As the dark winter months begin to take a firm hold, with temperatures dropping below freezing and the nights drawing ever more in, thoughts turn to sunnier destinations with many people now planning to escape the harshness of the season and head somewhere warm for a week or two.
But in this period of dullness, where the sun rarely shines amid the cloudy skies and it seems to be dark when you go to work and leave for home at the end of the day, where are the best places to head to for the most sunshine in Europe? Well, analysis carried out by loveholidays.com reveals that Almeria, in the Andalucia region of Spain, is ranked at the top of the pile with six hours and 18 minutes of sunshine on average per day between December and February.
Andalucia features very prominently in the research, with Cadiz (six hours, six minutes) in fourth and Sevilla (five hours, 54 minutes) in fifth.
