A new study has revealed that Las Palmas is the best European city for UK travellers over the autumn months.
Travel experts Thames Acropolis Tickets & Tours analysed the average temperatures and daylight hours recorded for European cities between October and December 2023 to create scores and rank destinations by their sunshine quality in the lead-up to winter.
Lower scores represent the best cities for the longest sunlight hours and warmest temperatures.
Las Palmas, the Canary Islands, was revealed as the best European city for some sun before winter, with a score of 2.
The sunny city was closely followed by its neighbours, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Santa Cruz de la Palma, with scores of 4 and 6, respectively.
The cities in the Canary Islands topped the list mainly due to their average autumn daylight hours; Las Palmas took the lead with an average of 10.89 autumn daylight hours.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Santa Cruz de la Palma were close behind, with average daylight hours of 10.87 and 10.86 in autumn respectively.
Nicosia, Cyprus, placed fourth, with a score of 9 with the highest average autumnal temperature of 19.8°C out of the European cities.
It also had the highest average daylight hours outside of the Canary Islands, recording 10.49 in autumn.
With a score of 10, Valletta took fifth place. The capital of Malta averaged 10.45 daylight hours in autumn and experienced an average autumn temperature of 20.6°C.
Valletta recorded the highest temperature in October out of all cities, averaging 24.2°C.
Greek hotspots Santorini, Rhodes, and Crete placed sixth with a score of 15. Santorini had the highest autumn temperature average of the three destinations, at 19.8°C, but the lowest autumn daylight average of 10.41.
Crete had the lowest autumn temperature, at 18.3°C, but the longest autumn daylight hours, at 10.49.
Rhodes landed in the middle of Santorini and Crete, experiencing an average autumn temperature of 19.1°C and an average of 10.43 daylight hours.
In seventh place is Bodrum, Turkey followed by Malaga, Spain in eighth place. Seville ranked ninth while Ibiza made the list in tenth place with a final score of 26.
Study conducted by Thames Acropolis Tickets & Tours.
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