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Best beach destinations in Europe in March

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria tops the list at 59 /100 in March. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Rainfall
1 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 59 /100 20 °C 24 mm
2 La Laguna Spain 46 /100 16 °C 28 mm
3 Nicosia Cyprus 45 /100 19 °C 35 mm
4 Limassol Cyprus 45 /100 18 °C 28 mm
5 Almería Spain 44 /100 19 °C 26 mm
6 Elche Spain 41 /100 19 °C 31 mm
7 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 41 /100 19 °C 58 mm
8 Cartagena Spain 37 /100 17 °C 29 mm
9 Valencia Spain 36 /100 18 °C 38 mm
10 Alicante Spain 34 /100 18 °C 39 mm
11 Málaga Spain 34 /100 17 °C 54 mm
12 Palma Spain 31 /100 16 °C 27 mm
13 Gibraltar Gibraltar 30 /100 17 °C 79 mm
14 Castelló de la Plana Spain 30 /100 17 °C 34 mm
15 Marbella Spain 30 /100 17 °C 77 mm
16 Valletta Malta 30 /100 15 °C 32 mm
17 Catania Italy 28 /100 17 °C 58 mm
18 Lisbon Portugal 27 /100 17 °C 53 mm
19 Athens Greece 26 /100 16 °C 50 mm
20 Badalona Spain 24 /100 16 °C 41 mm
21 Barcelona Spain 23 /100 15 °C 41 mm
22 Vladivostok Russia 21 /100 1.9 °C 27 mm
23 Marseille France 21 /100 15 °C 39 mm
24 Montpellier France 21 /100 15 °C 54 mm
25 Sabadell Spain 21 /100 15 °C 44 mm
26 Toulon France 20 /100 14 °C 47 mm
27 Palermo Italy 20 /100 16 °C 67 mm
28 Makhachkala Russia 18 /100 8.4 °C 27 mm
29 Porto Portugal 18 /100 16 °C 123 mm
30 Mariehamn Aland Islands 18 /100 1.5 °C 28 mm
31 Nice France 18 /100 15 °C 63 mm
32 Taranto Italy 17 /100 15 °C 59 mm
33 Monaco Monaco 17 /100 14 °C 63 mm
34 Odesa Ukraine 16 /100 7.6 °C 32 mm
35 Thessaloníki Greece 16 /100 15 °C 61 mm
36 Severodvinsk Russia 16 /100 -2.9 °C 26 mm
37 Stockholm Sweden 16 /100 3.7 °C 32 mm
38 Oulu Finland 15 /100 -1.9 °C 31 mm
39 Constanţa Romania 15 /100 9.7 °C 43 mm
40 Bari Italy 14 /100 15 °C 59 mm
41 Livorno Italy 14 /100 14 °C 63 mm
42 Helsinki Finland 14 /100 0.8 °C 37 mm
43 Sevastopol Ukraine 14 /100 8.6 °C 37 mm
44 Tallinn Estonia 14 /100 1.9 °C 33 mm
45 Vantaa Finland 14 /100 1.2 °C 37 mm
46 Varna Bulgaria 13 /100 10 °C 50 mm
47 Mariupol Ukraine 13 /100 6.0 °C 42 mm
48 Pátra Greece 13 /100 15 °C 101 mm
49 San Marino San Marino 13 /100 10 °C 68 mm
50 Messina Italy 12 /100 16 °C 100 mm

Only destinations with a published page for that month are ranked. The ranking is ours; the underlying values are reproduced from the source.

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.