The driest places in Europe in June: ranked by rainfall

Valletta tops the list at 2.4 mm in June. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.

Top three in June: Valletta (2.4 mm) , Limassol (2.6 mm) , La Laguna (2.9 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 34 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Valletta Malta 2.4 mm 24 °C 21 °C 2 mm 0 412 h 22 °C
2 Limassol Cyprus 2.6 mm 30 °C 21 °C 3 mm 1 417 h 23 °C
3 La Laguna Spain 2.9 mm 20 °C 16 °C 3 mm 1 403 h 21 °C
4 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 3.4 mm 23 °C 18 °C 3 mm 1 402 h 21 °C
5 Almería Spain 4.0 mm 29 °C 20 °C 4 mm 1 413 h 20 °C
6 Gibraltar Gibraltar 6.7 mm 25 °C 19 °C 7 mm 1 408 h 19 °C
7 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 7.0 mm 29 °C 18 °C 7 mm 1 414 h 21 °C
8 Cartagena Spain 7.2 mm 26 °C 20 °C 7 mm 1 410 h 21 °C
9 Sevilla Spain 7.7 mm 32 °C 19 °C 8 mm 1 412 h
10 Málaga Spain 8.5 mm 26 °C 19 °C 8 mm 1 412 h 20 °C
11 Marbella Spain 8.5 mm 25 °C 18 °C 8 mm 1 411 h 19 °C
12 Nicosia Cyprus 8.7 mm 33 °C 21 °C 9 mm 2 416 h 24 °C
13 Lisbon Portugal 11 mm 24 °C 17 °C 11 mm 2 407 h 18 °C
14 Badajoz Spain 11 mm 30 °C 17 °C 11 mm 2 411 h
15 Elche Spain 11 mm 28 °C 18 °C 11 mm 2 408 h 22 °C
16 Murcia Spain 12 mm 31 °C 17 °C 12 mm 2 409 h
17 Athens Greece 12 mm 30 °C 20 °C 12 mm 2 415 h 22 °C
18 Córdoba Spain 13 mm 32 °C 19 °C 13 mm 2 410 h
19 Palermo Italy 15 mm 27 °C 20 °C 15 mm 3 407 h 22 °C
20 Madrid Spain 15 mm 28 °C 15 °C 15 mm 3 411 h
21 Ciudad Lineal Spain 16 mm 28 °C 15 °C 16 mm 3 412 h
22 Alicante Spain 16 mm 27 °C 19 °C 16 mm 3 408 h 22 °C
23 Taranto Italy 17 mm 27 °C 19 °C 17 mm 4 408 h 22 °C
24 Palma Spain 18 mm 27 °C 19 °C 18 mm 3 406 h 22 °C
25 Castelló de la Plana Spain 18 mm 25 °C 18 °C 18 mm 3 400 h 22 °C
26 Longyearbyen Svalbard and Jan Mayen 18 mm 3.3 °C 1.5 °C 18 mm 5 453 h
27 Catania Italy 19 mm 29 °C 20 °C 19 mm 3 404 h 22 °C
28 Valencia Spain 19 mm 28 °C 18 °C 19 mm 3 399 h 22 °C
29 Astrakhan Russia 20 mm 30 °C 18 °C 20 mm 4 382 h
30 Albacete Spain 20 mm 29 °C 15 °C 20 mm 4 399 h
31 Alcalá de Henares Spain 22 mm 28 °C 15 °C 22 mm 4 406 h
32 Pátra Greece 24 mm 28 °C 18 °C 24 mm 4 408 h 22 °C
33 Granada Spain 27 mm 29 °C 16 °C 27 mm 5 411 h
34 Zaragoza Spain 28 mm 30 °C 16 °C 28 mm 5 396 h
35 Valladolid Spain 29 mm 26 °C 13 °C 29 mm 6 406 h
36 Orsk Russia 30 mm 26 °C 14 °C 30 mm 6 414 h
37 Marseille France 31 mm 25 °C 17 °C 31 mm 4 418 h 19 °C
38 Montpellier France 31 mm 26 °C 16 °C 31 mm 4 405 h 19 °C
39 Messina Italy 32 mm 26 °C 19 °C 32 mm 6 405 h 23 °C
40 Rome Italy 33 mm 27 °C 17 °C 33 mm 5 400 h
41 Yakutsk Russia 33 mm 22 °C 11 °C 33 mm 7 446 h
42 Naples Italy 34 mm 26 °C 18 °C 34 mm 5 398 h 23 °C
43 Sevastopol Ukraine 34 mm 23 °C 17 °C 34 mm 7 403 h 20 °C
44 Volgograd Russia 34 mm 27 °C 17 °C 34 mm 7 386 h
45 Bari Italy 35 mm 26 °C 19 °C 35 mm 6 403 h 22 °C
46 Toulon France 35 mm 25 °C 17 °C 35 mm 5 420 h 20 °C
47 Barcelona Spain 36 mm 25 °C 17 °C 36 mm 5 395 h 21 °C
48 Badalona Spain 36 mm 25 °C 17 °C 36 mm 5 395 h 21 °C
49 Volgodonsk Russia 36 mm 27 °C 17 °C 36 mm 7 383 h
50 Orenburg Russia 36 mm 26 °C 14 °C 36 mm 7 390 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

July: top 5

  1. Valletta 0.5 mm
  2. Almería 0.7 mm
  3. La Laguna 0.7 mm
  4. Limassol 1.0 mm
  5. Marbella 1.2 mm

Full ranking for July

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Total precipitation, in mm, in June, lowest 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 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.