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

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria tops the list at 57 /100 in January. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.

Top three in January: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (57 /100) , La Laguna (46 /100) , Almería (34 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 46 /100.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 57 /100 19 °C 15 °C 27 mm 5 303 h 20 °C
2 La Laguna Spain 46 /100 16 °C 13 °C 31 mm 6 301 h 20 °C
3 Almería Spain 34 /100 16 °C 7.7 °C 25 mm 4 273 h 15 °C
4 Limassol Cyprus 31 /100 15 °C 9.5 °C 60 mm 9 280 h 18 °C
5 Cartagena Spain 30 /100 15 °C 9.5 °C 28 mm 4 267 h 15 °C
6 Elche Spain 30 /100 15 °C 6.5 °C 26 mm 4 263 h 15 °C
7 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 28 /100 16 °C 6.4 °C 58 mm 7 254 h 16 °C
8 Nicosia Cyprus 28 /100 15 °C 7.2 °C 54 mm 8 275 h 17 °C
9 Alicante Spain 27 /100 15 °C 7.9 °C 34 mm 5 264 h 15 °C
10 Valencia Spain 27 /100 15 °C 6.7 °C 33 mm 4 253 h 14 °C
11 Vladivostok Russia 25 /100 -7.0 °C -13 °C 12 mm 2 252 h 0.2 °C
12 Málaga Spain 25 /100 15 °C 9.4 °C 58 mm 7 252 h 15 °C
13 Gibraltar Gibraltar 24 /100 15 °C 10 °C 88 mm 9 255 h 16 °C
14 Valletta Malta 23 /100 15 °C 12 °C 54 mm 9 268 h 16 °C
15 Castelló de la Plana Spain 22 /100 14 °C 6.2 °C 37 mm 5 251 h 14 °C
16 Palma Spain 22 /100 14 °C 9.3 °C 36 mm 6 257 h 15 °C
17 Marbella Spain 21 /100 15 °C 9.0 °C 83 mm 9 250 h 16 °C
18 Athens Greece 21 /100 12 °C 5.2 °C 55 mm 7 225 h 15 °C
19 Catania Italy 20 /100 14 °C 7.4 °C 75 mm 8 244 h 15 °C
20 Sabadell Spain 19 /100 12 °C 3.2 °C 40 mm 6 239 h 14 °C
21 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Spain 19 /100 13 °C 5.0 °C 40 mm 6 239 h 14 °C
22 Barcelona Spain 19 /100 13 °C 5.0 °C 41 mm 6 241 h 14 °C
23 Odesa Ukraine 19 /100 2.0 °C -2.5 °C 35 mm 6 131 h 5.2 °C
24 Marseille France 18 /100 11 °C 5.2 °C 52 mm 6 225 h 13 °C
25 Constanţa Romania 18 /100 4.7 °C -0.8 °C 41 mm 7 167 h 6.9 °C
26 Lisbon Portugal 17 /100 14 °C 9.1 °C 69 mm 9 238 h 15 °C
27 Makhachkala Russia 17 /100 4.6 °C -0.04 °C 27 mm 7 182 h 5.9 °C
28 Varna Bulgaria 17 /100 5.6 °C -0.2 °C 45 mm 7 180 h 7.3 °C
29 Nice France 17 /100 12 °C 4.9 °C 66 mm 7 226 h 14 °C
30 Monaco Monaco 17 /100 11 °C 5.1 °C 66 mm 7 227 h 14 °C
31 Toulon France 17 /100 11 °C 6.1 °C 61 mm 7 223 h 14 °C
32 Thessaloníki Greece 16 /100 9.3 °C 1.5 °C 50 mm 7 206 h 14 °C
33 Taranto Italy 15 /100 12 °C 6.3 °C 58 mm 8 240 h 14 °C
34 Stockholm Sweden 15 /100 0.4 °C -3.4 °C 37 mm 8 78 h 3.0 °C
35 Montpellier France 14 /100 11 °C 4.1 °C 79 mm 8 212 h 12 °C
36 Mariupol Ukraine 14 /100 0.4 °C -3.5 °C 42 mm 8 110 h 3.6 °C
37 Mariehamn Aland Islands 14 /100 1.0 °C -1.7 °C 37 mm 9 68 h 2.4 °C
38 Livorno Italy 13 /100 11 °C 5.5 °C 64 mm 9 219 h 14 °C
39 Severodvinsk Russia 13 /100 -7.7 °C -12 °C 29 mm 9 25 h -0.8 °C
40 Palermo Italy 13 /100 14 °C 8.8 °C 69 mm 10 253 h 15 °C
41 San Marino San Marino 13 /100 5.9 °C -1.2 °C 62 mm 9 190 h 11 °C
42 Oulu Finland 13 /100 -5.4 °C -10 °C 35 mm 9 31 h 0 °C
43 Bari Italy 13 /100 12 °C 7.2 °C 59 mm 9 228 h 14 °C
44 Naples Italy 13 /100 12 °C 5.7 °C 107 mm 11 223 h 15 °C
45 Genoa Italy 13 /100 9.7 °C 3.9 °C 98 mm 9 190 h 14 °C
46 Pátra Greece 12 /100 12 °C 5.2 °C 120 mm 12 231 h 15 °C
47 Trieste Italy 12 /100 7.3 °C 1.2 °C 90 mm 9 176 h 11 °C
48 Durrës Albania 11 /100 11 °C 6.5 °C 116 mm 11 229 h 15 °C
49 Sevastopol Ukraine 11 /100 5.6 °C 1.3 °C 49 mm 10 164 h 9.0 °C
50 Taganrog Russia 11 /100 -0.2 °C -4.1 °C 49 mm 10 113 h 3.9 °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

December: top 5

  1. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 64 /100
  2. La Laguna 50 /100
  3. Limassol 46 /100
  4. Almería 42 /100
  5. Nicosia 41 /100

Full ranking for December

February: top 5

  1. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 56 /100
  2. La Laguna 44 /100
  3. Almería 36 /100
  4. Jerez de la Frontera 34 /100
  5. Limassol 32 /100

Full ranking for February

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Our 0–100 beach score (formula on the methodology page), in January, 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.