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

By Paul Harrison, Orbis Weather

Week of Friday, October 30 to Thursday, November 5, 2026. Published Friday, November 6, 2026.

The hottest reading in Europe this week was 82.4°F (28.0°C) at Larnaca Airport, Cyprus, on Tuesday, November 3. It was a mild autumn week rather than a hot one: every place in the top 10 stayed in the upper 70s or low 80s °F. Most of the warmth sat over southwest Spain and southern Portugal early in the week, then shifted to Cyprus.

The top 10

Larnaca stood alone at the top, one degree Celsius above a seven-way tie for second. A three-way tie for ninth puts 11 places in the table: eight in Spain, two in Cyprus and one in Portugal.

Elsewhere, Greece peaked at 75.2°F (24.0°C) in Heraklion and Rhodes on Tuesday, November 3. Italy’s best was 75.2°F (24.0°C) at Lamezia Terme on November 3 and 4. Ajaccio, Corsica, reached 73.4°F (23.0°C) on Wednesday, November 4. Istanbul topped out at 69.8°F (21.0°C), Tirana at 68.0°F (20.0°C) and Burgas, Bulgaria, at 62.6°F (17.0°C).

What stands out

The warmth came in two phases. From Friday, October 30 to Monday, November 2, the highest readings were in Andalusia, Extremadura and southern Portugal. On Tuesday, November 3, the lead passed to Cyprus, where Larnaca set the week’s top value. Valencia had its warm day on Sunday, November 1. AEMET stations there recorded 26.3°C (79.3°F) in the city and 26.1°C (79.0°F) at Manises airport, which Diario de Alicante called “máximas inusualmente altas” (unusually high maximums).

No temperature records set or tied during the week were reported by national weather services or news outlets.

The week ahead

Forecasts point to similar mild highs, with the central Mediterranean and southeast Spain warmest at 77°F (25°C).

Almería, Valencia and Seville are also forecast to reach 75.2°F (24.0°C), Seville on Saturday, November 7. Cyprus is forecast to peak at 71.6°F (22.0°C) in Nicosia on Thursday, November 12.

Source: yr.no daily forecast tables, updated the evening of Friday, November 6. MeteoAlarm’s feed for Spain showed no high-temperature warnings that morning. National weather services issue the official forecasts and warnings.

How this list is made

The list ranks observed daily maximum temperatures from airport weather reports (METARs), using Iowa Environmental Mesonet daily summaries for Friday, October 30 to Thursday, November 5, 2026. Each place appears once, at its hottest reading, with nearby stations in the same city merged. Airport reports are hourly and rounded to whole degrees Celsius, so true highs may be slightly higher, and all data are preliminary. Top readings were checked against the hourly reports. Where a daily summary ran above every hourly report, as at Jerez, Rota and Akrotiri, the hourly value was used; a sudden 89.6°F reading at Biscarrosse, southwest France, on October 31 was left out as a likely sensor fault. Europe here includes Cyprus and excludes the Canary Islands, Madeira, the Azores and Asian Turkey. For comparison, Gran Canaria reached 82.4°F (28.0°C), Madeira 75.2°F (24.0°C), Lajes in the Azores 71.6°F (22.0°C) and Incirlik near Adana, Turkey, 82.4°F (28.0°C).

Frequently asked questions

Where was the hottest place in Europe this week? Larnaca Airport in Cyprus, on Tuesday, November 3. It finished one degree Celsius ahead of seven places tied for second, six of them in southwest Spain and southern Portugal.

Were any heat records broken? No temperature records set or tied this week were reported. A Spanish outlet called Valencia’s November 1 readings unusually high, but it did not report a record.

Will next week be hotter? Forecasts say no. The highest forecast high for the coming week is 5.4°F (3.0°C) below this week’s top reading. Malta, Sicily and southeast Spain are forecast to be warmest.

Why are the Canary Islands not in the list? The list uses a fixed definition of Europe that includes Cyprus but leaves out the Canaries, Madeira, the Azores and Asian Turkey. Their top values are given for comparison in the method section. Gran Canaria matched Larnaca’s reading this week.

Sources

• Iowa Environmental Mesonet, daily summaries of airport reports (networks ES, FR, CY, TR, BG, AL, GR, IT, PT), data for October 30 to November 5, 2026, accessed November 6, 2026
• Iowa Environmental Mesonet, hourly airport reports (example: Larnaca), accessed November 6, 2026
• Diario de Alicante: Valencia temperatures at the start of November, November 1, 2026
• yr.no forecast, Valletta, updated November 6, 2026
• yr.no forecast, Palermo, updated November 6, 2026
• yr.no forecast, Murcia, updated November 6, 2026
• yr.no forecast, Catania, updated November 6, 2026
• yr.no forecast, Heraklion, updated November 6, 2026
• yr.no forecast, Almería, updated November 6, 2026
• yr.no forecast, Valencia, updated November 6, 2026
• yr.no forecast, Seville, updated November 6, 2026
• yr.no forecast, Nicosia, updated November 6, 2026
• MeteoAlarm warnings feed, Spain, updated November 6, 2026