The change in the environment around Eu3+ and Eu2+ species as a function of their concentration in BaSnO3:Eu nanomaterials has been investigated by low‐temperature (77 K) luminescence and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. These materials show dual emission from the europium ions upon single‐wavelength excitation. Europium ions (Eu3+ and Eu2+) occupy the centrosymmetric Ba2+ sites up to 4 atom‐% in BaSnO3, beyond which it forms a separate europium oxide phase with both Eu2+ and Eu3+ ions. There is energy transfer from the BaSnO3 host to the Eu2+ ions in the samples. Upon single‐wavelength UV excitation (280 nm) of the BaSnO3:Eu nanomaterials, strong emissions at 430, 480, 590 and 612 nm, characteristic of exciton recombination in the host BaSnO3 (430 nm), the 4f65d1(T2g)→4f 7(8S7/2) transition of Eu2+ (480 nm) and intra‐4f transitions of Eu3+ (590 and 612 nm) have been observed. For samples that contain more than 4 atom‐% europium ions based on steady‐state luminescence measurements and lifetime values that correspond to the 5D0 level of Eu3+ ions, it is inferred that there are mainly three types of Eu3+ ions: the first at Ba2+ sites with perfect dodecahedral geometry in the bulk of the nanomaterials, the second at Ba2+ sites at the surface of the nanomaterials and the third type as a separate europium oxide phase. Similarly, EPR specroscopy confirms the presence of three types of environments for the Eu2+ species.