Europe’s Hot Spots This Week: The 10 Hottest Places in Europe

By Paul Harrison, Orbis Weather

Week of Friday, October 23 to Thursday, October 29, 2026. Published Friday, October 30, 2026.

Five places shared Europe’s hottest reading of the week, 86.0°F (30.0°C). Three were in Cyprus, on Friday and Saturday: Larnaca, Ercan near Nicosia, and Akrotiri. Granada in Spain matched it on Monday, and Jerez de la Frontera on Thursday. The rest of the top 10 came from southern and eastern Spain. Outside Spain, Portugal and Cyprus, highs mostly stayed in the 70s °F or lower.

The top 10

Spain placed seven entries and Cyprus three, with five places tied at the top and five more tied for sixth.

Portugal’s best was Beja at 82.4°F (28.0°C) on Monday. Kalamata, Greece, and Trapani, Sicily, both reached 78.8°F (26.0°C), on Friday and Sunday. Perpignan and Béziers led France at 77.0°F (25.0°C), and Malta’s Luqa airport peaked at 75.2°F (24.0°C).

What stands out

The heat peaked in Cyprus at the start of the week and in Spain later on. Larnaca’s daily highs eased steadily after Saturday, to 75.2°F (24.0°C) by Thursday. In Spain, the east coast peaked on Sunday, Granada and Córdoba on Monday, and the Seville and Cádiz area on Thursday. AEMET, Spain’s weather service, called the rise a “repunte puntual y no de una ola de calor” (a one-off rise, not a heat wave), as reported by moncloa.com.

No temperature records set or tied this week were found in national weather service or news reports. AEMET’s Andalusia delegate had forecast highs “cercanas al récord de esta época” (close to the record for this time of year), but no record was confirmed.

The week ahead

Forecast highs stay below this week’s peak, with southern Spain and Portugal warmest early on and most places cooler by Thursday.

Almería, Spain, also has a forecast high of 75.2°F (24.0°C). Forecasts are from yr.no daily tables, read on Friday, October 30, 2026; figures can change with each update. National weather services issue the official forecasts and warnings.

How this list is made

The ranking uses daily maximum temperatures from airport weather reports (METARs), compiled by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet, for October 23 to 29, 2026 (UTC days). Each place appears once, at its hottest reading, with stations in the same city merged. Airport reports are mostly hourly and rounded to whole degrees Celsius, so true highs may be slightly higher. The data is preliminary. Top readings were checked against the hourly reports. Málaga’s daily value of 84.2°F (29.0°C) was not supported by any hourly report, which peaked at 82.4°F (28.0°C), so it is left out of the table. An Algeciras value of 82.4°F could not be checked and is also left out. Europe here includes Cyprus and excludes the Canary Islands, Madeira, the Azores and Asian Turkey. For comparison, Tenerife reached 84.2°F (29.0°C), Lajes in the Azores 75.2°F (24.0°C), and Adana in Asian Turkey 87.8°F (31.0°C) in hourly reports.

Frequently asked questions

Where was the hottest place in Europe this week? Five places tied for first: Larnaca, Ercan and Akrotiri in Cyprus, and Granada and Jerez de la Frontera in Spain. Cyprus reached the mark first, on Friday and Saturday. Spain matched it on Monday and Thursday.

Was this warm for late October? Yes, for southern Spain. Reports citing AEMET described highs in Andalusia as above average for the time of year. AEMET did not class the spell as a heat wave.

Were any temperature records broken? No records set or tied this week were reported by national weather services or news outlets. Forecasts had said some Andalusian highs could come close to seasonal records.

Will it stay this warm next week? Forecasts show highs below this week’s peak. Seville has the highest forecast in the places checked, and most of them cool by Thursday, November 5.

Sources

• Iowa Environmental Mesonet, daily summaries, Spain network, Oct 23–29, 2026, accessed Oct 30, 2026 (same query used for the FR, CY, TR, HR, BG, AL and MK networks, and station by station for Greece, Italy and Portugal)
• Iowa Environmental Mesonet, daily summaries, Cyprus network, Oct 23–29, 2026, accessed Oct 30, 2026
• Iowa Environmental Mesonet, hourly METARs, Granada example, accessed Oct 30, 2026 (same query used for the other checked stations, including Malta Luqa)
• Iowa Environmental Mesonet, station lists, accessed Oct 30, 2026
• moncloa.com, AEMET forecast for Andalusia, Oct 26, 2026
• Última Hora (Europa Press), Andalusia ends October with highs above average, Oct 26, 2026
• yr.no, Seville, Faro, Nicosia, Córdoba, Larnaca, Almería daily forecast tables, read Oct 30, 2026