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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Pjotr Sauer and Elodie Clements

Dangerous temperatures forecast for parts of Europe as heatwave moves east

Passersby cool off at a misting station in Szell Kalman Square, Budapest, Hungary, on 29 June 2026.
Passersby cool off at a misting station in Széll Kálmán Square, Budapest. The city is expected to exceed 40C on Tuesday. Photograph: Zsolt Szigetváry/EPA

Parts of central, eastern and southern Europe sweltered on Monday as the “heat dome” behind last week’s record-breaking temperatures shifted east, bringing dangerous conditions to a new swathe of the continent.

Budapest is forecast to exceed 40C on Tuesday, according to models from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.

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