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The warmest places in Europe in August: ranked by average high temperature

Nicosia tops the list at 36 °C in August. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.

Top three in August: Nicosia (36 °C) , Córdoba (36 °C) , Sevilla (35 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 6.9 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Nicosia Cyprus 36 °C 36 °C 24 °C 3 mm 1 399 h 28 °C
2 Córdoba Spain 36 °C 36 °C 22 °C 6 mm 1 397 h –
3 Sevilla Spain 35 °C 35 °C 22 °C 2 mm 0 397 h –
4 Badajoz Spain 33 °C 33 °C 19 °C 4 mm 1 394 h –
5 Murcia Spain 33 °C 33 °C 21 °C 10 mm 2 392 h –
6 Granada Spain 33 °C 33 °C 20 °C 13 mm 4 397 h –
7 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 33 °C 33 °C 20 °C 3 mm 1 398 h 23 °C
8 Limassol Cyprus 33 °C 33 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 398 h 27 °C
9 Athens Greece 33 °C 33 °C 22 °C 5 mm 1 401 h 26 °C
10 Zaragoza Spain 32 °C 32 °C 19 °C 19 mm 4 393 h –
11 Almería Spain 32 °C 32 °C 23 °C 4 mm 1 395 h 24 °C
12 Albacete Spain 32 °C 32 °C 18 °C 17 mm 3 391 h –
13 Alcalá de Henares Spain 32 °C 32 °C 18 °C 12 mm 2 397 h –
14 Catania Italy 32 °C 32 °C 23 °C 14 mm 3 387 h 26 °C
15 Pátra Greece 32 °C 32 °C 21 °C 13 mm 3 399 h 26 °C
16 Madrid Spain 32 °C 32 °C 18 °C 8 mm 2 398 h –
17 Thessaloníki Greece 32 °C 32 °C 22 °C 40 mm 6 397 h 27 °C
18 Ciudad Lineal Spain 31 °C 31 °C 18 °C 9 mm 2 398 h –
19 Elche Spain 31 °C 31 °C 21 °C 9 mm 2 393 h 26 °C
20 Skopje North Macedonia 31 °C 31 °C 18 °C 23 mm 4 385 h –
21 Astrakhan Russia 31 °C 31 °C 20 °C 13 mm 3 382 h –
22 Taranto Italy 31 °C 31 °C 22 °C 14 mm 3 402 h 26 °C
23 Reggio Calabria Italy 31 °C 31 °C 22 °C 32 mm 5 392 h 26 °C
24 Rome Italy 31 °C 31 °C 20 °C 22 mm 4 394 h –
25 Palma Spain 31 °C 31 °C 23 °C 17 mm 2 395 h 26 °C
26 Valencia Spain 30 °C 30 °C 22 °C 22 mm 4 384 h 26 °C
27 Palermo Italy 30 °C 30 °C 23 °C 19 mm 3 393 h 27 °C
28 Bologna Italy 30 °C 30 °C 19 °C 52 mm 7 375 h –
29 Podgorica Montenegro 30 °C 30 °C 20 °C 40 mm 5 389 h –
30 Tirana Albania 30 °C 30 °C 20 °C 31 mm 5 399 h –
31 Parma Italy 30 °C 30 °C 19 °C 51 mm 7 380 h –
32 Krasnodar Russia 30 °C 30 °C 20 °C 37 mm 6 385 h –
33 Florence Italy 30 °C 30 °C 19 °C 33 mm 5 386 h –
34 Modena Italy 30 °C 30 °C 19 °C 51 mm 7 380 h –
35 Alicante Spain 30 °C 30 °C 23 °C 14 mm 3 393 h 26 °C
36 Messina Italy 30 °C 30 °C 22 °C 25 mm 5 392 h 27 °C
37 Naples Italy 30 °C 30 °C 21 °C 23 mm 4 392 h 26 °C
38 Valladolid Spain 30 °C 30 °C 15 °C 14 mm 3 391 h –
39 Prato Italy 29 °C 29 °C 19 °C 38 mm 7 385 h –
40 Craiova Romania 29 °C 29 °C 19 °C 42 mm 6 379 h –
41 Reggio nell'Emilia Italy 29 °C 29 °C 19 °C 57 mm 9 381 h –
42 Grozny Russia 29 °C 29 °C 19 °C 63 mm 8 347 h –
43 Niš Serbia 29 °C 29 °C 18 °C 34 mm 6 370 h –
44 Armavir Russia 29 °C 29 °C 19 °C 49 mm 7 377 h –
45 Verona Italy 29 °C 29 °C 19 °C 84 mm 11 375 h –
46 Volgograd Russia 29 °C 29 °C 18 °C 23 mm 4 378 h –
47 Bari Italy 29 °C 29 °C 22 °C 24 mm 5 400 h 26 °C
48 Plovdiv Bulgaria 29 °C 29 °C 18 °C 25 mm 4 389 h –
49 Prizren Kosovo 29 °C 29 °C 19 °C 39 mm 6 384 h –
50 Rostov-on-Don Russia 29 °C 29 °C 19 °C 32 mm 5 379 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. Córdoba 36 °C
  2. Nicosia 36 °C
  3. Sevilla 35 °C
  4. Badajoz 34 °C
  5. Murcia 33 °C

Full ranking for July

September: top 5

  1. Nicosia 32 °C
  2. Sevilla 30 °C
  3. Limassol 30 °C
  4. Córdoba 30 °C
  5. Murcia 29 °C

Full ranking for September

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average daily high temperature, in °C, in August, 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

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.