Europe's sunniest cities in 2026, ranked

Name: Europe's sunniest cities 2026 — Sunshine Atlas ranking
Creator: Sunshine Atlas
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

272 major European destinations ranked by annual sunshine hours from long-term climate normals, by Sunshine Atlas. Published July 2026.

Key findings
• Seville, Spain is Europe's sunniest city: 3,279 hours of sunshine a year — 2.0× more than London's 1,633.
• Greece dominates the podium with 4 of Europe's 10 sunniest cities.
• The sunniest big city (1M+ people) is Lisbon at 2,806 h/yr.
• Winter champion: Lampedusa tops the November–February Sunshine Score at 60/100 with 15°C / 59°F January days.

The top 30

#	City	Country	Sun h/yr	Winter score	Best month
1	Seville	🇪🇸 Spain	3,279	57	September
2	Samos	🇬🇷 Greece	3,110	35	July
3	Valletta	🇲🇹 Malta	3,054	50	July
4	Faro	🇵🇹 Portugal	3,044	51	July
5	Karpathos	🇬🇷 Greece	3,022	40	July
6	Lampedusa	🇮🇹 Italy	3,022	60	June
7	Almería	🇪🇸 Spain	2,994	51	July
8	Mykonos	🇬🇷 Greece	2,978	43	July
9	Santorini	🇬🇷 Greece	2,891	46	July
10	Alicante	🇪🇸 Spain	2,851	60	June
11	Patras	🇬🇷 Greece	2,847	35	July
12	Jerez de la Frontera	🇪🇸 Spain	2,847	54	July
13	Málaga	🇪🇸 Spain	2,842	47	July
14	Lisbon	🇵🇹 Portugal	2,806	57	July
15	Zakynthos	🇬🇷 Greece	2,803	40	July
16	Mytilene	🇬🇷 Greece	2,791	28	July
17	Heraklion	🇬🇷 Greece	2,779	39	July
18	Madrid	🇪🇸 Spain	2,769	20	June
19	Nice	🇫🇷 France	2,760	21	July
20	Athens	🇬🇷 Greece	2,759	36	August
21	Kefallinia	🇬🇷 Greece	2,759	27	July
22	Skiathos	🇬🇷 Greece	2,759	21	July
23	Granada	🇪🇸 Spain	2,759	31	June
24	Toulon	🇫🇷 France	2,759	29	July
25	Cagliari	🇮🇹 Italy	2,726	46	June
26	Preveza	🇬🇷 Greece	2,716	31	July
27	Valencia	🇪🇸 Spain	2,696	52	June
28	Ibiza (Eivissa)	🇪🇸 Spain	2,672	37	July
29	Gibraltar	🇬🇮 Gibraltar	2,672	52	June
30	Kalamata	🇬🇷 Greece	2,672	32	August

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Where the sun goes in winter

The same cities re-ranked by the November–February Sunshine Score — the "winter sun" league table.

#	City	Country	Sun h/yr	Winter score	Best month
1	Lampedusa	🇮🇹 Italy	3,022	60	June
2	Alicante	🇪🇸 Spain	2,851	60	June
3	Seville	🇪🇸 Spain	3,279	57	September
4	Lisbon	🇵🇹 Portugal	2,806	57	July
5	Funchal	🇵🇹 Portugal	2,146	55	July
6	Jerez de la Frontera	🇪🇸 Spain	2,847	54	July
7	Valencia	🇪🇸 Spain	2,696	52	June
8	Gibraltar	🇬🇮 Gibraltar	2,672	52	June
9	Faro	🇵🇹 Portugal	3,044	51	July
10	Almería	🇪🇸 Spain	2,994	51	July

Methodology

Rankings use long-term climate normals (CRU climatology): annual sunshine hours for the headline table, and the 0–100 Sunshine Score — daytime warmth × dryness × sunshine — averaged over November–February for the winter table. Only major destinations with a passenger airport are ranked, so every entry is somewhere you can actually fly. Full formula on the methodology page.

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This ranking is free to use under CC BY 4.0: credit Sunshine Atlas and link to this page. Download the full ranking as CSV: sunshine-atlas-europe-sunniest-cities.csv (272 cities, sunshine hours + winter scores + best months).