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

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

Top three in March: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (59 /100) , La Laguna (46 /100) , Nicosia (45 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 47 /100.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 59 /100 20 °C 15 °C 24 mm 5 354 h 19 °C
2 La Laguna Spain 46 /100 16 °C 13 °C 28 mm 5 350 h 19 °C
3 Nicosia Cyprus 45 /100 19 °C 9.0 °C 35 mm 6 338 h 17 °C
4 Limassol Cyprus 45 /100 18 °C 11 °C 28 mm 6 341 h 17 °C
5 Almería Spain 44 /100 19 °C 10 °C 26 mm 4 332 h 15 °C
6 Elche Spain 41 /100 19 °C 8.9 °C 31 mm 4 321 h 15 °C
7 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 41 /100 19 °C 9.3 °C 58 mm 7 321 h 16 °C
8 Cartagena Spain 37 /100 17 °C 11 °C 29 mm 4 325 h 15 °C
9 Valencia Spain 36 /100 18 °C 8.8 °C 38 mm 5 315 h 14 °C
10 Alicante Spain 34 /100 18 °C 10 °C 39 mm 6 324 h 15 °C
11 Málaga Spain 34 /100 17 °C 11 °C 54 mm 7 318 h 15 °C
12 Palma Spain 31 /100 16 °C 10 °C 27 mm 5 330 h 14 °C
13 Gibraltar Gibraltar 30 /100 17 °C 12 °C 79 mm 8 320 h 15 °C
14 Castelló de la Plana Spain 30 /100 17 °C 8.4 °C 34 mm 5 316 h 14 °C
15 Marbella Spain 30 /100 17 °C 11 °C 77 mm 8 318 h 15 °C
16 Valletta Malta 30 /100 15 °C 12 °C 32 mm 5 331 h 15 °C
17 Catania Italy 28 /100 17 °C 8.8 °C 58 mm 7 311 h 15 °C
18 Lisbon Portugal 27 /100 17 °C 11 °C 53 mm 8 314 h 15 °C
19 Athens Greece 26 /100 16 °C 7.4 °C 50 mm 7 300 h 15 °C
20 Badalona Spain 24 /100 16 °C 7.0 °C 41 mm 7 316 h 13 °C
21 Barcelona Spain 23 /100 15 °C 7.3 °C 41 mm 7 316 h 13 °C
22 Vladivostok Russia 21 /100 1.9 °C -3.5 °C 27 mm 5 307 h 0.1 °C
23 Marseille France 21 /100 15 °C 7.3 °C 39 mm 6 314 h 13 °C
24 Montpellier France 21 /100 15 °C 6.3 °C 54 mm 6 308 h 12 °C
25 Sabadell Spain 21 /100 15 °C 5.8 °C 44 mm 7 314 h 13 °C
26 Toulon France 20 /100 14 °C 7.7 °C 47 mm 6 310 h 13 °C
27 Palermo Italy 20 /100 16 °C 9.8 °C 67 mm 10 321 h 15 °C
28 Makhachkala Russia 18 /100 8.4 °C 3.0 °C 27 mm 6 272 h 5.1 °C
29 Porto Portugal 18 /100 16 °C 8.2 °C 123 mm 10 296 h 14 °C
30 Mariehamn Aland Islands 18 /100 1.5 °C -1.7 °C 28 mm 7 229 h 1.3 °C
31 Nice France 18 /100 15 °C 6.8 °C 63 mm 8 305 h 14 °C
32 Taranto Italy 17 /100 15 °C 7.9 °C 59 mm 8 311 h 14 °C
33 Monaco Monaco 17 /100 14 °C 7.1 °C 63 mm 7 306 h 14 °C
34 Odesa Ukraine 16 /100 7.6 °C 1.3 °C 32 mm 7 249 h 4.7 °C
35 Thessaloníki Greece 16 /100 15 °C 5.7 °C 61 mm 9 273 h 13 °C
36 Severodvinsk Russia 16 /100 -2.9 °C -8.4 °C 26 mm 8 196 h -0.8 °C
37 Stockholm Sweden 16 /100 3.7 °C -2.1 °C 32 mm 8 225 h 1.8 °C
38 Oulu Finland 15 /100 -1.9 °C -7.3 °C 31 mm 8 208 h -0.1 °C
39 Constanţa Romania 15 /100 9.7 °C 2.7 °C 43 mm 8 260 h 6.5 °C
40 Bari Italy 14 /100 15 °C 8.7 °C 59 mm 9 304 h 14 °C
41 Livorno Italy 14 /100 14 °C 7.5 °C 63 mm 8 299 h 14 °C
42 Helsinki Finland 14 /100 0.8 °C -4.7 °C 37 mm 8 219 h 0.7 °C
43 Sevastopol Ukraine 14 /100 8.6 °C 3.3 °C 37 mm 8 270 h 8.2 °C
44 Tallinn Estonia 14 /100 1.9 °C -4.0 °C 33 mm 8 219 h 0.8 °C
45 Vantaa Finland 14 /100 1.2 °C -5.4 °C 37 mm 8 219 h 0.7 °C
46 Varna Bulgaria 13 /100 10 °C 3.2 °C 50 mm 9 249 h 7.0 °C
47 Mariupol Ukraine 13 /100 6.0 °C 0.5 °C 42 mm 9 231 h 4.5 °C
48 Pátra Greece 13 /100 15 °C 6.8 °C 101 mm 12 302 h 15 °C
49 San Marino San Marino 13 /100 10 °C 1.3 °C 68 mm 9 290 h 11 °C
50 Messina Italy 12 /100 16 °C 9.6 °C 100 mm 13 319 h 15 °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

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

April: top 5

  1. Nicosia 67 /100
  2. Limassol 64 /100
  3. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 63 /100
  4. Almería 57 /100
  5. La Laguna 52 /100

Full ranking for April

How this ranking is built

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