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

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

Top three in March: La Laguna (19 °C) , Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (19 °C) , Limassol (17 °C) . Between first and 50th place the sea temp differs by 9.7 °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 28 mm 5 350 h 19 °C
2 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 19 °C 20 °C 15 °C 24 mm 5 354 h 19 °C
3 Limassol Cyprus 17 °C 18 °C 11 °C 28 mm 6 341 h 17 °C
4 Nicosia Cyprus 17 °C 19 °C 9.0 °C 35 mm 6 338 h 17 °C
5 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 16 °C 19 °C 9.3 °C 58 mm 7 321 h 16 °C
6 Gibraltar Gibraltar 15 °C 17 °C 12 °C 79 mm 8 320 h 15 °C
7 Marbella Spain 15 °C 17 °C 11 °C 77 mm 8 318 h 15 °C
8 Málaga Spain 15 °C 17 °C 11 °C 54 mm 7 318 h 15 °C
9 Valletta Malta 15 °C 15 °C 12 °C 32 mm 5 331 h 15 °C
10 Almería Spain 15 °C 19 °C 10 °C 26 mm 4 332 h 15 °C
11 Cartagena Spain 15 °C 17 °C 11 °C 29 mm 4 325 h 15 °C
12 Catania Italy 15 °C 17 °C 8.8 °C 58 mm 7 311 h 15 °C
13 Lisbon Portugal 15 °C 17 °C 11 °C 53 mm 8 314 h 15 °C
14 Athens Greece 15 °C 16 °C 7.4 °C 50 mm 7 300 h 15 °C
15 Pátra Greece 15 °C 15 °C 6.8 °C 101 mm 12 302 h 15 °C
16 Reggio Calabria Italy 15 °C 15 °C 8.2 °C 115 mm 13 319 h 15 °C
17 Elche Spain 15 °C 19 °C 8.9 °C 31 mm 4 321 h 15 °C
18 Palermo Italy 15 °C 16 °C 9.8 °C 67 mm 10 321 h 15 °C
19 Alicante Spain 15 °C 18 °C 10 °C 39 mm 6 324 h 15 °C
20 Messina Italy 15 °C 16 °C 9.6 °C 100 mm 13 319 h 15 °C
21 Palma Spain 14 °C 16 °C 10 °C 27 mm 5 330 h 14 °C
22 Naples Italy 14 °C 15 °C 7.3 °C 103 mm 11 300 h 14 °C
23 Durrës Albania 14 °C 14 °C 8.6 °C 114 mm 11 303 h 14 °C
24 Valencia Spain 14 °C 18 °C 8.8 °C 38 mm 5 315 h 14 °C
25 Castelló de la Plana Spain 14 °C 17 °C 8.4 °C 34 mm 5 316 h 14 °C
26 Taranto Italy 14 °C 15 °C 7.9 °C 59 mm 8 311 h 14 °C
27 Bari Italy 14 °C 15 °C 8.7 °C 59 mm 9 304 h 14 °C
28 Porto Portugal 14 °C 16 °C 8.2 °C 123 mm 10 296 h 14 °C
29 Livorno Italy 14 °C 14 °C 7.5 °C 63 mm 8 299 h 14 °C
30 Genoa Italy 14 °C 14 °C 6.5 °C 93 mm 9 270 h 14 °C
31 Nice France 14 °C 15 °C 6.8 °C 63 mm 8 305 h 14 °C
32 Monaco Monaco 14 °C 14 °C 7.1 °C 63 mm 7 306 h 14 °C
33 Toulon France 13 °C 14 °C 7.7 °C 47 mm 6 310 h 13 °C
34 Vigo Spain 13 °C 15 °C 7.7 °C 156 mm 11 287 h 13 °C
35 Badalona Spain 13 °C 16 °C 7.0 °C 41 mm 7 316 h 13 °C
36 Barcelona Spain 13 °C 15 °C 7.3 °C 41 mm 7 316 h 13 °C
37 Sabadell Spain 13 °C 15 °C 5.8 °C 44 mm 7 314 h 13 °C
38 Marseille France 13 °C 15 °C 7.3 °C 39 mm 6 314 h 13 °C
39 Thessaloníki Greece 13 °C 15 °C 5.7 °C 61 mm 9 273 h 13 °C
40 A Coruña Spain 13 °C 15 °C 8.2 °C 104 mm 12 273 h 13 °C
41 Santander Spain 13 °C 15 °C 6.9 °C 106 mm 13 291 h 13 °C
42 Bilbao Spain 13 °C 14 °C 7.9 °C 98 mm 13 275 h 13 °C
43 Oviedo Spain 13 °C 14 °C 4.3 °C 99 mm 13 280 h 13 °C
44 Gijón Spain 13 °C 14 °C 7.0 °C 107 mm 14 290 h 13 °C
45 Donostia / San Sebastián Spain 13 °C 14 °C 7.6 °C 120 mm 14 272 h 13 °C
46 Montpellier France 12 °C 15 °C 6.3 °C 54 mm 6 308 h 12 °C
47 San Marino San Marino 11 °C 10 °C 1.3 °C 68 mm 9 290 h 11 °C
48 Trieste Italy 10 °C 12 °C 4.2 °C 99 mm 10 275 h 10 °C
49 Plymouth United Kingdom 9.3 °C 10 °C 5.2 °C 68 mm 12 233 h 9.3 °C
50 Saint Peter Port Guernsey 9.2 °C 9.5 °C 7.8 °C 60 mm 11 255 h 9.2 °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

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

April: top 5

  1. La Laguna 19 °C
  2. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 19 °C
  3. Nicosia 18 °C
  4. Limassol 18 °C
  5. Jerez de la Frontera 17 °C

Full ranking for April

How this ranking is built

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