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The warmest places in Europe year-round: ranked by average high temperature

Nicosia tops the list at 25 °C averaged across the year. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.

Top three averaged across all twelve months: Nicosia (25 °C) , Sevilla (25 °C) , Córdoba (24 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 6.4 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Nicosia Cyprus 25 °C 25 °C 15 °C 29 mm 5 341 h 22 °C
2 Sevilla Spain 25 °C 25 °C 13 °C 40 mm 5 320 h –
3 Córdoba Spain 24 °C 24 °C 13 °C 42 mm 5 320 h –
4 Limassol Cyprus 24 °C 24 °C 16 °C 23 mm 4 342 h 22 °C
5 Murcia Spain 24 °C 24 °C 12 °C 25 mm 4 329 h –
6 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 24 °C 24 °C 13 °C 43 mm 5 331 h 19 °C
7 Almería Spain 23 °C 23 °C 15 °C 18 mm 3 340 h 19 °C
8 Elche Spain 23 °C 23 °C 13 °C 24 mm 4 330 h 19 °C
9 Badajoz Spain 23 °C 23 °C 11 °C 37 mm 5 311 h –
10 Valencia Spain 22 °C 22 °C 14 °C 35 mm 5 322 h 19 °C
11 Catania Italy 22 °C 22 °C 14 °C 47 mm 6 318 h 20 °C
12 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 22 °C 22 °C 17 °C 18 mm 4 346 h 21 °C
13 Athens Greece 22 °C 22 °C 13 °C 32 mm 5 318 h 20 °C
14 Alicante Spain 22 °C 22 °C 15 °C 32 mm 5 330 h 19 °C
15 Granada Spain 21 °C 21 °C 10 °C 44 mm 7 330 h –
16 Palermo Italy 21 °C 21 °C 15 °C 52 mm 8 326 h 20 °C
17 Zaragoza Spain 21 °C 21 °C 10 °C 29 mm 5 315 h –
18 Palma Spain 21 °C 21 °C 15 °C 33 mm 5 327 h 19 °C
19 Cartagena Spain 21 °C 21 °C 16 °C 22 mm 3 333 h 19 °C
20 Málaga Spain 21 °C 21 °C 15 °C 39 mm 5 329 h 18 °C
21 Pátra Greece 21 °C 21 °C 13 °C 75 mm 8 314 h 20 °C
22 Gibraltar Gibraltar 21 °C 21 °C 15 °C 57 mm 6 330 h 18 °C
23 Messina Italy 21 °C 21 °C 15 °C 78 mm 10 321 h 20 °C
24 Marbella Spain 21 °C 21 °C 15 °C 55 mm 5 328 h 18 °C
25 Reggio Calabria Italy 21 °C 21 °C 14 °C 87 mm 11 321 h 20 °C
26 Castelló de la Plana Spain 21 °C 21 °C 13 °C 32 mm 4 321 h 19 °C
27 Taranto Italy 21 °C 21 °C 13 °C 47 mm 6 319 h 19 °C
28 Valletta Malta 21 °C 21 °C 17 °C 32 mm 5 333 h 20 °C
29 Thessaloníki Greece 20 °C 20 °C 12 °C 54 mm 7 299 h 19 °C
30 Albacete Spain 20 °C 20 °C 8.9 °C 30 mm 5 313 h –
31 Rome Italy 20 °C 20 °C 11 °C 70 mm 8 307 h –
32 Alcalá de Henares Spain 20 °C 20 °C 8.9 °C 39 mm 6 310 h –
33 Tirana Albania 20 °C 20 °C 11 °C 94 mm 9 311 h –
34 Madrid Spain 20 °C 20 °C 8.9 °C 33 mm 5 315 h –
35 Naples Italy 20 °C 20 °C 13 °C 90 mm 9 308 h 19 °C
36 Bari Italy 20 °C 20 °C 14 °C 51 mm 8 313 h 19 °C
37 Lisbon Portugal 20 °C 20 °C 14 °C 46 mm 6 319 h 17 °C
38 Badalona Spain 20 °C 20 °C 12 °C 49 mm 7 314 h 18 °C
39 Ciudad Lineal Spain 20 °C 20 °C 8.5 °C 34 mm 5 315 h –
40 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Spain 19 °C 19 °C 12 °C 53 mm 7 312 h 18 °C
41 Durrës Albania 19 °C 19 °C 14 °C 100 mm 9 313 h 19 °C
42 Terrassa Spain 19 °C 19 °C 10.0 °C 55 mm 8 312 h –
43 Bologna Italy 19 °C 19 °C 9.5 °C 66 mm 8 283 h –
44 Sabadell Spain 19 °C 19 °C 11 °C 54 mm 8 312 h 18 °C
45 Porto Portugal 19 °C 19 °C 11 °C 105 mm 9 305 h 15 °C
46 Florence Italy 19 °C 19 °C 9.4 °C 75 mm 9 289 h –
47 Podgorica Montenegro 19 °C 19 °C 10.0 °C 158 mm 10 283 h –
48 Toulon France 19 °C 19 °C 12 °C 58 mm 6 314 h 18 °C
49 Montpellier France 19 °C 19 °C 11 °C 70 mm 7 307 h 16 °C
50 Nice France 19 °C 19 °C 12 °C 70 mm 8 313 h 18 °C

Averaged across all twelve months, and only for destinations with a full twelve-month series and a published climate page. Download this ranking as CSV.

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How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average daily high temperature, in °C, averaged across all twelve months, 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 and a complete twelve-month series. 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.