Booking a holiday? Then ensure the sun shines for the entire trip and head for the top two sunniest cities in Europe. According to a league table of Southern European cities from currentresults.com, Valletta, the capital of Malta, outshines all others when it comes to hours of sunshine. Valletta basks in 2,957 hours of sun on average each year; over eight hours a day. It outshines the next sunniest city, Portugal’s capital city of Lisbon, by 158 hours. Lisbon Second-placed Lisbon boasts 2799 hours of sun on average. These rankings are ahead of Athens (2,771 hours), Madrid (2,769 hours) and Monaco (2,724 hours) in the league table of Southern Europe’s top six sunniest cities.