm 8 243 h 14 °C
40 Genoa Italy 14 /100 11 °C 4.0 °C 78 mm 8 205 h 13 °C
41 Thessaloníki Greece 14 /100 11 °C 2.8 °C 48 mm 8 213 h 13 °C
42 Sevastopol Ukraine 14 /100 6.0 °C 1.0 °C 40 mm 8 194 h 8.0 °C
43 San Marino San Marino 14 /100 6.9 °C -1.4 °C 72 mm 8 216 h 10 °C
44 Livorno Italy 14 /100 11 °C 5.4 °C 66 mm 8 233 h 13 °C
45 Gdańsk Poland 14 /100 2.6 °C -2.2 °C 30 mm 9 134 h 2.9 °C
46 Trieste Italy 13 /100 8.6 °C 1.2 °C 97 mm 9 202 h 9.6 °C
47 Novorossiysk Russia 13 /100 6.2 °C 0.5 °C 49 mm 9 191 h 8.8 °C
48 Tallinn Estonia 13 /100 -2.0 °C -6.5 °C 36 mm 9 102 h 0.9 °C
49 Copenhagen Denmark 12 /100 3.3 °C -0.7 °C 42 mm 9 129 h 2.4 °C
50 Vantaa Finland 12 /100 -2.8 °C -8.0 °C 42 mm 9 104 h 0.7 °C

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

January: top 5

  1. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 57 /100
  2. La Laguna 46 /100
  3. Almería 34 /100
  4. Limassol 31 /100
  5. Cartagena 30 /100

Full ranking for January

March: top 5

  1. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 59 /100
  2. La Laguna 46 /100
  3. Nicosia 45 /100
  4. Limassol 45 /100
  5. Almería 44 /100

Full ranking for March

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Our 0–100 beach score (formula on the methodology page), in February, highest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in Europe with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by sea temperature.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering and the score is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.