The warmest places in Europe in October: ranked by average high temperature
Nicosia tops the list at 27 °C in October. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.
Top three in October: Nicosia (27 °C) , Limassol (27 °C) , Sevilla (25 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 7.8 °C.
| # | Destination | Country | Avg high | Avg high | Avg low | Rainfall | Wet days | Sunshine | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicosia | Cyprus | 27 °C | 27 °C | 17 °C | 36 mm | 5 | 331 h | 25 °C |
| 2 | Limassol | Cyprus | 27 °C | 27 °C | 19 °C | 16 mm | 4 | 332 h | 25 °C |
| 3 | Sevilla | Spain | 25 °C | 25 °C | 15 °C | 67 mm | 7 | 285 h | – |
| 4 | Murcia | Spain | 25 °C | 25 °C | 14 °C | 34 mm | 5 | 296 h | – |
| 5 | Córdoba | Spain | 25 °C | 25 °C | 14 °C | 63 mm | 7 | 288 h | – |
| 6 | Jerez de la Frontera | Spain | 24 °C | 24 °C | 15 °C | 76 mm | 7 | 300 h | 20 °C |
| 7 | Almería | Spain | 24 °C | 24 °C | 16 °C | 23 mm | 4 | 309 h | 21 °C |
| 8 | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Spain | 24 °C | 24 °C | 20 °C | 28 mm | 5 | 331 h | 23 °C |
| 9 | Elche | Spain | 24 °C | 24 °C | 15 °C | 35 mm | 5 | 298 h | 22 °C |
| 10 | Catania | Italy | 23 °C | 23 °C | 17 °C | 71 mm | 8 | 284 h | 23 °C |
| 11 | Valencia | Spain | 23 °C | 23 °C | 15 °C | 53 mm | 6 | 289 h | 22 °C |
| 12 | Palermo | Italy | 23 °C | 23 °C | 17 °C | 81 mm | 10 | 293 h | 23 °C |
| 13 | Alicante | Spain | 23 °C | 23 °C | 16 °C | 45 mm | 7 | 299 h | 22 °C |
| 14 | Badajoz | Spain | 23 °C | 23 °C | 13 °C | 68 mm | 8 | 277 h | – |
| 15 | Valletta | Malta | 23 °C | 23 °C | 20 °C | 49 mm | 6 | 303 h | 24 °C |
| 16 | Athens | Greece | 23 °C | 23 °C | 15 °C | 28 mm | 4 | 292 h | 23 °C |
| 17 | Cartagena | Spain | 23 °C | 23 °C | 18 °C | 33 mm | 4 | 301 h | 22 °C |
| 18 | Palma | Spain | 23 °C | 23 °C | 17 °C | 54 mm | 8 | 299 h | 22 °C |
| 19 | Messina | Italy | 23 °C | 23 °C | 17 °C | 97 mm | 11 | 293 h | 22 °C |
| 20 | Pátra | Greece | 22 °C | 22 °C | 14 °C | 75 mm | 8 | 292 h | 23 °C |
| 21 | Castelló de la Plana | Spain | 22 °C | 22 °C | 15 °C | 50 mm | 6 | 290 h | 22 °C |
| 22 | Reggio Calabria | Italy | 22 °C | 22 °C | 16 °C | 105 mm | 11 | 293 h | 23 °C |
| 23 | Granada | Spain | 22 °C | 22 °C | 11 °C | 52 mm | 7 | 299 h | – |
| 24 | Málaga | Spain | 22 °C | 22 °C | 16 °C | 57 mm | 6 | 297 h | 20 °C |
| 25 | Gibraltar | Gibraltar | 22 °C | 22 °C | 17 °C | 87 mm | 8 | 299 h | 19 °C |
| 26 | Marbella | Spain | 22 °C | 22 °C | 16 °C | 81 mm | 7 | 297 h | 19 °C |
| 27 | Taranto | Italy | 22 °C | 22 °C | 15 °C | 71 mm | 7 | 290 h | 22 °C |
| 28 | Zaragoza | Spain | 22 °C | 22 °C | 12 °C | 42 mm | 6 | 281 h | – |
| 29 | Tirana | Albania | 21 °C | 21 °C | 12 °C | 119 mm | 9 | 285 h | – |
| 30 | Naples | Italy | 21 °C | 21 °C | 14 °C | 134 mm | 11 | 275 h | 22 °C |
| 31 | Lisbon | Portugal | 21 °C | 21 °C | 16 °C | 78 mm | 9 | 287 h | 18 °C |
| 32 | Bari | Italy | 21 °C | 21 °C | 15 °C | 64 mm | 8 | 284 h | 20 °C |
| 33 | Thessaloníki | Greece | 21 °C | 21 °C | 13 °C | 59 mm | 7 | 255 h | 21 °C |
| 34 | Rome | Italy | 21 °C | 21 °C | 13 °C | 116 mm | 10 | 271 h | – |
| 35 | Durrës | Albania | 21 °C | 21 °C | 16 °C | 141 mm | 10 | 286 h | 21 °C |
| 36 | La Laguna | Spain | 21 °C | 21 °C | 18 °C | 34 mm | 6 | 329 h | 24 °C |
| 37 | Badalona | Spain | 21 °C | 21 °C | 14 °C | 92 mm | 10 | 278 h | 21 °C |
| 38 | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat | Spain | 21 °C | 21 °C | 14 °C | 94 mm | 10 | 276 h | 21 °C |
| 39 | Albacete | Spain | 20 °C | 20 °C | 10 °C | 35 mm | 6 | 280 h | – |
| 40 | Alcalá de Henares | Spain | 20 °C | 20 °C | 9.8 °C | 63 mm | 8 | 271 h | – |
| 41 | Porto | Portugal | 20 °C | 20 °C | 13 °C | 166 mm | 12 | 266 h | 17 °C |
| 42 | Sabadell | Spain | 20 °C | 20 °C | 13 °C | 96 mm | 10 | 275 h | 21 °C |
| 43 | Madrid | Spain | 20 °C | 20 °C | 9.8 °C | 58 mm | 7 | 275 h | – |
| 44 | Terrassa | Spain | 20 °C | 20 °C | 12 °C | 96 mm | 10 | 275 h | – |
| 45 | Toulon | France | 20 °C | 20 °C | 14 °C | 100 mm | 9 | 270 h | 20 °C |
| 46 | Livorno | Italy | 20 °C | 20 °C | 14 °C | 126 mm | 11 | 263 h | 20 °C |
| 47 | Marseille | France | 20 °C | 20 °C | 14 °C | 83 mm | 8 | 278 h | 19 °C |
| 48 | Podgorica | Montenegro | 20 °C | 20 °C | 11 °C | 212 mm | 10 | 252 h | – |
| 49 | Nice | France | 20 °C | 20 °C | 14 °C | 111 mm | 9 | 272 h | 20 °C |
| 50 | Ciudad Lineal | Spain | 19 °C | 19 °C | 9.5 °C | 59 mm | 7 | 275 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
September: top 5
- Longyearbyen 2.4 °C
- Murmansk 9.5 °C
- Reykjavík 10 °C
- Surgut 10 °C
- Nizhnevartovsk 11 °C
November: top 5
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 22 °C
- Limassol 22 °C
- Nicosia 21 °C
- Almería 20 °C
- Valletta 20 °C
How this ranking is built
- What is ranked
- The average daily high temperature, in °C, in October, 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.