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

La Laguna tops the list at 20 °C in January. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.

Top three in January: La Laguna (20 °C) , Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (20 °C) , Limassol (18 °C) . Between first and 50th place the sea temp differs by 9.5 °C.

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 La Laguna Spain 20 °C 16 °C 13 °C 31 mm 6 301 h 20 °C
2 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 20 °C 19 °C 15 °C 27 mm 5 303 h 20 °C
3 Limassol Cyprus 18 °C 15 °C 9.5 °C 60 mm 9 280 h 18 °C
4 Nicosia Cyprus 17 °C 15 °C 7.2 °C 54 mm 8 275 h 17 °C
5 Valletta Malta 16 °C 15 °C 12 °C 54 mm 9 268 h 16 °C
6 Gibraltar Gibraltar 16 °C 15 °C 10 °C 88 mm 9 255 h 16 °C
7 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 16 °C 16 °C 6.4 °C 58 mm 7 254 h 16 °C
8 Marbella Spain 16 °C 15 °C 9.0 °C 83 mm 9 250 h 16 °C
9 Pátra Greece 15 °C 12 °C 5.2 °C 120 mm 12 231 h 15 °C
10 Málaga Spain 15 °C 15 °C 9.4 °C 58 mm 7 252 h 15 °C
11 Almería Spain 15 °C 16 °C 7.7 °C 25 mm 4 273 h 15 °C
12 Athens Greece 15 °C 12 °C 5.2 °C 55 mm 7 225 h 15 °C
13 Catania Italy 15 °C 14 °C 7.4 °C 75 mm 8 244 h 15 °C
14 Lisbon Portugal 15 °C 14 °C 9.1 °C 69 mm 9 238 h 15 °C
15 Messina Italy 15 °C 13 °C 8.8 °C 112 mm 14 247 h 15 °C
16 Reggio Calabria Italy 15 °C 12 °C 7.1 °C 126 mm 15 248 h 15 °C
17 Cartagena Spain 15 °C 15 °C 9.5 °C 28 mm 4 267 h 15 °C
18 Palermo Italy 15 °C 14 °C 8.8 °C 69 mm 10 253 h 15 °C
19 Naples Italy 15 °C 12 °C 5.7 °C 107 mm 11 223 h 15 °C
20 Palma Spain 15 °C 14 °C 9.3 °C 36 mm 6 257 h 15 °C
21 Elche Spain 15 °C 15 °C 6.5 °C 26 mm 4 263 h 15 °C
22 Alicante Spain 15 °C 15 °C 7.9 °C 34 mm 5 264 h 15 °C
23 Durrës Albania 15 °C 11 °C 6.5 °C 116 mm 11 229 h 15 °C
24 Valencia Spain 14 °C 15 °C 6.7 °C 33 mm 4 253 h 14 °C
25 Castelló de la Plana Spain 14 °C 14 °C 6.2 °C 37 mm 5 251 h 14 °C
26 Taranto Italy 14 °C 12 °C 6.3 °C 58 mm 8 240 h 14 °C
27 Livorno Italy 14 °C 11 °C 5.5 °C 64 mm 9 219 h 14 °C
28 Genoa Italy 14 °C 9.7 °C 3.9 °C 98 mm 9 190 h 14 °C
29 Nice France 14 °C 12 °C 4.9 °C 66 mm 7 226 h 14 °C
30 Monaco Monaco 14 °C 11 °C 5.1 °C 66 mm 7 227 h 14 °C
31 Toulon France 14 °C 11 °C 6.1 °C 61 mm 7 223 h 14 °C
32 Bari Italy 14 °C 12 °C 7.2 °C 59 mm 9 228 h 14 °C
33 Porto Portugal 14 °C 13 °C 6.4 °C 154 mm 12 210 h 14 °C
34 Vigo Spain 14 °C 12 °C 6.2 °C 220 mm 14 199 h 14 °C
35 Sabadell Spain 14 °C 12 °C 3.2 °C 40 mm 6 239 h 14 °C
36 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Spain 14 °C 13 °C 5.0 °C 40 mm 6 239 h 14 °C
37 Barcelona Spain 14 °C 13 °C 5.0 °C 41 mm 6 241 h 14 °C
38 Thessaloníki Greece 14 °C 9.3 °C 1.5 °C 50 mm 7 206 h 14 °C
39 A Coruña Spain 14 °C 12 °C 7.3 °C 142 mm 14 186 h 14 °C
40 Marseille France 13 °C 11 °C 5.2 °C 52 mm 6 225 h 13 °C
41 Oviedo Spain 13 °C 11 °C 2.9 °C 105 mm 14 196 h 13 °C
42 Gijón Spain 13 °C 12 °C 5.9 °C 118 mm 14 205 h 13 °C
43 Santander Spain 13 °C 12 °C 5.8 °C 116 mm 15 200 h 13 °C
44 Bilbao Spain 13 °C 12 °C 6.9 °C 112 mm 15 188 h 13 °C
45 Donostia / San Sebastián Spain 13 °C 11 °C 6.3 °C 144 mm 15 185 h 13 °C
46 Montpellier France 12 °C 11 °C 4.1 °C 79 mm 8 212 h 12 °C
47 San Marino San Marino 11 °C 5.9 °C -1.2 °C 62 mm 9 190 h 11 °C
48 Trieste Italy 11 °C 7.3 °C 1.2 °C 90 mm 9 176 h 11 °C
49 Saint Peter Port Guernsey 10 °C 9.7 °C 7.7 °C 99 mm 15 145 h 10 °C
50 Plymouth United Kingdom 10 °C 8.8 °C 4.8 °C 88 mm 14 134 h 10 °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

December: top 5

  1. La Laguna 21 °C
  2. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 21 °C
  3. Limassol 20 °C
  4. Nicosia 19 °C
  5. Valletta 18 °C

Full ranking for December

February: top 5

  1. La Laguna 19 °C
  2. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 19 °C
  3. Limassol 17 °C
  4. Nicosia 17 °C
  5. Gibraltar 15 °C

Full ranking for February

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average sea surface temperature at the coast, in °C, in January, 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.