Places with the best weather in Europe in January

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

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Rainfall
1 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 91 /100 19 °C 27 mm
2 La Laguna Spain 83 /100 16 °C 31 mm
3 Cartagena Spain 78 /100 15 °C 28 mm
4 Alicante Spain 76 /100 15 °C 34 mm
5 Almería Spain 76 /100 16 °C 25 mm
6 Elche Spain 75 /100 15 °C 26 mm
7 Murcia Spain 75 /100 16 °C 28 mm
8 Málaga Spain 74 /100 15 °C 58 mm
9 Valencia Spain 74 /100 15 °C 33 mm
10 Limassol Cyprus 73 /100 15 °C 60 mm
11 Sevilla Spain 72 /100 15 °C 49 mm
12 Castelló de la Plana Spain 71 /100 14 °C 37 mm
13 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 70 /100 16 °C 58 mm
14 Palma Spain 70 /100 14 °C 36 mm
15 Gibraltar Gibraltar 69 /100 15 °C 88 mm
16 Marbella Spain 69 /100 15 °C 83 mm
17 Nicosia Cyprus 68 /100 15 °C 54 mm
18 Catania Italy 68 /100 14 °C 75 mm
19 Valletta Malta 65 /100 15 °C 54 mm
20 Córdoba Spain 65 /100 14 °C 53 mm
21 Palermo Italy 65 /100 14 °C 69 mm
22 Lisbon Portugal 63 /100 14 °C 69 mm
23 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Spain 62 /100 13 °C 40 mm
24 Barcelona Spain 62 /100 13 °C 41 mm
25 Badajoz Spain 61 /100 13 °C 46 mm
26 Bari Italy 59 /100 12 °C 59 mm
27 Nice France 58 /100 12 °C 66 mm
28 Athens Greece 58 /100 12 °C 55 mm
29 Monaco Monaco 58 /100 11 °C 66 mm
30 Sabadell Spain 57 /100 12 °C 40 mm
31 Toulon France 57 /100 11 °C 61 mm
32 Taranto Italy 57 /100 12 °C 58 mm
33 Messina Italy 56 /100 13 °C 112 mm
34 Marseille France 55 /100 11 °C 52 mm
35 Granada Spain 55 /100 12 °C 51 mm
36 Livorno Italy 55 /100 11 °C 64 mm
37 Naples Italy 55 /100 12 °C 107 mm
38 Durrës Albania 54 /100 11 °C 116 mm
39 Terrassa Spain 54 /100 11 °C 39 mm
40 Zaragoza Spain 54 /100 11 °C 28 mm
41 Porto Portugal 54 /100 13 °C 154 mm
42 Rome Italy 53 /100 12 °C 63 mm
43 Pátra Greece 51 /100 12 °C 120 mm
44 Gijón Spain 50 /100 12 °C 118 mm
45 Albacete Spain 50 /100 10 °C 29 mm
46 Reggio Calabria Italy 50 /100 12 °C 126 mm
47 Bilbao Spain 49 /100 12 °C 112 mm
48 Tirana Albania 49 /100 11 °C 106 mm
49 Montpellier France 48 /100 11 °C 79 mm
50 Genoa Italy 48 /100 9.7 °C 98 mm

Only destinations with a published page for that month are ranked. The ranking is ours; the underlying values are reproduced from the source.

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.

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