Coastal storms place millions of people and infrastructures at risk. For this reason, we propose a method to estimate extreme total water levels in a consistent way across Europe, as this is the main indicator for coastal flooding. We consider local variations in tides, storm surges, waves, and beach slopes. We found that parts of Europe are affected differently, with tides being important on the Atlantic coast, storm surges in the Baltic Sea, and waves mattering most in the Mediterranean Sea.