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Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in February: ranked by sea temperature

La Laguna tops the list at 19 °C in February. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.

Top three in February: La Laguna (19 °C) , Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (19 °C) , Limassol (17 °C) . Between first and 50th place the sea temp differs by 9.6 °C.

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 La Laguna Spain 19 °C 16 °C 13 °C 36 mm 6 296 h 19 °C
2 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 19 °C 19 °C 15 °C 32 mm 5 296 h 19 °C
3 Limassol Cyprus 17 °C 16 °C 9.4 °C 42 mm 7 266 h 17 °C
4 Nicosia Cyprus 17 °C 16 °C 7.3 °C 48 mm 7 263 h 17 °C
5 Gibraltar Gibraltar 15 °C 15 °C 10 °C 76 mm 8 268 h 15 °C
6 Valletta Malta 15 °C 14 °C 11 °C 50 mm 8 268 h 15 °C
7 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 15 °C 17 °C 7.2 °C 53 mm 6 268 h 15 °C
8 Marbella Spain 15 °C 15 °C 9.3 °C 72 mm 7 265 h 15 °C
9 Málaga Spain 15 °C 16 °C 9.7 °C 48 mm 6 266 h 15 °C
10 Almería Spain 15 °C 17 °C 8.2 °C 24 mm 4 279 h 15 °C
11 Cartagena Spain 15 °C 16 °C 9.9 °C 21 mm 4 267 h 15 °C
12 Catania Italy 15 °C 15 °C 7.2 °C 60 mm 7 248 h 15 °C
13 Lisbon Portugal 15 °C 14 °C 9.2 °C 52 mm 7 248 h 15 °C
14 Pátra Greece 15 °C 12 °C 5.2 °C 115 mm 12 234 h 15 °C
15 Reggio Calabria Italy 15 °C 13 °C 6.7 °C 119 mm 14 250 h 15 °C
16 Athens Greece 15 °C 13 °C 5.5 °C 48 mm 7 238 h 15 °C
17 Palermo Italy 14 °C 14 °C 8.4 °C 72 mm 10 257 h 14 °C
18 Messina Italy 14 °C 14 °C 8.3 °C 111 mm 14 249 h 14 °C
19 Elche Spain 14 °C 16 °C 7.0 °C 20 mm 4 262 h 14 °C
20 Palma Spain 14 °C 14 °C 9.0 °C 33 mm 6 257 h 14 °C
21 Naples Italy 14 °C 12 °C 5.6 °C 102 mm 11 235 h 14 °C
22 Alicante Spain 14 °C 16 °C 8.3 °C 29 mm 5 263 h 14 °C
23 Durrës Albania 14 °C 12 °C 6.8 °C 116 mm 11 234 h 14 °C
24 Valencia Spain 14 °C 16 °C 6.9 °C 27 mm 4 255 h 14 °C
25 Taranto Italy 14 °C 13 °C 6.3 °C 56 mm 8 243 h 14 °C
26 Castelló de la Plana Spain 14 °C 15 °C 6.4 °C 28 mm 4 254 h 14 °C
27 Bari Italy 14 °C 12 °C 7.1 °C 56 mm 9 236 h 14 °C
28 Genoa Italy 13 °C 11 °C 4.0 °C 78 mm 8 205 h 13 °C
29 Livorno Italy 13 °C 11 °C 5.4 °C 66 mm 8 233 h 13 °C
30 Nice France 13 °C 12 °C 4.7 °C 60 mm 7 242 h 13 °C
31 Monaco Monaco 13 °C 12 °C 4.9 °C 60 mm 7 241 h 13 °C
32 Toulon France 13 °C 12 °C 5.7 °C 48 mm 6 241 h 13 °C
33 Porto Portugal 13 °C 14 °C 6.4 °C 103 mm 10 233 h 13 °C
34 Vigo Spain 13 °C 13 °C 6.2 °C 148 mm 11 226 h 13 °C
35 A Coruña Spain 13 °C 13 °C 7.1 °C 103 mm 12 214 h 13 °C
36 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Spain 13 °C 13 °C 5.3 °C 33 mm 6 247 h 13 °C
37 Sabadell Spain 13 °C 13 °C 3.6 °C 33 mm 6 246 h 13 °C
38 Barcelona Spain 13 °C 13 °C 5.2 °C 35 mm 6 248 h 13 °C
39 Marseille France 13 °C 12 °C 4.9 °C 41 mm 6 244 h 13 °C
40 Thessaloníki Greece 13 °C 11 °C 2.8 °C 48 mm 8 213 h 13 °C
41 Oviedo Spain 13 °C 12 °C 2.7 °C 90 mm 12 217 h 13 °C
42 Gijón Spain 13 °C 13 °C 5.7 °C 99 mm 12 223 h 13 °C
43 Santander Spain 13 °C 13 °C 5.5 °C 107 mm 13 221 h 13 °C
44 Bilbao Spain 13 °C 12 °C 6.7 °C 102 mm 14 206 h 13 °C
45 Donostia / San Sebastián Spain 12 °C 12 °C 6.1 °C 130 mm 14 201 h 12 °C
46 Montpellier France 12 °C 12 °C 3.9 °C 50 mm 6 239 h 12 °C
47 San Marino San Marino 10 °C 6.9 °C -1.4 °C 72 mm 8 216 h 10 °C
48 Trieste Italy 9.6 °C 8.6 °C 1.2 °C 97 mm 9 202 h 9.6 °C
49 Plymouth United Kingdom 9.5 °C 8.7 °C 4.4 °C 76 mm 12 167 h 9.5 °C
50 Saint Peter Port Guernsey 9.5 °C 9.0 °C 7.1 °C 76 mm 13 179 h 9.5 °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

January: top 5

  1. La Laguna 20 °C
  2. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 20 °C
  3. Limassol 18 °C
  4. Nicosia 17 °C
  5. Valletta 16 °C

Full ranking for January

March: top 5

  1. La Laguna 19 °C
  2. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 19 °C
  3. Limassol 17 °C
  4. Nicosia 17 °C
  5. Jerez de la Frontera 16 °C

Full ranking for March

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average sea surface temperature at the coast, 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 beach score.
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.