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

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

Top three in January: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (91 /100) , La Laguna (83 /100) , Cartagena (78 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 43 /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 27 mm 5 303 h 20 °C
2 La Laguna Spain 83 /100 16 °C 13 °C 31 mm 6 301 h 20 °C
3 Cartagena Spain 78 /100 15 °C 9.5 °C 28 mm 4 267 h 15 °C
4 Alicante Spain 76 /100 15 °C 7.9 °C 34 mm 5 264 h 15 °C
5 Almería Spain 76 /100 16 °C 7.7 °C 25 mm 4 273 h 15 °C
6 Elche Spain 75 /100 15 °C 6.5 °C 26 mm 4 263 h 15 °C
7 Murcia Spain 75 /100 16 °C 5.2 °C 28 mm 5 261 h –
8 Málaga Spain 74 /100 15 °C 9.4 °C 58 mm 7 252 h 15 °C
9 Valencia Spain 74 /100 15 °C 6.7 °C 33 mm 4 253 h 14 °C
10 Limassol Cyprus 73 /100 15 °C 9.5 °C 60 mm 9 280 h 18 °C
11 Sevilla Spain 72 /100 15 °C 6.1 °C 49 mm 6 238 h –
12 Castelló de la Plana Spain 71 /100 14 °C 6.2 °C 37 mm 5 251 h 14 °C
13 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 70 /100 16 °C 6.4 °C 58 mm 7 254 h 16 °C
14 Palma Spain 70 /100 14 °C 9.3 °C 36 mm 6 257 h 15 °C
15 Gibraltar Gibraltar 69 /100 15 °C 10 °C 88 mm 9 255 h 16 °C
16 Marbella Spain 69 /100 15 °C 9.0 °C 83 mm 9 250 h 16 °C
17 Nicosia Cyprus 68 /100 15 °C 7.2 °C 54 mm 8 275 h 17 °C
18 Catania Italy 68 /100 14 °C 7.4 °C 75 mm 8 244 h 15 °C
19 Valletta Malta 65 /100 15 °C 12 °C 54 mm 9 268 h 16 °C
20 Córdoba Spain 65 /100 14 °C 4.7 °C 53 mm 7 232 h –
21 Palermo Italy 65 /100 14 °C 8.8 °C 69 mm 10 253 h 15 °C
22 Lisbon Portugal 63 /100 14 °C 9.1 °C 69 mm 9 238 h 15 °C
23 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Spain 62 /100 13 °C 5.0 °C 40 mm 6 239 h 14 °C
24 Barcelona Spain 62 /100 13 °C 5.0 °C 41 mm 6 241 h 14 °C
25 Badajoz Spain 61 /100 13 °C 4.3 °C 46 mm 7 217 h –
26 Bari Italy 59 /100 12 °C 7.2 °C 59 mm 9 228 h 14 °C
27 Nice France 58 /100 12 °C 4.9 °C 66 mm 7 226 h 14 °C
28 Athens Greece 58 /100 12 °C 5.2 °C 55 mm 7 225 h 15 °C
29 Monaco Monaco 58 /100 11 °C 5.1 °C 66 mm 7 227 h 14 °C
30 Sabadell Spain 57 /100 12 °C 3.2 °C 40 mm 6 239 h 14 °C
31 Toulon France 57 /100 11 °C 6.1 °C 61 mm 7 223 h 14 °C
32 Taranto Italy 57 /100 12 °C 6.3 °C 58 mm 8 240 h 14 °C
33 Messina Italy 56 /100 13 °C 8.8 °C 112 mm 14 247 h 15 °C
34 Marseille France 55 /100 11 °C 5.2 °C 52 mm 6 225 h 13 °C
35 Granada Spain 55 /100 12 °C 2.0 °C 51 mm 8 255 h –
36 Livorno Italy 55 /100 11 °C 5.5 °C 64 mm 9 219 h 14 °C
37 Naples Italy 55 /100 12 °C 5.7 °C 107 mm 11 223 h 15 °C
38 Durrës Albania 54 /100 11 °C 6.5 °C 116 mm 11 229 h 15 °C
39 Terrassa Spain 54 /100 11 °C 2.3 °C 39 mm 6 239 h –
40 Zaragoza Spain 54 /100 11 °C 3.0 °C 28 mm 6 229 h –
41 Porto Portugal 54 /100 13 °C 6.4 °C 154 mm 12 210 h 14 °C
42 Rome Italy 53 /100 12 °C 3.5 °C 63 mm 9 215 h –
43 Pátra Greece 51 /100 12 °C 5.2 °C 120 mm 12 231 h 15 °C
44 Gijón Spain 50 /100 12 °C 5.9 °C 118 mm 14 205 h 13 °C
45 Albacete Spain 50 /100 10 °C 1.2 °C 29 mm 5 231 h –
46 Reggio Calabria Italy 50 /100 12 °C 7.1 °C 126 mm 15 248 h 15 °C
47 Bilbao Spain 49 /100 12 °C 6.9 °C 112 mm 15 188 h 13 °C
48 Tirana Albania 49 /100 11 °C 2.3 °C 106 mm 10 227 h –
49 Montpellier France 48 /100 11 °C 4.1 °C 79 mm 8 212 h 12 °C
50 Genoa Italy 48 /100 9.7 °C 3.9 °C 98 mm 9 190 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

December: top 5

  1. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 92 /100
  2. La Laguna 83 /100
  3. Limassol 82 /100
  4. Cartagena 82 /100
  5. Alicante 80 /100

Full ranking for December

February: top 5

  1. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 91 /100
  2. La Laguna 82 /100
  3. Murcia 81 /100
  4. Sevilla 81 /100
  5. Elche 80 /100

Full ranking for February

How this ranking is built

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