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

Nicosia tops the list at 32 °C in September. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.

Top three in September: Nicosia (32 °C) , Sevilla (30 °C) , Limassol (30 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 8.2 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Nicosia Cyprus 32 °C 32 °C 21 °C 11 mm 2 350 h 27 °C
2 Sevilla Spain 30 °C 30 °C 19 °C 27 mm 4 336 h
3 Limassol Cyprus 30 °C 30 °C 22 °C 3 mm 1 350 h 26 °C
4 Córdoba Spain 30 °C 30 °C 19 °C 29 mm 4 337 h
5 Murcia Spain 29 °C 29 °C 18 °C 42 mm 5 334 h
6 Badajoz Spain 29 °C 29 °C 17 °C 24 mm 4 334 h
7 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 29 °C 29 °C 18 °C 27 mm 3 344 h 22 °C
8 Almería Spain 28 °C 28 °C 20 °C 17 mm 2 345 h 23 °C
9 Athens Greece 28 °C 28 °C 19 °C 17 mm 3 343 h 25 °C
10 Elche Spain 28 °C 28 °C 19 °C 36 mm 5 334 h 25 °C
11 Granada Spain 28 °C 28 °C 16 °C 34 mm 5 339 h
12 Catania Italy 28 °C 28 °C 20 °C 52 mm 7 324 h 25 °C
13 Valencia Spain 27 °C 27 °C 19 °C 60 mm 6 322 h 25 °C
14 Zaragoza Spain 27 °C 27 °C 16 °C 27 mm 4 330 h
15 Alicante Spain 27 °C 27 °C 20 °C 47 mm 7 334 h 25 °C
16 Pátra Greece 27 °C 27 °C 18 °C 52 mm 6 330 h 25 °C
17 Palermo Italy 27 °C 27 °C 20 °C 61 mm 9 335 h 25 °C
18 Thessaloníki Greece 27 °C 27 °C 18 °C 49 mm 6 321 h 25 °C
19 Alcalá de Henares Spain 27 °C 27 °C 14 °C 27 mm 4 335 h
20 Palma Spain 27 °C 27 °C 20 °C 45 mm 6 327 h 25 °C
21 Madrid Spain 26 °C 26 °C 14 °C 21 mm 4 338 h
22 Cartagena Spain 26 °C 26 °C 21 °C 38 mm 4 338 h 24 °C
23 Taranto Italy 26 °C 26 °C 19 °C 48 mm 6 330 h 25 °C
24 Messina Italy 26 °C 26 °C 20 °C 77 mm 10 331 h 25 °C
25 Ciudad Lineal Spain 26 °C 26 °C 14 °C 22 mm 4 338 h
26 Albacete Spain 26 °C 26 °C 14 °C 35 mm 5 326 h
27 Reggio Calabria Italy 26 °C 26 °C 19 °C 80 mm 11 331 h 25 °C
28 Valletta Malta 26 °C 26 °C 23 °C 34 mm 4 341 h 26 °C
29 Tirana Albania 26 °C 26 °C 16 °C 99 mm 9 322 h
30 Málaga Spain 26 °C 26 °C 20 °C 25 mm 3 342 h 22 °C
31 Skopje North Macedonia 26 °C 26 °C 14 °C 33 mm 6 305 h
32 Castelló de la Plana Spain 26 °C 26 °C 19 °C 47 mm 6 323 h 25 °C
33 Rome Italy 25 °C 25 °C 16 °C 81 mm 9 325 h
34 Marbella Spain 25 °C 25 °C 19 °C 31 mm 4 342 h 21 °C
35 Gibraltar Gibraltar 25 °C 25 °C 20 °C 36 mm 4 341 h 21 °C
36 Naples Italy 25 °C 25 °C 18 °C 90 mm 9 323 h 24 °C
37 Bari Italy 25 °C 25 °C 19 °C 57 mm 8 326 h 24 °C
38 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 25 °C 25 °C 21 °C 12 mm 2 349 h 23 °C
39 Bologna Italy 25 °C 25 °C 15 °C 67 mm 8 304 h
40 Lisbon Portugal 25 °C 25 °C 18 °C 29 mm 4 334 h 19 °C
41 Florence Italy 25 °C 25 °C 14 °C 86 mm 8 313 h
42 Valladolid Spain 25 °C 25 °C 12 °C 30 mm 5 331 h
43 Podgorica Montenegro 25 °C 25 °C 16 °C 168 mm 9 304 h
44 Parma Italy 24 °C 24 °C 14 °C 75 mm 8 310 h
45 Durrës Albania 24 °C 24 °C 19 °C 115 mm 9 324 h 24 °C
46 Badalona Spain 24 °C 24 °C 18 °C 79 mm 11 312 h 24 °C
47 Modena Italy 24 °C 24 °C 14 °C 67 mm 8 311 h
48 Prato Italy 24 °C 24 °C 15 °C 82 mm 10 314 h
49 Krasnodar Russia 24 °C 24 °C 14 °C 44 mm 6 313 h
50 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Spain 24 °C 24 °C 18 °C 88 mm 11 310 h 24 °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

August: top 5

  1. Longyearbyen 6.8 °C
  2. Tórshavn 12 °C
  3. Reykjavík 13 °C
  4. Murmansk 14 °C
  5. Aberdeen 16 °C

Full ranking for August

October: top 5

  1. Nicosia 27 °C
  2. Limassol 27 °C
  3. Sevilla 25 °C
  4. Murcia 25 °C
  5. Córdoba 25 °C

Full ranking for October

How this ranking is built

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