The warmest places in Europe in January

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria tops the list at 19 °C in January. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Rainfall
1 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 19 °C 19 °C 27 mm
2 Almería Spain 16 °C 16 °C 25 mm
3 Murcia Spain 16 °C 16 °C 28 mm
4 La Laguna Spain 16 °C 16 °C 31 mm
5 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 16 °C 16 °C 58 mm
6 Sevilla Spain 15 °C 15 °C 49 mm
7 Limassol Cyprus 15 °C 15 °C 60 mm
8 Elche Spain 15 °C 15 °C 26 mm
9 Alicante Spain 15 °C 15 °C 34 mm
10 Cartagena Spain 15 °C 15 °C 28 mm
11 Gibraltar Gibraltar 15 °C 15 °C 88 mm
12 Málaga Spain 15 °C 15 °C 58 mm
13 Valencia Spain 15 °C 15 °C 33 mm
14 Nicosia Cyprus 15 °C 15 °C 54 mm
15 Marbella Spain 15 °C 15 °C 83 mm
16 Valletta Malta 15 °C 15 °C 54 mm
17 Córdoba Spain 14 °C 14 °C 53 mm
18 Catania Italy 14 °C 14 °C 75 mm
19 Castelló de la Plana Spain 14 °C 14 °C 37 mm
20 Palma Spain 14 °C 14 °C 36 mm
21 Palermo Italy 14 °C 14 °C 69 mm
22 Lisbon Portugal 14 °C 14 °C 69 mm
23 Messina Italy 13 °C 13 °C 112 mm
24 Badajoz Spain 13 °C 13 °C 46 mm
25 Porto Portugal 13 °C 13 °C 154 mm
26 Badalona Spain 13 °C 13 °C 41 mm
27 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Spain 13 °C 13 °C 40 mm
28 Reggio Calabria Italy 12 °C 12 °C 126 mm
29 A Coruña Spain 12 °C 12 °C 142 mm
30 Vigo Spain 12 °C 12 °C 220 mm
31 Gijón Spain 12 °C 12 °C 118 mm
32 Taranto Italy 12 °C 12 °C 58 mm
33 Santander Spain 12 °C 12 °C 116 mm
34 Bari Italy 12 °C 12 °C 59 mm
35 Granada Spain 12 °C 12 °C 51 mm
36 Naples Italy 12 °C 12 °C 107 mm
37 Bilbao Spain 12 °C 12 °C 112 mm
38 Braga Portugal 12 °C 12 °C 194 mm
39 Athens Greece 12 °C 12 °C 55 mm
40 Sabadell Spain 12 °C 12 °C 40 mm
41 Pátra Greece 12 °C 12 °C 120 mm
42 Nice France 12 °C 12 °C 66 mm
43 Rome Italy 12 °C 12 °C 63 mm
44 Toulon France 11 °C 11 °C 61 mm
45 Durrës Albania 11 °C 11 °C 116 mm
46 Zaragoza Spain 11 °C 11 °C 28 mm
47 Monaco Monaco 11 °C 11 °C 66 mm
48 Terrassa Spain 11 °C 11 °C 39 mm
49 Donostia / San Sebastián Spain 11 °C 11 °C 144 mm
50 Oviedo Spain 11 °C 11 °C 105 mm

Only destinations with a published page for that month are ranked. The ranking is ours; the underlying values are reproduced from the source.

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.

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