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

Nicosia tops the list at 24 °C in June. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.

Top three in June: Nicosia (24 °C) , Limassol (23 °C) , Thessaloníki (23 °C) . Between first and 50th place the sea temp differs by 6.3 °C.

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Nicosia Cyprus 24 °C 33 °C 21 °C 9 mm 2 416 h 24 °C
2 Limassol Cyprus 23 °C 30 °C 21 °C 3 mm 1 417 h 23 °C
3 Thessaloníki Greece 23 °C 29 °C 20 °C 46 mm 7 416 h 23 °C
4 Naples Italy 23 °C 26 °C 18 °C 34 mm 5 398 h 23 °C
5 Durrës Albania 23 °C 25 °C 19 °C 44 mm 5 410 h 23 °C
6 Messina Italy 23 °C 26 °C 19 °C 32 mm 6 405 h 23 °C
7 Taganrog Russia 23 °C 25 °C 19 °C 46 mm 8 396 h 23 °C
8 San Marino San Marino 23 °C 23 °C 13 °C 52 mm 7 392 h 23 °C
9 Trieste Italy 23 °C 25 °C 17 °C 107 mm 12 381 h 23 °C
10 Palermo Italy 22 °C 27 °C 20 °C 15 mm 3 407 h 22 °C
11 Taranto Italy 22 °C 27 °C 19 °C 17 mm 4 408 h 22 °C
12 Pátra Greece 22 °C 28 °C 18 °C 24 mm 4 408 h 22 °C
13 Athens Greece 22 °C 30 °C 20 °C 12 mm 2 415 h 22 °C
14 Mariupol Ukraine 22 °C 25 °C 18 °C 47 mm 9 398 h 22 °C
15 Valletta Malta 22 °C 24 °C 21 °C 2 mm 0 412 h 22 °C
16 Castelló de la Plana Spain 22 °C 25 °C 18 °C 18 mm 3 400 h 22 °C
17 Bari Italy 22 °C 26 °C 19 °C 35 mm 6 403 h 22 °C
18 Alicante Spain 22 °C 27 °C 19 °C 16 mm 3 408 h 22 °C
19 Reggio Calabria Italy 22 °C 28 °C 18 °C 39 mm 6 404 h 22 °C
20 Valencia Spain 22 °C 28 °C 18 °C 19 mm 3 399 h 22 °C
21 Elche Spain 22 °C 28 °C 18 °C 11 mm 2 408 h 22 °C
22 Livorno Italy 22 °C 24 °C 18 °C 48 mm 6 408 h 22 °C
23 Sochi Russia 22 °C 23 °C 17 °C 81 mm 10 399 h 22 °C
24 Palma Spain 22 °C 27 °C 19 °C 18 mm 3 406 h 22 °C
25 Catania Italy 22 °C 29 °C 20 °C 19 mm 3 404 h 22 °C
26 Genoa Italy 22 °C 24 °C 17 °C 85 mm 11 385 h 22 °C
27 La Laguna Spain 21 °C 20 °C 16 °C 3 mm 1 403 h 21 °C
28 Cartagena Spain 21 °C 26 °C 20 °C 7 mm 1 410 h 21 °C
29 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 21 °C 23 °C 18 °C 3 mm 1 402 h 21 °C
30 Makhachkala Russia 21 °C 25 °C 19 °C 37 mm 7 362 h 21 °C
31 Nice France 21 °C 24 °C 17 °C 48 mm 8 413 h 21 °C
32 Novorossiysk Russia 21 °C 25 °C 18 °C 50 mm 9 411 h 21 °C
33 Monaco Monaco 21 °C 24 °C 18 °C 47 mm 8 413 h 21 °C
34 Varna Bulgaria 21 °C 25 °C 17 °C 66 mm 10 381 h 21 °C
35 Constanţa Romania 21 °C 24 °C 17 °C 58 mm 9 389 h 21 °C
36 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 21 °C 29 °C 18 °C 7 mm 1 414 h 21 °C
37 Badalona Spain 21 °C 25 °C 17 °C 36 mm 5 395 h 21 °C
38 Barcelona Spain 21 °C 25 °C 17 °C 36 mm 5 395 h 21 °C
39 Sabadell Spain 21 °C 25 °C 16 °C 45 mm 7 393 h 21 °C
40 Odesa Ukraine 21 °C 25 °C 17 °C 43 mm 7 387 h 21 °C
41 Almería Spain 20 °C 29 °C 20 °C 4 mm 1 413 h 20 °C
42 Sevastopol Ukraine 20 °C 23 °C 17 °C 34 mm 7 403 h 20 °C
43 Málaga Spain 20 °C 26 °C 19 °C 8 mm 1 412 h 20 °C
44 Toulon France 20 °C 25 °C 17 °C 35 mm 5 420 h 20 °C
45 Montpellier France 19 °C 26 °C 16 °C 31 mm 4 405 h 19 °C
46 Marseille France 19 °C 25 °C 17 °C 31 mm 4 418 h 19 °C
47 Marbella Spain 19 °C 25 °C 18 °C 8 mm 1 411 h 19 °C
48 Donostia / San Sebastián Spain 19 °C 21 °C 15 °C 95 mm 12 335 h 19 °C
49 Gibraltar Gibraltar 19 °C 25 °C 19 °C 7 mm 1 408 h 19 °C
50 Bilbao Spain 18 °C 21 °C 15 °C 68 mm 11 337 h 18 °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

July: top 5

  1. Nicosia 27 °C
  2. Limassol 26 °C
  3. Palermo 26 °C
  4. Messina 26 °C
  5. Thessaloníki 26 °C

Full ranking for July

How this ranking is built

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