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

Palermo tops the list at 95 /100 in June. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.

Top three in June: Palermo (95 /100) , Taranto (95 /100) , Limassol (94 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 36 /100.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Palermo Italy 95 /100 27 °C 20 °C 15 mm 3 407 h 22 °C
2 Taranto Italy 95 /100 27 °C 19 °C 17 mm 4 408 h 22 °C
3 Limassol Cyprus 94 /100 30 °C 21 °C 3 mm 1 417 h 23 °C
4 Alicante Spain 94 /100 27 °C 19 °C 16 mm 3 408 h 22 °C
5 Pátra Greece 93 /100 28 °C 18 °C 24 mm 4 408 h 22 °C
6 Valencia Spain 93 /100 28 °C 18 °C 19 mm 3 399 h 22 °C
7 Palma Spain 93 /100 27 °C 19 °C 18 mm 3 406 h 22 °C
8 Elche Spain 93 /100 28 °C 18 °C 11 mm 2 408 h 22 °C
9 Catania Italy 93 /100 29 °C 20 °C 19 mm 3 404 h 22 °C
10 Castelló de la Plana Spain 92 /100 25 °C 18 °C 18 mm 3 400 h 22 °C
11 Athens Greece 92 /100 30 °C 20 °C 12 mm 2 415 h 22 °C
12 Naples Italy 91 /100 26 °C 18 °C 34 mm 5 398 h 23 °C
13 Valletta Malta 90 /100 24 °C 21 °C 2 mm 0 412 h 22 °C
14 Cartagena Spain 90 /100 26 °C 20 °C 7 mm 1 410 h 21 °C
15 Messina Italy 90 /100 26 °C 19 °C 32 mm 6 405 h 23 °C
16 Durrës Albania 88 /100 25 °C 19 °C 44 mm 5 410 h 23 °C
17 Bari Italy 88 /100 26 °C 19 °C 35 mm 6 403 h 22 °C
18 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 88 /100 29 °C 18 °C 7 mm 1 414 h 21 °C
19 Reggio Calabria Italy 88 /100 28 °C 18 °C 39 mm 6 404 h 22 °C
20 Almería Spain 87 /100 29 °C 20 °C 4 mm 1 413 h 20 °C
21 Thessaloníki Greece 87 /100 29 °C 20 °C 46 mm 7 416 h 23 °C
22 Nicosia Cyprus 87 /100 33 °C 21 °C 9 mm 2 416 h 24 °C
23 Málaga Spain 85 /100 26 °C 19 °C 8 mm 1 412 h 20 °C
24 Livorno Italy 83 /100 24 °C 18 °C 48 mm 6 408 h 22 °C
25 Taganrog Russia 83 /100 25 °C 19 °C 46 mm 8 396 h 23 °C
26 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 82 /100 23 °C 18 °C 3 mm 1 402 h 21 °C
27 Badalona Spain 82 /100 25 °C 17 °C 36 mm 5 395 h 21 °C
28 Marbella Spain 82 /100 25 °C 18 °C 8 mm 1 411 h 19 °C
29 Makhachkala Russia 81 /100 25 °C 19 °C 37 mm 7 362 h 21 °C
30 Barcelona Spain 81 /100 25 °C 17 °C 36 mm 5 395 h 21 °C
31 Montpellier France 80 /100 26 °C 16 °C 31 mm 4 405 h 19 °C
32 Gibraltar Gibraltar 80 /100 25 °C 19 °C 7 mm 1 408 h 19 °C
33 Mariupol Ukraine 80 /100 25 °C 18 °C 47 mm 9 398 h 22 °C
34 Toulon France 79 /100 25 °C 17 °C 35 mm 5 420 h 20 °C
35 San Marino San Marino 78 /100 23 °C 13 °C 52 mm 7 392 h 23 °C
36 Marseille France 78 /100 25 °C 17 °C 31 mm 4 418 h 19 °C
37 Sabadell Spain 78 /100 25 °C 16 °C 45 mm 7 393 h 21 °C
38 Odesa Ukraine 77 /100 25 °C 17 °C 43 mm 7 387 h 21 °C
39 Nice France 76 /100 24 °C 17 °C 48 mm 8 413 h 21 °C
40 Novorossiysk Russia 76 /100 25 °C 18 °C 50 mm 9 411 h 21 °C
41 Trieste Italy 75 /100 25 °C 17 °C 107 mm 12 381 h 23 °C
42 Monaco Monaco 75 /100 24 °C 18 °C 47 mm 8 413 h 21 °C
43 Constanţa Romania 73 /100 24 °C 17 °C 58 mm 9 389 h 21 °C
44 Genoa Italy 73 /100 24 °C 17 °C 85 mm 11 385 h 22 °C
45 Varna Bulgaria 72 /100 25 °C 17 °C 66 mm 10 381 h 21 °C
46 Lisbon Portugal 72 /100 24 °C 17 °C 11 mm 2 407 h 18 °C
47 La Laguna Spain 72 /100 20 °C 16 °C 3 mm 1 403 h 21 °C
48 Sevastopol Ukraine 72 /100 23 °C 17 °C 34 mm 7 403 h 20 °C
49 Sochi Russia 71 /100 23 °C 17 °C 81 mm 10 399 h 22 °C
50 Porto Portugal 59 /100 23 °C 15 °C 39 mm 6 404 h 17 °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

May: top 5

  1. Nicosia 87 /100
  2. Limassol 86 /100
  3. Athens 76 /100
  4. Almería 76 /100
  5. Elche 74 /100

Full ranking for May

July: top 5

  1. Valletta 100 /100
  2. Castelló de la Plana 100 /100
  3. Cartagena 99 /100
  4. Livorno 99 /100
  5. Alicante 98 /100

Full ranking for July

How this ranking is built

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