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

Nicosia tops the list at 27 °C in July. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.

Top three in July: Nicosia (27 °C) , Limassol (26 °C) , Palermo (26 °C) . Between first and 50th place the sea temp differs by 6.8 °C.

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Nicosia Cyprus 27 °C 36 °C 24 °C 2 mm 1 431 h 27 °C
2 Limassol Cyprus 26 °C 33 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 431 h 26 °C
3 Palermo Italy 26 °C 30 °C 22 °C 7 mm 2 427 h 26 °C
4 Messina Italy 26 °C 29 °C 22 °C 19 mm 4 428 h 26 °C
5 Thessaloníki Greece 26 °C 32 °C 22 °C 41 mm 6 424 h 26 °C
6 San Marino San Marino 25 °C 26 °C 15 °C 38 mm 6 423 h 25 °C
7 Valletta Malta 25 °C 27 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 428 h 25 °C
8 Castelló de la Plana Spain 25 °C 28 °C 21 °C 8 mm 1 422 h 25 °C
9 Naples Italy 25 °C 29 °C 21 °C 19 mm 4 422 h 25 °C
10 Taranto Italy 25 °C 31 °C 22 °C 12 mm 2 427 h 25 °C
11 Athens Greece 25 °C 33 °C 22 °C 7 mm 2 419 h 25 °C
12 Trieste Italy 25 °C 27 °C 19 °C 88 mm 10 407 h 25 °C
13 Alicante Spain 25 °C 29 °C 22 °C 5 mm 1 427 h 25 °C
14 Sochi Russia 25 °C 26 °C 20 °C 84 mm 11 423 h 25 °C
15 Palma Spain 25 °C 30 °C 22 °C 6 mm 1 427 h 25 °C
16 Elche Spain 25 °C 31 °C 21 °C 3 mm 1 427 h 25 °C
17 Reggio Calabria Italy 25 °C 30 °C 21 °C 23 mm 4 427 h 25 °C
18 Bari Italy 25 °C 29 °C 22 °C 25 mm 4 424 h 25 °C
19 Valencia Spain 25 °C 30 °C 21 °C 8 mm 2 423 h 25 °C
20 Taganrog Russia 25 °C 27 °C 21 °C 36 mm 6 425 h 25 °C
21 Catania Italy 25 °C 32 °C 22 °C 8 mm 2 428 h 25 °C
22 Makhachkala Russia 25 °C 28 °C 22 °C 39 mm 7 397 h 25 °C
23 Mariupol Ukraine 25 °C 28 °C 20 °C 36 mm 6 427 h 25 °C
24 Pátra Greece 25 °C 31 °C 21 °C 13 mm 3 421 h 25 °C
25 Livorno Italy 24 °C 27 °C 21 °C 24 mm 3 433 h 24 °C
26 Durrës Albania 24 °C 27 °C 22 °C 30 mm 4 426 h 24 °C
27 Novorossiysk Russia 24 °C 28 °C 21 °C 40 mm 7 437 h 24 °C
28 Genoa Italy 24 °C 27 °C 20 °C 54 mm 9 422 h 24 °C
29 Cartagena Spain 24 °C 28 °C 22 °C 2 mm 0 426 h 24 °C
30 Varna Bulgaria 24 °C 27 °C 20 °C 55 mm 8 411 h 24 °C
31 Barcelona Spain 24 °C 27 °C 20 °C 24 mm 4 415 h 24 °C
32 Badalona Spain 24 °C 28 °C 20 °C 24 mm 4 415 h 24 °C
33 Sabadell Spain 24 °C 27 °C 19 °C 33 mm 6 412 h 24 °C
34 Nice France 24 °C 27 °C 20 °C 26 mm 6 434 h 24 °C
35 Monaco Monaco 24 °C 27 °C 20 °C 26 mm 6 434 h 24 °C
36 Constanţa Romania 24 °C 27 °C 19 °C 41 mm 6 417 h 24 °C
37 Sevastopol Ukraine 23 °C 26 °C 20 °C 21 mm 4 425 h 23 °C
38 Odesa Ukraine 23 °C 27 °C 20 °C 33 mm 6 410 h 23 °C
39 Almería Spain 23 °C 32 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 423 h 23 °C
40 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 23 °C 33 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 419 h 23 °C
41 La Laguna Spain 22 °C 21 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 405 h 22 °C
42 Toulon France 22 °C 28 °C 20 °C 16 mm 3 434 h 22 °C
43 Málaga Spain 22 °C 29 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 418 h 22 °C
44 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 22 °C 24 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 401 h 22 °C
45 Marbella Spain 21 °C 28 °C 21 °C 1 mm 0 416 h 21 °C
46 Montpellier France 21 °C 28 °C 19 °C 16 mm 3 421 h 21 °C
47 Donostia / San Sebastián Spain 21 °C 22 °C 17 °C 81 mm 12 349 h 21 °C
48 Marseille France 21 °C 28 °C 20 °C 14 mm 2 432 h 21 °C
49 Gibraltar Gibraltar 21 °C 28 °C 21 °C 1 mm 0 413 h 21 °C
50 Bilbao Spain 21 °C 23 °C 17 °C 59 mm 10 354 h 21 °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

June: top 5

  1. Nicosia 24 °C
  2. Limassol 23 °C
  3. Thessaloníki 23 °C
  4. Naples 23 °C
  5. Durrës 23 °C

Full ranking for June

August: top 5

  1. Nicosia 28 °C
  2. Limassol 27 °C
  3. Palermo 27 °C
  4. Messina 27 °C
  5. Valletta 27 °C

Full ranking for August

How this ranking is built

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