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Warmest sea in Europe

5,440 coastal locations in Europe ranked by their year-round average sea temperature. The regional average is 15.9°C. The top of the list shows where to find the warmest water in a typical year. The bottom shows the coldest year-round coasts of the region.

Warmest location

lies Wallis (Mata-Utu)

29.2°C annual mean in France

Regional average

15.9°C

across all 5,440 Europe coastal locations

Warmest month

August

21.6°C region-wide average

Europe monthly average 11.3°C to 21.6°C
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  • Warmest month August 21.6°C
  • Coldest month February 11.3°C
  • Annual mean 16.0°C
  • Months above 20°C 3 of 12

Month by month across Europe

Sea temperatures in Europe swing from 11.3°C in February to 21.6°C in August on average across every coast we track. That spread of 10°C hides much bigger swings at individual locations.

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Europe sea temperature map

Today's pin colours show the latest daily reading at every Europe location we track. Pick any pin for the location's full page.

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Top 50 warmest locations in Europe

The warmest coastal locations across all of Europe, sorted by year-round average. Click any place for its 30-day chart, monthly profile, and 10-year history.

# Location Annual mean
1 lies Wallis (Mata-Utu) Hahake 29.2°C
2 Clipperton-D Overseas France 28.4°C
3 Karpaz 22.9°C
4 Rizokarpaso 22.9°C
5 Neta 22.8°C
6 Vokolida 22.8°C
7 Dhavlos Northern Cyprus 22.8°C
8 Famagusta Northern Cyprus 22.8°C
9 Fig Tree Bay 22.8°C
10 Kapparis 22.8°C
11 Pernera 22.8°C
12 Protaras 22.8°C
13 Sunrise Beach 22.8°C
14 Ayia Napa 22.7°C
15 Paralimni 22.7°C
16 Agios Sergios 22.7°C
17 Famagusta 22.7°C
18 Kyrenia Northern Cyprus 22.7°C
19 Pyla 22.7°C
20 Kyrenia 22.7°C
21 Kato Pyrgos 22.6°C
22 Pachyammos 22.6°C
23 Pomos 22.6°C
24 Pyrgos 22.6°C
25 Katsarka 22.6°C
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26 Nissi beach 22.6°C
27 Gaziveren 22.6°C
28 Morphou 22.6°C
29 Blue Lagoon 22.6°C
30 Latchi 22.6°C
31 Neo Chorio 22.6°C
32 Polis 22.6°C
33 Megisti (Kastellorizo) Notio Aigaio 22.6°C
34 Agios Georgios Pegeias 22.5°C
35 Coral Bay 22.5°C
36 Geroskipou 22.5°C
37 Kissonerga 22.5°C
38 Kotsias Beach 22.5°C
39 Laourou Beach 22.5°C
40 Lara Bay 22.5°C
41 Paphos 22.5°C
42 Pegeia 22.5°C
43 Perivolia Larnaca 22.5°C
44 Potima Bay 22.5°C
45 Venus beach 22.5°C
46 Vrysoudia Beach 22.5°C
47 White River Beach 22.5°C
48 Mandria 22.5°C
49 Petra tou Romiou 22.5°C
50 Pissouri 22.5°C

Warmest countries in Europe

Country-level averages across every coastal location in each country (minimum 5 locations to be listed). A useful starting point for picking a country before drilling in.

# Country Annual mean
1 Northern Cyprus 22.8°C
2 Cyprus 22.6°C
3 Malta 20.9°C
4 Greece 20.4°C
5 Macedonia 20.0°C
6 Albania 20.0°C
7 Montenegro 19.7°C
8 Italy 19.5°C
9 Corsica 19.2°C
10 Spain 19.2°C
11 Switzerland 19.1°C
12 Monaco 18.8°C
13 Croatia 18.8°C
14 Hungary 18.5°C
15 Portugal 17.7°C
16 Slovenia 17.7°C
17 Austria 17.7°C
18 Bulgaria 16.0°C
19 Romania 15.5°C
20 France 15.3°C

Coldest 10 in Europe for contrast

Same data, sorted the other way. Useful if you want to know which Europe coasts stay coldest year-round.

# Location Annual mean
1 Danmarks Havn Northeast Greenland National Park -1.4°C
2 Cape Tobin Sermersooq Kommune -0.7°C
3 Clavering Island -0.7°C
4 Nyhavn Sermersooq Kommune -0.6°C
5 Finsch Island Sermersooq Kommune -0.6°C
6 Itseqqortoormiit -0.6°C
7 North Star Bay Qaasuitsup Kommune -0.5°C
8 Danmark Island Sermersooq Kommune -0.3°C
9 Ammassalik Sermersooq Kommune 0.1°C
10 Hopen Svalbard 0.1°C

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