Sunniest Cities in Europe – JEAS Blog

JEAS-Blog (January 2023)

Sunniest Cities in Europe
Muhammad Ishaq Asif Rehmani 1,*
1 Department of Agronomy, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
*mrehmani@gudgk.edu.pk

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Sunniest Cities in Europe

People plan their holidays according to the weather conditions of their destinations. Holidu, the search engine for holiday rentals, has shared the ranking of cities with an average number of Sunshine hours. Most Populated 300 European cities were included and 13-year weather data (2009-20221) was used for this purpose. Six Spanish Cities (Alicante, Murcia, Malaga, Valencia, Las Palmas, Granada) are included in the list of the Top Ten Sunniest Cities in Europe, followed by Italy (three Cities: Catania, Messina, Valencia) and France (One City, Nice) Spain: Six Spanish Cities are included in the top 10 Sunniest Cities in Europe

• Alicante, (Rank: 1^st with 349 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 19^oC or 66^oF)
• Murcia, (Rank: 3^rd with 346 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 19^oC or 66^oF)
• Malaga, (Rank: 4^th with 345 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 19^oC or 66^oF)
• Valencia, (Rank: 6^th with 343 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 18^oC or 64^oF)
• Las Palmas, (Rank: 8^th with 341 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 21^oC or 70^oF)
• Granada, (Rank: 9^th with 341 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 16^oC or 61^oF)

Italy: Three Italian Cities are included in the top 10 Sunniest Cities in Europe

• Catania, (Rank: 2^nd with 347 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 18^oC or 64^oF)
• Messina, (Rank: 5^th with 345 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 19^oC or 66^oF)
• Valencia, (Rank: 10^th with 340 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 19^oC or 66^oF)

France: One French City included in the top 10 Sunniest Cities in Europe

• Nice, (Rank: 7^th with 342 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 16^oC or 61^oF)

Cities ranked from 11 to 30
11. Seville (Spain) 340 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 21^oC
12. Zaragoza (Spain) 340 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 17^oC
13. Marseille (France) 339 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 17^oC
14. Barcelona (Spain) 339 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 18^oC )
15. Palma de Mallorca (Spain) 337 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 19^oC
16. Tirana (Albania) 336 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 17^oC
17. Rome (Italy) 336 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 18^oC
18. Athens (Greece) 335 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 20^oC
19. Madrid (Spain) 335 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 18^oC
20. Naples (Italy) 334 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 19^oC
21. Bari (Italy) 333 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 19^oC
22. Turin (Italy) 331 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 14^oC
23. Valladolid (Spain) 329 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 14^oC )
24. Sofia (Bulgaria) 327 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 16^oC
25. Zurich (Switzerland) 326 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 11^oC
26. Verona (Italy) 323 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 16^oC
27. Lisbon (Portugal) 321 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 18^oC
28. Venice (Italy) 317 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 16^oC
29. Milan (Italy) 313 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 16^oC
30. Florence (Italy) 310 sunshine hours per month / Daily Average Temperature 16^oC