If you take the hottest time of the year, August, then Athens is Europe's hottest capital city with an average daily high temperature of 32ºC. Even hotter is Spain's Andalucia, averaging 35ºC, so avoid August for visiting Cordoba, Seville and Granada, and for a city break in Athens.
The Canary Islands are the warmest place in Europe, with a January average temperature of roughly 12-18 C (55-65 F). February temperatures are fairly similar. What is this? So don't look for sultry summer weather – look for gentle spring weather.
1. Alicante, Spain – avg. 349 hours of sun per month. It's official – Alicante is the sunniest city in Europe!
Seville, Spain
Seville is officially the warmest city year round in continental Europe and winter is a great time to visit. While you might get caught in the occasional downpour, it's much better than trying to visit in summer when temperatures commonly reach over 40°C!
Portugal is cheaper, cleaner, calmer, and friendlier than Spain; however, the latter offers warmer temperatures, better beaches, and larger cities.
1. Bergen, Norway. Securing the number one spot as the rainiest city in Europe is Bergen in Norway! Topping the data table for being both the city with the highest average rain days per month (12.7) as well as the highest average daily rainfall (8.8mm), Bergen is the outright rainiest city in Europe.
#1 Portugal. Portugal has some of the mildest weather in all of Europe with wet, temperate winters and dry, warm to hot summers, depending on location. Bordered by over 1,100 miles of Atlantic coastline the country has a mild Mediterranean climate with some variations throughout.
Australia's westernmost capital city is a bastion of warmth during winter and a sub-tropical paradise during summer. In fact, Perth enjoys 147 sunny days, and 121 partly sunny days annually, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
Oodnadatta, South Australia
The record for the highest official temperature ever recorded in Australia belongs to the remote outback town of Oodnadatta in South Australia.
Dallol, Ethiopia
Dallol holds the official record for highest average temperature for an inhabited place on Earth.
Due to the huge size of the country, Australia has serveral different climate zones. The northern section of Australia has a more tropical influenced climate, hot and humid in the summer, and quite warm and dry in the winter, while the southern parts are cooler with mild summers and cool, sometimes rainy winters.
Topping the list is Alicante, on the southeastern coast of Spain, clocking in an average of 349 hours of sun a month and an average temperature of about 66 F that can be enjoyed on the beaches of the Costa Blanca and among the colorful homes of its old town.
Seville is located in the lower part of the Guadalquivir Valley, which is often referred to as "the frying pan of Spain", as it features the hottest cities in the country. Seville is the warmest city in Continental Europe.
Thanks to its inclusion of the Mediterranean coast, plenty of European countries experience warm winter weather. However, Spain tends to be Europe's hottest country in summer and winter due to its southern location.
Sweden ranks No. 1 overall, according to regional perceptions in Europe.
Stórhöfði (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈstourˌhœvðɪ]) is a peninsula and the southernmost point of Heimaey, the largest island in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago, in Iceland. It is claimed to be the windiest place in Europe, and holds the record for the lowest on land observation of air pressure in Europe.
European Cities With the Driest Weather
Athens clearly leads the pack as Europe's least rainy major city. Over a year, Athens averages the lowest amount of precipitation at 365 millimetres (14.4 inches) and the fewest wet days at 43.
SOUTH-EAST ALMERÍA PROVINCE, SPAIN – THE DRIEST REGION IN EUROPE.
Cloudiest Cities by European Region
Overcast skies are common in Glasgow, Europe's cloudiest city.
Is Spain hotter than Italy? The temperature in Spain is always a notch up than in Italy because it is closer to the sun which is why the degrees are always higher than Italy.
The Canary Islands - the hottest place to visit in Europe in winter, from December to February. The Canary Islands have one of the best climates in the world and here you can enjoy a day on the beach and a swim in the ocean at any time of the year.
This one is a close call with both destinations seeing temperatures sitting in the balmy mid- to late-twenties during the summer months. Out of the peak season, the Greek island of Crete warms up as early as May hitting around 25C, while the Algarve isn't far behind at around 22C.