Hottest Cities in Europe

Europe's ten hottest cities rim the Mediterranean from Spain to Greece. Their daily high temperature averaged over a year reaches 20 to 22 degrees Celsius (68 to 72 degrees Fahrenheit). The hottest of these have lows averaging 14 or 15 °C (57 to 59 °F).

Here you'll find lists of Europe's major cities with the warmest climates overall, including rankings for the hottest five cities in Western, Northern, Eastern and Southern Europe. The ratings are based on the annual average of daily maximum temperatures.

Valletta in Malta, an island nation off the south coast of Italy, tops the list of ten hot cities in Europe. Farther east, temperatures in Athens, Greece are almost as high. While their averages are similar, when Valletta and Athens feel their heat is quite different. Valletta enjoys exceptionally warm winters, but Athens has slightly hotter summers.

Also among the hottest ten cities in Europe are Rome, Lisbon and Marseille. Though İstanbul, Turkey narrowly misses the top 10 for highest daytime temperatures, its average low of 11.8 °C (53 °F) means it has warmer nights than most southern cities.

These weather rankings are for 68 major European cities which include national capitals plus cities with a metropolitan population of over one million people. You can also see the full list of European cities and their temperatures that these ratings are based on.

Average daily temperatures for the ten hottest major European cities.
High °F High °C City Low °F Low °C
72.1 22.3 Valletta, Malta 58.8 14.9
71.6 22.0 Athens, Greece 57.2 14.0
70.5 21.4 Rome, Italy 48.3 9.1
69.8 21.0 Tirana, Albania 48.2 9.0
69.6 20.9 Lisbon, Portugal 55.6 13.1
69.5 20.8 Naples, Italy 51.8 11.0
68.9 20.5 Podgorica, Montenegro 51.3 10.7
68.4 20.2 Marseille, France 51.4 10.8
68.0 20.0 Barcelona, Spain 52.0 11.1
67.3 19.6 Monaco, Monaco 54.3 12.4

Hottest Cities in European Regions

Not surprisingly, all of the southern European cities have warmer weather than most cities elsewhere on the continent.

In Western Europe, France dominates the list of hottest urban areas. Also in the top five sits London, England, beating out cities in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.

Copenhagen is Northern Europe's warmest major city, with an average of 11.4 °C (52.5 °F). In Eastern Europe, Bucharest, Romania and Budapest, Hungary are the hot spots, and the only significant cities there with averages above 15.5 °C (60 °F).

Marseille, France and islands offshore

Marseille, France enjoys some of the warmest weather in Western Europe.

Western Europe

Average daily temperatures for Western Europe's five hottest major cities
High °F High °C City Low °F Low °C
68.4 20.2 Marseille, France 51.4 10.8
67.3 19.6 Nice, France 54.3 12.4
62.4 16.9 Lyon, France 46.6 8.1
60.8 16.0 Paris, France 48.0 8.9
59.5 15.3 London, United Kingdom 46.0 7.8

Northern Europe

Average daily temperatures for Northern Europe's five hottest major cities
High °F High °C City Low °F Low °C
52.5 11.4 Copenhagen, Denmark 41.0 5.0
50.2 10.1 Vilnius, Lithuania 36.3 2.4
50.0 10.0 Stockholm, Sweden 38.5 3.6
49.8 9.9 Riga, Latvia 36.7 2.6
49.3 9.6 Oslo, Norway 36.3 2.4

Eastern Europe

Average daily temperatures for Eastern Europe's five hottest major cities
High °F High °C City Low °F Low °C
61.7 16.5 Bucharest, Romania 42.3 5.7
60.1 15.6 Budapest, Hungary 45.5 7.5
59.3 15.2 Bratislava, Slovakia 42.3 5.7
59.0 15.0 Sofia, Bulgaria 41.4 5.2
58.1 14.5 Rostov-on-Don, Russia 42.1 5.6

Southern Europe

Average daily temperatures for Southern Europe's five hottest major cities
High °F High °C City Low °F Low °C
72.1 22.3 Valletta, Malta 58.8 14.9
71.6 22.0 Athens, Greece 57.2 14.0
70.5 21.4 Rome, Italy 48.3 9.1
69.8 21.0 Tirana, Albania 48.2 9.0
69.6 20.9 Lisbon, Portugal 55.6 13.1
Reference

The data are provided by national meteorological agencies.

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