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Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in May

Nicosia tops the list at 21 °C in May. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Rainfall
1 Nicosia Cyprus 21 °C 28 °C 29 mm
2 La Laguna Spain 20 °C 18 °C 9 mm
3 Limassol Cyprus 20 °C 26 °C 13 mm
4 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 20 °C 21 °C 9 mm
5 Thessaloníki Greece 19 °C 24 °C 66 mm
6 Naples Italy 19 °C 22 °C 63 mm
7 Durrës Albania 19 °C 21 °C 73 mm
8 Pátra Greece 19 °C 23 °C 53 mm
9 Athens Greece 19 °C 25 °C 23 mm
10 Palermo Italy 19 °C 23 °C 36 mm
11 Valletta Malta 19 °C 21 °C 6 mm
12 Messina Italy 19 °C 22 °C 47 mm
13 Alicante Spain 18 °C 23 °C 35 mm
14 Elche Spain 18 °C 24 °C 23 mm
15 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 18 °C 25 °C 30 mm
16 Cartagena Spain 18 °C 22 °C 20 mm
17 Taranto Italy 18 °C 22 °C 31 mm
18 Catania Italy 18 °C 24 °C 28 mm
19 Palma Spain 18 °C 23 °C 31 mm
20 Castelló de la Plana Spain 18 °C 22 °C 31 mm
21 Reggio Calabria Italy 18 °C 23 °C 54 mm
22 San Marino San Marino 18 °C 18 °C 72 mm
23 Valencia Spain 18 °C 24 °C 33 mm
24 Livorno Italy 18 °C 21 °C 63 mm
25 Genoa Italy 18 °C 21 °C 101 mm
26 Bari Italy 18 °C 22 °C 40 mm
27 Trieste Italy 18 °C 21 °C 120 mm
28 Almería Spain 18 °C 25 °C 12 mm
29 Málaga Spain 18 °C 22 °C 25 mm
30 Nice France 18 °C 21 °C 64 mm
31 Monaco Monaco 18 °C 20 °C 64 mm
32 Marbella Spain 17 °C 21 °C 32 mm
33 Taganrog Russia 17 °C 20 °C 53 mm
34 Gibraltar Gibraltar 17 °C 22 °C 31 mm
35 Badalona Spain 17 °C 21 °C 46 mm
36 Barcelona Spain 17 °C 21 °C 46 mm
37 Sabadell Spain 17 °C 21 °C 58 mm
38 Mariupol Ukraine 17 °C 20 °C 50 mm
39 Toulon France 17 °C 21 °C 55 mm
40 Sochi Russia 17 °C 19 °C 89 mm
41 Lisbon Portugal 16 °C 21 °C 44 mm
42 Marseille France 16 °C 21 °C 52 mm
43 Montpellier France 16 °C 21 °C 59 mm
44 Novorossiysk Russia 16 °C 20 °C 50 mm
45 Donostia / San Sebastián Spain 16 °C 18 °C 122 mm
46 Varna Bulgaria 16 °C 20 °C 59 mm
47 Constanţa Romania 16 °C 20 °C 49 mm
48 Porto Portugal 16 °C 20 °C 102 mm
49 Odesa Ukraine 15 °C 20 °C 38 mm
50 Vigo Spain 15 °C 19 °C 118 mm

Only destinations with a published page for that month are ranked. The ranking is ours; the underlying values are reproduced from the source.

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.