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

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria tops the list at 92 /100 in December. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.

Top three in December: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (92 /100) , La Laguna (83 /100) , Limassol (82 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 41 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 92 /100 20 °C 16 °C 35 mm 6 298 h 21 °C
2 La Laguna Spain 83 /100 17 °C 14 °C 52 mm 8 294 h 21 °C
3 Limassol Cyprus 82 /100 17 °C 11 °C 59 mm 8 262 h 20 °C
4 Cartagena Spain 82 /100 16 °C 11 °C 25 mm 4 255 h 16 °C
5 Alicante Spain 80 /100 16 °C 9.0 °C 32 mm 5 248 h 16 °C
6 Almería Spain 80 /100 17 °C 9.0 °C 29 mm 4 267 h 16 °C
7 Elche Spain 78 /100 16 °C 7.5 °C 23 mm 4 249 h 16 °C
8 Málaga Spain 77 /100 16 °C 11 °C 69 mm 7 243 h 16 °C
9 Murcia Spain 77 /100 16 °C 6.2 °C 26 mm 4 250 h –
10 Valencia Spain 77 /100 15 °C 7.8 °C 35 mm 5 237 h 16 °C
11 Nicosia Cyprus 76 /100 17 °C 9.1 °C 53 mm 8 257 h 19 °C
12 Sevilla Spain 75 /100 16 °C 7.6 °C 76 mm 7 224 h –
13 Castelló de la Plana Spain 74 /100 15 °C 7.4 °C 35 mm 5 234 h 16 °C
14 Palma Spain 74 /100 15 °C 11 °C 38 mm 6 242 h 17 °C
15 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 74 /100 17 °C 7.9 °C 80 mm 7 241 h 17 °C
16 Catania Italy 73 /100 15 °C 9.0 °C 66 mm 8 228 h 17 °C
17 Marbella Spain 72 /100 15 °C 10 °C 115 mm 9 241 h 16 °C
18 Gibraltar Gibraltar 71 /100 16 °C 11 °C 116 mm 10 245 h 17 °C
19 Valletta Malta 70 /100 16 °C 14 °C 70 mm 10 253 h 18 °C
20 Palermo Italy 69 /100 15 °C 10 °C 72 mm 11 237 h 17 °C
21 Córdoba Spain 69 /100 15 °C 6.0 °C 74 mm 7 222 h –
22 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Spain 66 /100 13 °C 6.1 °C 40 mm 5 226 h 15 °C
23 Lisbon Portugal 66 /100 14 °C 10 °C 79 mm 9 224 h 16 °C
24 Barcelona Spain 65 /100 13 °C 6.1 °C 42 mm 6 227 h 15 °C
25 Badajoz Spain 64 /100 14 °C 5.6 °C 59 mm 7 204 h –
26 Bari Italy 64 /100 13 °C 8.6 °C 60 mm 9 209 h 15 °C
27 Athens Greece 64 /100 13 °C 7.0 °C 64 mm 8 210 h 17 °C
28 Taranto Italy 61 /100 13 °C 7.8 °C 66 mm 8 219 h 16 °C
29 Nice France 61 /100 12 °C 6.2 °C 83 mm 8 216 h 15 °C
30 Messina Italy 61 /100 15 °C 10 °C 134 mm 15 229 h 17 °C
31 Monaco Monaco 60 /100 12 °C 6.3 °C 83 mm 8 216 h 15 °C
32 Sabadell Spain 60 /100 12 °C 4.3 °C 40 mm 5 225 h 15 °C
33 Toulon France 60 /100 12 °C 7.2 °C 68 mm 7 217 h 15 °C
34 Granada Spain 59 /100 13 °C 3.3 °C 62 mm 8 244 h –
35 Marseille France 58 /100 12 °C 6.3 °C 54 mm 7 220 h 15 °C
36 Naples Italy 57 /100 13 °C 7.0 °C 134 mm 12 204 h 17 °C
37 Porto Portugal 57 /100 14 °C 7.5 °C 171 mm 12 203 h 14 °C
38 Terrassa Spain 57 /100 12 °C 3.2 °C 40 mm 5 225 h –
39 Zaragoza Spain 57 /100 12 °C 3.7 °C 25 mm 6 213 h –
40 Durrës Albania 57 /100 13 °C 8.1 °C 154 mm 13 211 h 16 °C
41 Livorno Italy 56 /100 12 °C 6.7 °C 88 mm 11 198 h 16 °C
42 Rome Italy 55 /100 12 °C 4.9 °C 92 mm 10 203 h –
43 Pátra Greece 55 /100 13 °C 6.8 °C 132 mm 13 214 h 17 °C
44 Gijón Spain 54 /100 13 °C 6.8 °C 117 mm 14 195 h 14 °C
45 Reggio Calabria Italy 54 /100 14 °C 8.6 °C 152 mm 15 229 h 17 °C
46 Bilbao Spain 53 /100 13 °C 7.8 °C 106 mm 14 181 h 14 °C
47 A Coruña Spain 52 /100 13 °C 8.3 °C 142 mm 14 181 h 14 °C
48 Albacete Spain 52 /100 11 °C 2.2 °C 33 mm 6 219 h –
49 Tirana Albania 52 /100 12 °C 4.0 °C 137 mm 12 210 h –
50 Santander Spain 51 /100 13 °C 6.7 °C 114 mm 14 191 h 14 °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

November: top 5

  1. Limassol 97 /100
  2. Nicosia 95 /100
  3. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 93 /100
  4. Cartagena 91 /100
  5. Murcia 90 /100

Full ranking for November

January: top 5

  1. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 91 /100
  2. La Laguna 83 /100
  3. Cartagena 78 /100
  4. Alicante 76 /100
  5. Almería 76 /100

Full ranking for January

How this ranking is built

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