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

Athens tops the list at 100 /100 in September. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.

Top three in September: Athens (100 /100) , Almería (97 /100) , Cartagena (97 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 39 /100.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Athens Greece 100 /100 28 °C 19 °C 17 mm 3 343 h 25 °C
2 Almería Spain 97 /100 28 °C 20 °C 17 mm 2 345 h 23 °C
3 Cartagena Spain 97 /100 26 °C 21 °C 38 mm 4 338 h 24 °C
4 Valletta Malta 96 /100 26 °C 23 °C 34 mm 4 341 h 26 °C
5 Elche Spain 96 /100 28 °C 19 °C 36 mm 5 334 h 25 °C
6 Limassol Cyprus 96 /100 30 °C 22 °C 3 mm 1 350 h 26 °C
7 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 95 /100 25 °C 21 °C 12 mm 2 349 h 23 °C
8 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 93 /100 29 °C 18 °C 27 mm 3 344 h 22 °C
9 Catania Italy 93 /100 28 °C 20 °C 52 mm 7 324 h 25 °C
10 Valencia Spain 93 /100 27 °C 19 °C 60 mm 6 322 h 25 °C
11 Taranto Italy 93 /100 26 °C 19 °C 48 mm 6 330 h 25 °C
12 Pátra Greece 93 /100 27 °C 18 °C 52 mm 6 330 h 25 °C
13 Palma Spain 92 /100 27 °C 20 °C 45 mm 6 327 h 25 °C
14 Thessaloníki Greece 92 /100 27 °C 18 °C 49 mm 6 321 h 25 °C
15 Alicante Spain 92 /100 27 °C 20 °C 47 mm 7 334 h 25 °C
16 Castelló de la Plana Spain 92 /100 26 °C 19 °C 47 mm 6 323 h 25 °C
17 Málaga Spain 92 /100 26 °C 20 °C 25 mm 3 342 h 22 °C
18 Nicosia Cyprus 88 /100 32 °C 21 °C 11 mm 2 350 h 27 °C
19 Palermo Italy 88 /100 27 °C 20 °C 61 mm 9 335 h 25 °C
20 Marbella Spain 87 /100 25 °C 19 °C 31 mm 4 342 h 21 °C
21 Bari Italy 86 /100 25 °C 19 °C 57 mm 8 326 h 24 °C
22 La Laguna Spain 86 /100 22 °C 19 °C 14 mm 2 349 h 24 °C
23 Naples Italy 85 /100 25 °C 18 °C 90 mm 9 323 h 24 °C
24 Gibraltar Gibraltar 85 /100 25 °C 20 °C 36 mm 4 341 h 21 °C
25 Messina Italy 84 /100 26 °C 20 °C 77 mm 10 331 h 25 °C
26 Reggio Calabria Italy 83 /100 26 °C 19 °C 80 mm 11 331 h 25 °C
27 Novorossiysk Russia 82 /100 24 °C 16 °C 44 mm 7 325 h 23 °C
28 Durrës Albania 81 /100 24 °C 19 °C 115 mm 9 324 h 24 °C
29 Toulon France 80 /100 24 °C 17 °C 68 mm 7 323 h 22 °C
30 Nice France 79 /100 24 °C 17 °C 74 mm 7 323 h 22 °C
31 Livorno Italy 79 /100 24 °C 18 °C 100 mm 9 324 h 23 °C
32 Varna Bulgaria 79 /100 23 °C 16 °C 52 mm 6 303 h 22 °C
33 Badalona Spain 78 /100 24 °C 18 °C 79 mm 11 312 h 24 °C
34 Monaco Monaco 78 /100 23 °C 17 °C 76 mm 8 323 h 22 °C
35 Constanţa Romania 77 /100 22 °C 15 °C 50 mm 6 309 h 22 °C
36 Barcelona Spain 77 /100 24 °C 18 °C 79 mm 11 312 h 24 °C
37 Lisbon Portugal 77 /100 25 °C 18 °C 29 mm 4 334 h 19 °C
38 Marseille France 76 /100 24 °C 17 °C 72 mm 6 324 h 21 °C
39 Sevastopol Ukraine 76 /100 22 °C 16 °C 35 mm 6 322 h 22 °C
40 Sochi Russia 75 /100 23 °C 17 °C 111 mm 10 322 h 24 °C
41 Makhachkala Russia 74 /100 23 °C 18 °C 65 mm 9 284 h 23 °C
42 Montpellier France 74 /100 24 °C 15 °C 107 mm 6 315 h 20 °C
43 Genoa Italy 74 /100 24 °C 17 °C 125 mm 11 300 h 23 °C
44 Sabadell Spain 74 /100 24 °C 16 °C 89 mm 12 309 h 24 °C
45 Trieste Italy 68 /100 22 °C 15 °C 168 mm 11 299 h 23 °C
46 Odesa Ukraine 68 /100 21 °C 15 °C 39 mm 5 296 h 20 °C
47 San Marino San Marino 68 /100 21 °C 12 °C 77 mm 9 315 h 23 °C
48 Porto Portugal 64 /100 24 °C 16 °C 64 mm 6 325 h 17 °C
49 Mariupol Ukraine 64 /100 21 °C 14 °C 33 mm 6 303 h 20 °C
50 Taganrog Russia 61 /100 21 °C 15 °C 39 mm 6 303 h 19 °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

August: top 5

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

Full ranking for August

October: top 5

  1. Limassol 98 /100
  2. Nicosia 96 /100
  3. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 87 /100
  4. Athens 86 /100
  5. Elche 83 /100

Full ranking for October

How this ranking is built

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