Europe weather: How hot are popular European destinations including Spain, Greece, Italy and Turkey as extreme temperatures arrive early
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Greece is enduring its earliest ever heatwave, with 43C temperatures recorded at central and southern weather stations. In Greece a heatwave is defined as a period of temperatures exceeding 38C. It has been caused by southerly winds bringing heat and dust from North Africa. Authorities have been forced to shut schools and nurseries, along with popular tourist attractions like the Acropolis in Athens.
In Turkey, temperatures are eight to 12 degrees higher than the seasonal norm which has exacerbated wildfires across the country. One wildfire engulfed the Olympos Resort in Antalya’s Kumluca, where wooden houses burned within a matter of hours, according to Euronews.
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Hide AdCyprus is also experiencing high temperatures. Three villages in the Paphos district were evacuated as wildfires spread rapidly across dry grassland. Despite the extreme weather in Europe, the UK has been seeing unseasonably cool temperatures, with the mercury down an average of two degrees compared to expected temperatures for the month.
Meanwhile Mallorca’s Palma Airport had to shut on June 11 after torrential rain flooded the runways. The storms and heavy rains were caused by a kind of slow-moving storm.
The extreme weather is akin to what we saw last July when temperatures exceeded 40 degrees across large swathes of the Mediterranean. There were escalating and dangerous wildfires in Greece, including the popular holiday island of Rhodes.
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European holiday hotspot temperatures
- Greece - average temperature 36C
- Spain - average temperature 30C
- France - average temperature 27C
- Portugal - average temperature 27C
- Turkey - average temperature 31C
- Cyprus - average temperature 37C
- Germany - average temperature 23C
- Italy - average temperature 35C
- Croatia- average temperature 29C
The temperatures reflect how hot some of the most popular holiday destinations in Europe are predicted to be this week based on weather the latest forecasts.
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