See where Europe is hottest right now.

Check current city temperatures, explore active heat pockets and understand the forces behind Europe's extreme weather. Then take a 30-second virtual cooling break with the fan below.

VIEW LIVE HEAT MAP → READ LATEST WEATHER BRIEFING

CURRENT CONDITIONS · AUTOMATIC UTC REFRESH · VIEW DATA NOTES

EUROPE WEATHER MAP

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Heat pockets right now.

Turn the fan on. Hot European stations cool for 30 seconds, then the map returns to real weather.

EXTREME HEAT HOT COOLING HOTTEST · — · —°C

GLOBAL WEATHER BARS 0 / 0 CITIES COOLED

REGION COUNTRY A-Z SORT

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Carve a block of ice.

The fan is one. This is the other. Click and drag across the ice to chip off pieces; mist rises with every strike. It does not lower the global temperature — but, for a moment, it does lower yours.

↑ CLICK + DRAG ON THE ICE

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Why the air keeps getting hotter.

BASELINE · 1951–1980
RECORD · ROLLING

Global surface temperature anomaly

°C VS 1951–1980 BASELINE · ANNUAL MEAN

+1.36°2026 YTD

— ANOMALY— ZERO BASELINE

Atmospheric CO₂

PPM · MAUNA LOA

430ppm

Arctic sea ice min.

SEPTEMBER · MKM²

3.81Mkm²

Billion-dollar weather disasters · United States

COUNT PER YEAR · NOAA-CLASS

— DISASTERS

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Where the air is misbehaving.

PROJECTION · EQUIRECTANGULAR
UPDATED · LIVE

EXTREME HEAT
FLOODING
TROPICAL STORM
DUST STORM
EXTREME COLD

What the data is saying.

EDITORIAL · HOTWEATHER EUROPE

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Latest notes from the weather desk.

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Know what you are looking at.

HotWeather separates fetched observations from illustrative climate context, so the status shown on screen is clear.

CURRENT CONDITIONSCity readings are requested from the Open-Meteo API. The UTC status above the map shows whether live readings or local fallback data are displayed.

REFRESH & DELAYWeather observations can update at different times. Treat values as situational guidance, not emergency instructions.

SAFETYFor warnings and protective action, follow your national meteorological service and local authorities.