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

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria tops the list at 91 /100 in February. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.

Top three in February: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (91 /100) , La Laguna (82 /100) , Murcia (81 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 37 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 91 /100 19 °C 15 °C 32 mm 5 296 h 19 °C
2 La Laguna Spain 82 /100 16 °C 13 °C 36 mm 6 296 h 19 °C
3 Murcia Spain 81 /100 17 °C 5.9 °C 24 mm 4 263 h
4 Sevilla Spain 81 /100 17 °C 7.0 °C 46 mm 5 254 h
5 Elche Spain 80 /100 16 °C 7.0 °C 20 mm 4 262 h 14 °C
6 Cartagena Spain 79 /100 16 °C 9.9 °C 21 mm 4 267 h 15 °C
7 Almería Spain 79 /100 17 °C 8.2 °C 24 mm 4 279 h 15 °C
8 Alicante Spain 79 /100 16 °C 8.3 °C 29 mm 5 263 h 14 °C
9 Málaga Spain 78 /100 16 °C 9.7 °C 48 mm 6 266 h 15 °C
10 Valencia Spain 77 /100 16 °C 6.9 °C 27 mm 4 255 h 14 °C
11 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 77 /100 17 °C 7.2 °C 53 mm 6 268 h 15 °C
12 Limassol Cyprus 76 /100 16 °C 9.4 °C 42 mm 7 266 h 17 °C
13 Córdoba Spain 74 /100 16 °C 5.6 °C 47 mm 6 253 h
14 Nicosia Cyprus 73 /100 16 °C 7.3 °C 48 mm 7 263 h 17 °C
15 Castelló de la Plana Spain 73 /100 15 °C 6.4 °C 28 mm 4 254 h 14 °C
16 Marbella Spain 72 /100 15 °C 9.3 °C 72 mm 7 265 h 15 °C
17 Gibraltar Gibraltar 71 /100 15 °C 10 °C 76 mm 8 268 h 15 °C
18 Palma Spain 71 /100 14 °C 9.0 °C 33 mm 6 257 h 14 °C
19 Badajoz Spain 71 /100 15 °C 5.1 °C 41 mm 6 240 h
20 Catania Italy 70 /100 15 °C 7.2 °C 60 mm 7 248 h 15 °C
21 Lisbon Portugal 67 /100 14 °C 9.2 °C 52 mm 7 248 h 15 °C
22 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Spain 65 /100 13 °C 5.3 °C 33 mm 6 247 h 13 °C
23 Valletta Malta 65 /100 14 °C 11 °C 50 mm 8 268 h 15 °C
24 Palermo Italy 65 /100 14 °C 8.4 °C 72 mm 10 257 h 14 °C
25 Barcelona Spain 64 /100 13 °C 5.2 °C 35 mm 6 248 h 13 °C
26 Zaragoza Spain 62 /100 13 °C 3.5 °C 21 mm 4 246 h
27 Athens Greece 62 /100 13 °C 5.5 °C 48 mm 7 238 h 15 °C
28 Granada Spain 62 /100 13 °C 2.9 °C 49 mm 7 267 h
29 Sabadell Spain 61 /100 13 °C 3.6 °C 33 mm 6 246 h 13 °C
30 Porto Portugal 61 /100 14 °C 6.4 °C 103 mm 10 233 h 13 °C
31 Bari Italy 60 /100 12 °C 7.1 °C 56 mm 9 236 h 14 °C
32 Toulon France 59 /100 12 °C 5.7 °C 48 mm 6 241 h 13 °C
33 Nice France 59 /100 12 °C 4.7 °C 60 mm 7 242 h 13 °C
34 Terrassa Spain 59 /100 12 °C 2.9 °C 33 mm 6 246 h
35 Monaco Monaco 59 /100 12 °C 4.9 °C 60 mm 7 241 h 13 °C
36 Taranto Italy 58 /100 13 °C 6.3 °C 56 mm 8 243 h 14 °C
37 Marseille France 58 /100 12 °C 4.9 °C 41 mm 6 244 h 13 °C
38 Albacete Spain 57 /100 12 °C 2.0 °C 25 mm 5 242 h
39 Madrid Spain 57 /100 12 °C 1.5 °C 32 mm 5 242 h
40 Livorno Italy 57 /100 11 °C 5.4 °C 66 mm 8 233 h 13 °C
41 Alcalá de Henares Spain 57 /100 12 °C 1.5 °C 35 mm 6 237 h
42 Messina Italy 56 /100 14 °C 8.3 °C 111 mm 14 249 h 14 °C
43 Naples Italy 56 /100 12 °C 5.6 °C 102 mm 11 235 h 14 °C
44 Rome Italy 56 /100 12 °C 3.6 °C 72 mm 9 234 h
45 Durrës Albania 56 /100 12 °C 6.8 °C 116 mm 11 234 h 14 °C
46 Ciudad Lineal Spain 56 /100 11 °C 1.2 °C 33 mm 5 243 h
47 Braga Portugal 56 /100 13 °C 3.9 °C 124 mm 10 230 h
48 Montpellier France 55 /100 12 °C 3.9 °C 50 mm 6 239 h 12 °C
49 Vigo Spain 55 /100 13 °C 6.2 °C 148 mm 11 226 h 13 °C
50 Pátra Greece 54 /100 12 °C 5.2 °C 115 mm 12 234 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

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

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

How this ranking is built

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