Alicante in Spain was Europe’s sunniest city between 2009 and 2021, writes Euronews. The list is based on World Weather Online’s data on Europe’s 300 most populous cities. On average Alicante had 349.3 hours of sunshine a month.
Spain dominates the list, taking 10 of the 15 top places. Italy takes three and France two.
The Norwegian city of Bergen takes first place on the list of rainy cities, with 13 rainy days a month and the most precipitation in millimetres. Gothenburg comes in at number 27.
Stockholm is represented on the list of snowiest cities, at number 19. Top of that list is Tallinn, with Vilnius second.
City Country Avg hrs/month Avg temp/month
Alicante Spain 349 19
Catania Italy 347 20
Murcia Spain 346 20
Malaga Spain 345 20
Messina Italy 345 19
Valencia Spain 343 20
7 Nice France 342 17
8 LasPalmas Spain 341 20
9 Granada Spain 341 17
10 Palermo Italy 340 19
11 Seville Spain 340 21
12 Zaragoza Spain 340 17
13 Marseille France 339 17
14 Barcelona Spain 339 18
15 Palma de Mallorca 337 19
16 Tirana Albania 336 17
17 Rome Italy 336 18
18 Athens Greece 335 20
19 Madrid Spain 335 18
20 Naples Italy 334 19
21 Bari Italy 333 19
22 Turin Italy 331 14
23 Valladoli Spain 329 14
24 Sofia Bulgaria 327 12
25 Zürich Switzerland 326 11
26 Verona Italy 323 16
27 Lisbon Portugal 321 18
28 Venice Italy 317 16
29 Milan Italy 313 16
30 Florence Italy 310 16