Seeking some sun? Here’s your guide!

If your winter goal is a warmer, sunnier spot, here’s a useful list of the sunniest—and least sunny—cities in Europe, compiled by The Telegraph (UK).

How much of a difference does it make? Valletta, Malta is the sunniest with an average of almost 3000 hours of sunshine a year, a bit under three times the average for the dullest city, Glasgow, Scotland, which gets just over 1200 hours.

Here are the sunniest:

The 10 sunniest cities in Europe (hours of sunshine)

1. Valletta, Malta – 2,957 (hours sunshine per year)
2. Marseilles, France – 2,858
3. Lisbon, Portugal – 2,799
4. Madrid, Spain – 2,769
5. Athens, Greece – 2,771
6. Nice, France – 2,724  
7. Monaco, Monaco – 2,724
8. Tirana, Albania – 2,544
9. Barcelona, Spain – 2,524
10. Podgorica, Montenegro – 2,480

and the dullest:

The 10 dullest cities in Europe

1. Glasgow, Scotland – 1,203 (hours sunshine per year)
2. Reykjavik, Iceland – 1,268
3. Birmingham, England – 1,364
4. London, England – 1,410
5. Manchester, England – 1,416
6. Dublin, Ireland – 1,424
7. Cologne, Germany – 1,504
8. Vaduz, Liechtenstein – 1,517
9. Brussels, Belgium – 1,546
10. Hamburg, Germany – 1,557

Photo: Valletta, Malta—the sunniest European city (Islandman/TravelGumbo)