The warmest places in Europe in April: ranked by average high temperature
Nicosia tops the list at 23 °C in April. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.
Top three in April: Nicosia (23 °C) , Murcia (23 °C) , Sevilla (22 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 5.8 °C.
| # | Destination | Country | Avg high | Avg high | Avg low | Rainfall | Wet days | Sunshine | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicosia | Cyprus | 23 °C | 23 °C | 12 °C | 29 mm | 5 | 354 h | 18 °C |
| 2 | Murcia | Spain | 23 °C | 23 °C | 10 °C | 33 mm | 5 | 345 h | – |
| 3 | Sevilla | Spain | 22 °C | 22 °C | 11 °C | 49 mm | 6 | 339 h | – |
| 4 | Limassol | Cyprus | 22 °C | 22 °C | 13 °C | 16 mm | 4 | 354 h | 18 °C |
| 5 | Córdoba | Spain | 22 °C | 22 °C | 10 °C | 54 mm | 8 | 340 h | – |
| 6 | Almería | Spain | 22 °C | 22 °C | 13 °C | 19 mm | 4 | 358 h | 16 °C |
| 7 | Jerez de la Frontera | Spain | 21 °C | 21 °C | 11 °C | 48 mm | 7 | 358 h | 17 °C |
| 8 | Elche | Spain | 21 °C | 21 °C | 11 °C | 32 mm | 5 | 344 h | 16 °C |
| 9 | Valencia | Spain | 21 °C | 21 °C | 11 °C | 42 mm | 6 | 341 h | 16 °C |
| 10 | Badajoz | Spain | 21 °C | 21 °C | 9.5 °C | 44 mm | 7 | 328 h | – |
| 11 | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Spain | 20 °C | 20 °C | 16 °C | 15 mm | 4 | 356 h | 19 °C |
| 12 | Zaragoza | Spain | 20 °C | 20 °C | 8.5 °C | 42 mm | 7 | 332 h | – |
| 13 | Alicante | Spain | 20 °C | 20 °C | 12 °C | 45 mm | 7 | 346 h | 16 °C |
| 14 | Athens | Greece | 20 °C | 20 °C | 10 °C | 28 mm | 5 | 348 h | 16 °C |
| 15 | Catania | Italy | 19 °C | 19 °C | 11 °C | 45 mm | 7 | 324 h | 16 °C |
| 16 | Málaga | Spain | 19 °C | 19 °C | 13 °C | 40 mm | 7 | 351 h | 16 °C |
| 17 | Cartagena | Spain | 19 °C | 19 °C | 13 °C | 26 mm | 4 | 348 h | 16 °C |
| 18 | Thessaloníki | Greece | 19 °C | 19 °C | 9.9 °C | 57 mm | 9 | 324 h | 15 °C |
| 19 | Palma | Spain | 19 °C | 19 °C | 12 °C | 38 mm | 6 | 345 h | 16 °C |
| 20 | Granada | Spain | 19 °C | 19 °C | 7.6 °C | 58 mm | 9 | 347 h | – |
| 21 | Palermo | Italy | 19 °C | 19 °C | 12 °C | 59 mm | 9 | 337 h | 16 °C |
| 22 | Gibraltar | Gibraltar | 19 °C | 19 °C | 13 °C | 63 mm | 7 | 357 h | 16 °C |
| 23 | Marbella | Spain | 19 °C | 19 °C | 12 °C | 55 mm | 7 | 353 h | 16 °C |
| 24 | Castelló de la Plana | Spain | 19 °C | 19 °C | 11 °C | 36 mm | 6 | 340 h | 16 °C |
| 25 | Pátra | Greece | 19 °C | 19 °C | 9.6 °C | 71 mm | 9 | 339 h | 16 °C |
| 26 | Tirana | Albania | 18 °C | 18 °C | 8.3 °C | 104 mm | 13 | 323 h | – |
| 27 | Skopje | North Macedonia | 18 °C | 18 °C | 6.9 °C | 56 mm | 10 | 311 h | – |
| 28 | Albacete | Spain | 18 °C | 18 °C | 6.4 °C | 43 mm | 7 | 331 h | – |
| 29 | Bologna | Italy | 18 °C | 18 °C | 7.7 °C | 77 mm | 10 | 304 h | – |
| 30 | Lisbon | Portugal | 18 °C | 18 °C | 12 °C | 53 mm | 8 | 347 h | 15 °C |
| 31 | Alcalá de Henares | Spain | 18 °C | 18 °C | 6.4 °C | 55 mm | 9 | 331 h | – |
| 32 | Rome | Italy | 18 °C | 18 °C | 8.4 °C | 78 mm | 10 | 324 h | – |
| 33 | Modena | Italy | 18 °C | 18 °C | 7.1 °C | 73 mm | 10 | 313 h | – |
| 34 | Messina | Italy | 18 °C | 18 °C | 12 °C | 79 mm | 12 | 331 h | 16 °C |
| 35 | Madrid | Spain | 18 °C | 18 °C | 6.4 °C | 46 mm | 8 | 339 h | – |
| 36 | Parma | Italy | 18 °C | 18 °C | 7.1 °C | 86 mm | 10 | 310 h | – |
| 37 | Reggio Calabria | Italy | 18 °C | 18 °C | 11 °C | 83 mm | 12 | 331 h | 16 °C |
| 38 | Taranto | Italy | 18 °C | 18 °C | 10 °C | 48 mm | 8 | 336 h | 15 °C |
| 39 | Verona | Italy | 18 °C | 18 °C | 7.5 °C | 93 mm | 13 | 311 h | – |
| 40 | Badalona | Spain | 18 °C | 18 °C | 9.4 °C | 54 mm | 8 | 334 h | 14 °C |
| 41 | Craiova | Romania | 18 °C | 18 °C | 7.0 °C | 50 mm | 8 | 313 h | – |
| 42 | Florence | Italy | 18 °C | 18 °C | 7.1 °C | 82 mm | 11 | 307 h | – |
| 43 | Padua | Italy | 18 °C | 18 °C | 7.8 °C | 84 mm | 10 | 313 h | – |
| 44 | Naples | Italy | 18 °C | 18 °C | 9.7 °C | 96 mm | 11 | 325 h | 16 °C |
| 45 | Belgrade | Serbia | 18 °C | 18 °C | 7.5 °C | 55 mm | 10 | 305 h | – |
| 46 | Ciudad Lineal | Spain | 18 °C | 18 °C | 6.0 °C | 47 mm | 8 | 340 h | – |
| 47 | Reggio nell'Emilia | Italy | 18 °C | 18 °C | 7.0 °C | 83 mm | 11 | 314 h | – |
| 48 | Podgorica | Montenegro | 18 °C | 18 °C | 8.6 °C | 156 mm | 12 | 291 h | – |
| 49 | Terrassa | Spain | 18 °C | 18 °C | 7.7 °C | 63 mm | 9 | 332 h | – |
| 50 | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat | Spain | 17 °C | 17 °C | 9.6 °C | 62 mm | 9 | 332 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
March: top 5
- Sevilla 20 °C
- Murcia 20 °C
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 20 °C
- Córdoba 19 °C
- Jerez de la Frontera 19 °C
May: top 5
- Longyearbyen -1.6 °C
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 5.8 °C
- Murmansk 7.5 °C
- Tórshavn 8.6 °C
- Reykjavík 9.3 °C
How this ranking is built
- What is ranked
- The average daily high temperature, in °C, in April, 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 population.
- 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
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- 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.