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Places with the best weather in Europe in April: ranked by comfort score

Limassol tops the list at 98 /100 in April. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.

Top three in April: Limassol (98 /100) , Nicosia (97 /100) , Murcia (96 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 21 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Limassol Cyprus 98 /100 22 °C 13 °C 16 mm 4 354 h 18 °C
2 Nicosia Cyprus 97 /100 23 °C 12 °C 29 mm 5 354 h 18 °C
3 Murcia Spain 96 /100 23 °C 10 °C 33 mm 5 345 h –
4 Elche Spain 95 /100 21 °C 11 °C 32 mm 5 344 h 16 °C
5 Sevilla Spain 95 /100 22 °C 11 °C 49 mm 6 339 h –
6 Almería Spain 94 /100 22 °C 13 °C 19 mm 4 358 h 16 °C
7 Athens Greece 93 /100 20 °C 10 °C 28 mm 5 348 h 16 °C
8 Valencia Spain 93 /100 21 °C 11 °C 42 mm 6 341 h 16 °C
9 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 92 /100 20 °C 16 °C 15 mm 4 356 h 19 °C
10 Alicante Spain 92 /100 20 °C 12 °C 45 mm 7 346 h 16 °C
11 Córdoba Spain 92 /100 22 °C 10 °C 54 mm 8 340 h –
12 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 92 /100 21 °C 11 °C 48 mm 7 358 h 17 °C
13 Málaga Spain 91 /100 19 °C 13 °C 40 mm 7 351 h 16 °C
14 Cartagena Spain 91 /100 19 °C 13 °C 26 mm 4 348 h 16 °C
15 Badajoz Spain 91 /100 21 °C 9.5 °C 44 mm 7 328 h –
16 Catania Italy 89 /100 19 °C 11 °C 45 mm 7 324 h 16 °C
17 Castelló de la Plana Spain 89 /100 19 °C 11 °C 36 mm 6 340 h 16 °C
18 Palma Spain 88 /100 19 °C 12 °C 38 mm 6 345 h 16 °C
19 Zaragoza Spain 87 /100 20 °C 8.5 °C 42 mm 7 332 h –
20 Marbella Spain 87 /100 19 °C 12 °C 55 mm 7 353 h 16 °C
21 La Laguna Spain 86 /100 17 °C 14 °C 19 mm 4 355 h 19 °C
22 Thessaloníki Greece 85 /100 19 °C 9.9 °C 57 mm 9 324 h 15 °C
23 Palermo Italy 85 /100 19 °C 12 °C 59 mm 9 337 h 16 °C
24 Gibraltar Gibraltar 84 /100 19 °C 13 °C 63 mm 7 357 h 16 °C
25 Granada Spain 84 /100 19 °C 7.6 °C 58 mm 9 347 h –
26 Pátra Greece 82 /100 19 °C 9.6 °C 71 mm 9 339 h 16 °C
27 Madrid Spain 82 /100 18 °C 6.4 °C 46 mm 8 339 h –
28 Lisbon Portugal 81 /100 18 °C 12 °C 53 mm 8 347 h 15 °C
29 Albacete Spain 81 /100 18 °C 6.4 °C 43 mm 7 331 h –
30 Taranto Italy 80 /100 18 °C 10 °C 48 mm 8 336 h 15 °C
31 Alcalá de Henares Spain 80 /100 18 °C 6.4 °C 55 mm 9 331 h –
32 Ciudad Lineal Spain 80 /100 18 °C 6.0 °C 47 mm 8 340 h –
33 Bari Italy 80 /100 17 °C 11 °C 59 mm 10 331 h 15 °C
34 Skopje North Macedonia 80 /100 18 °C 6.9 °C 56 mm 10 311 h –
35 Craiova Romania 79 /100 18 °C 7.0 °C 50 mm 8 313 h –
36 Valletta Malta 79 /100 17 °C 14 °C 15 mm 3 343 h 16 °C
37 Badalona Spain 79 /100 18 °C 9.4 °C 54 mm 8 334 h 14 °C
38 Szeged Hungary 79 /100 17 °C 6.9 °C 45 mm 8 312 h –
39 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Spain 78 /100 17 °C 9.6 °C 62 mm 9 332 h 14 °C
40 Bologna Italy 78 /100 18 °C 7.7 °C 77 mm 10 304 h –
41 Marseille France 78 /100 17 °C 9.8 °C 66 mm 8 336 h 14 °C
42 Toulon France 77 /100 17 °C 10 °C 68 mm 8 332 h 14 °C
43 Rome Italy 77 /100 18 °C 8.4 °C 78 mm 10 324 h –
44 Plovdiv Bulgaria 77 /100 17 °C 6.3 °C 48 mm 8 316 h –
45 Montpellier France 77 /100 17 °C 8.8 °C 70 mm 8 329 h 14 °C
46 Modena Italy 77 /100 18 °C 7.1 °C 73 mm 10 313 h –
47 Parma Italy 77 /100 18 °C 7.1 °C 86 mm 10 310 h –
48 Nice France 76 /100 17 °C 9.4 °C 82 mm 10 331 h 15 °C
49 Belgrade Serbia 76 /100 18 °C 7.5 °C 55 mm 10 305 h –
50 Timişoara Romania 76 /100 17 °C 6.7 °C 61 mm 10 308 h –

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

March: top 5

  1. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 92 /100
  2. Murcia 91 /100
  3. Sevilla 91 /100
  4. Elche 89 /100
  5. Almería 89 /100

Full ranking for March

May: top 5

  1. Málaga 98 /100
  2. Catania 97 /100
  3. Alicante 97 /100
  4. Elche 96 /100
  5. Palma 96 /100

Full ranking for May

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Our 0–100 comfort score for sightseeing weather (formula on the methodology page), in April, 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 fewest wet days.
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.