The warmest places in Europe in February: ranked by average high temperature
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria tops the list at 19 °C in February. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.
Top three in February: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (19 °C) , Murcia (17 °C) , Sevilla (17 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 7.1 °C.
| # | Destination | Country | Avg high | Avg high | Avg low | Rainfall | Wet days | Sunshine | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Spain | 19 °C | 19 °C | 15 °C | 32 mm | 5 | 296 h | 19 °C |
| 2 | Murcia | Spain | 17 °C | 17 °C | 5.9 °C | 24 mm | 4 | 263 h | – |
| 3 | Sevilla | Spain | 17 °C | 17 °C | 7.0 °C | 46 mm | 5 | 254 h | – |
| 4 | Almería | Spain | 17 °C | 17 °C | 8.2 °C | 24 mm | 4 | 279 h | 15 °C |
| 5 | Jerez de la Frontera | Spain | 17 °C | 17 °C | 7.2 °C | 53 mm | 6 | 268 h | 15 °C |
| 6 | Elche | Spain | 16 °C | 16 °C | 7.0 °C | 20 mm | 4 | 262 h | 14 °C |
| 7 | Córdoba | Spain | 16 °C | 16 °C | 5.6 °C | 47 mm | 6 | 253 h | – |
| 8 | Valencia | Spain | 16 °C | 16 °C | 6.9 °C | 27 mm | 4 | 255 h | 14 °C |
| 9 | Alicante | Spain | 16 °C | 16 °C | 8.3 °C | 29 mm | 5 | 263 h | 14 °C |
| 10 | Limassol | Cyprus | 16 °C | 16 °C | 9.4 °C | 42 mm | 7 | 266 h | 17 °C |
| 11 | La Laguna | Spain | 16 °C | 16 °C | 13 °C | 36 mm | 6 | 296 h | 19 °C |
| 12 | Cartagena | Spain | 16 °C | 16 °C | 9.9 °C | 21 mm | 4 | 267 h | 15 °C |
| 13 | Málaga | Spain | 16 °C | 16 °C | 9.7 °C | 48 mm | 6 | 266 h | 15 °C |
| 14 | Nicosia | Cyprus | 16 °C | 16 °C | 7.3 °C | 48 mm | 7 | 263 h | 17 °C |
| 15 | Gibraltar | Gibraltar | 15 °C | 15 °C | 10 °C | 76 mm | 8 | 268 h | 15 °C |
| 16 | Marbella | Spain | 15 °C | 15 °C | 9.3 °C | 72 mm | 7 | 265 h | 15 °C |
| 17 | Badajoz | Spain | 15 °C | 15 °C | 5.1 °C | 41 mm | 6 | 240 h | – |
| 18 | Catania | Italy | 15 °C | 15 °C | 7.2 °C | 60 mm | 7 | 248 h | 15 °C |
| 19 | Castelló de la Plana | Spain | 15 °C | 15 °C | 6.4 °C | 28 mm | 4 | 254 h | 14 °C |
| 20 | Lisbon | Portugal | 14 °C | 14 °C | 9.2 °C | 52 mm | 7 | 248 h | 15 °C |
| 21 | Valletta | Malta | 14 °C | 14 °C | 11 °C | 50 mm | 8 | 268 h | 15 °C |
| 22 | Palma | Spain | 14 °C | 14 °C | 9.0 °C | 33 mm | 6 | 257 h | 14 °C |
| 23 | Palermo | Italy | 14 °C | 14 °C | 8.4 °C | 72 mm | 10 | 257 h | 14 °C |
| 24 | Porto | Portugal | 14 °C | 14 °C | 6.4 °C | 103 mm | 10 | 233 h | 13 °C |
| 25 | Messina | Italy | 14 °C | 14 °C | 8.3 °C | 111 mm | 14 | 249 h | 14 °C |
| 26 | Granada | Spain | 13 °C | 13 °C | 2.9 °C | 49 mm | 7 | 267 h | – |
| 27 | Badalona | Spain | 13 °C | 13 °C | 4.9 °C | 35 mm | 6 | 248 h | 13 °C |
| 28 | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat | Spain | 13 °C | 13 °C | 5.3 °C | 33 mm | 6 | 247 h | 13 °C |
| 29 | Vigo | Spain | 13 °C | 13 °C | 6.2 °C | 148 mm | 11 | 226 h | 13 °C |
| 30 | Zaragoza | Spain | 13 °C | 13 °C | 3.5 °C | 21 mm | 4 | 246 h | – |
| 31 | Braga | Portugal | 13 °C | 13 °C | 3.9 °C | 124 mm | 10 | 230 h | – |
| 32 | A Coruña | Spain | 13 °C | 13 °C | 7.1 °C | 103 mm | 12 | 214 h | 13 °C |
| 33 | Athens | Greece | 13 °C | 13 °C | 5.5 °C | 48 mm | 7 | 238 h | 15 °C |
| 34 | Sabadell | Spain | 13 °C | 13 °C | 3.6 °C | 33 mm | 6 | 246 h | 13 °C |
| 35 | Taranto | Italy | 13 °C | 13 °C | 6.3 °C | 56 mm | 8 | 243 h | 14 °C |
| 36 | Santander | Spain | 13 °C | 13 °C | 5.5 °C | 107 mm | 13 | 221 h | 13 °C |
| 37 | Reggio Calabria | Italy | 13 °C | 13 °C | 6.7 °C | 119 mm | 14 | 250 h | 15 °C |
| 38 | Gijón | Spain | 13 °C | 13 °C | 5.7 °C | 99 mm | 12 | 223 h | 13 °C |
| 39 | Bari | Italy | 12 °C | 12 °C | 7.1 °C | 56 mm | 9 | 236 h | 14 °C |
| 40 | Terrassa | Spain | 12 °C | 12 °C | 2.9 °C | 33 mm | 6 | 246 h | – |
| 41 | Naples | Italy | 12 °C | 12 °C | 5.6 °C | 102 mm | 11 | 235 h | 14 °C |
| 42 | Rome | Italy | 12 °C | 12 °C | 3.6 °C | 72 mm | 9 | 234 h | – |
| 43 | Pátra | Greece | 12 °C | 12 °C | 5.2 °C | 115 mm | 12 | 234 h | 15 °C |
| 44 | Bilbao | Spain | 12 °C | 12 °C | 6.7 °C | 102 mm | 14 | 206 h | 13 °C |
| 45 | Nice | France | 12 °C | 12 °C | 4.7 °C | 60 mm | 7 | 242 h | 13 °C |
| 46 | Durrës | Albania | 12 °C | 12 °C | 6.8 °C | 116 mm | 11 | 234 h | 14 °C |
| 47 | Tirana | Albania | 12 °C | 12 °C | 2.8 °C | 107 mm | 11 | 231 h | – |
| 48 | Toulon | France | 12 °C | 12 °C | 5.7 °C | 48 mm | 6 | 241 h | 13 °C |
| 49 | Albacete | Spain | 12 °C | 12 °C | 2.0 °C | 25 mm | 5 | 242 h | – |
| 50 | Alcalá de Henares | Spain | 12 °C | 12 °C | 1.5 °C | 35 mm | 6 | 237 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
January: top 5
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 19 °C
- Almería 16 °C
- Murcia 16 °C
- La Laguna 16 °C
- Jerez de la Frontera 16 °C
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
How this ranking is built
- What is ranked
- The average daily high temperature, in °C, in February, 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.