Low-carbon travel from Barcelona, month by month
From Barcelona, the warmest place reachable without flying is Palma del Rio at 31.5 °C in August, for 22.4 kg CO₂e return. In 7 months of the year the train reaches somewhere averaging 18 °C or more within the time budget; in the rest, nothing that warm is modelled within reach by rail.
Three questions, twelve months. Pick the one that matches what you're actually after — the warmest place is rarely the sunniest.
| Month | Warmest | °C | kg | Sunniest | h/day | kg | Best without flying |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Maspalomas | 19.6 | 557 | Icod de los Vinos | 9.9 | 563 | Roquetas de Mar · 19.4 kg |
| February | Maspalomas | 18.8 | 557 | Icod de los Vinos | 10.7 | 563 | Roquetas de Mar · 19.4 kg |
| March | Kom Ombo | 23.6 | 857 | Arrecife | 11.4 | 498 | Almería · 19.0 kg |
| April | Edfu | 27.9 | 846 | Alcalá de Henares | 12.0 | 14.0 | Almería · 19.0 kg |
| May | Edfu | 31.4 | 846 | Örnsköldsvik | 15.1 | 670 | Palma del Rio · 22.4 kg |
| June | Edfu | 36.2 | 846 | Kotka | 16.1 | 681 | Andujar · 19.1 kg |
| July | Nefta | 36.0 | 245 | Fréjus | 14.2 | 13.0 | Andujar · 19.1 kg |
| August | Kom Ombo | 36.8 | 857 | Isparta | 13.1 | 618 | Palma del Rio · 22.4 kg |
| September | Edfu | 34.0 | 846 | Fethiye | 11.8 | 598 | San Javier · 14.0 kg |
| October | Sharm el-Sheikh | 29.0 | 824 | Luxor | 11.0 | 829 | Gandia · 9.9 kg |
| November | Sharm el-Sheikh | 24.6 | 824 | Luxor | 10.6 | 829 | Gandia · 9.9 kg |
| December | Maspalomas | 19.7 | 557 | Aswan | 10.1 | 863 | Roquetas de Mar · 19.4 kg |
The warmest well-known place, month by month
The frontier above trades warmth against carbon. These are the plainer answers: each month's warmest well-known place (see the method) within 15 hours of Barcelona, and the warmest the train reaches.
- JanuaryMaspalomas 19.6 °Cair 557 kg · by train Portimão 13.4 °C
- FebruaryMaspalomas 18.8 °Cair 557 kg · by train Almería 14.1 °C
- MarchAswan 23.4 °Cair 863 kg · by train Almería 16.7 °C
- AprilAswan 28.1 °Cair 863 kg · by train Seville 19.8 °C
- MayAswan 31.5 °Cair 863 kg · by train Seville 21.7 °C
- JuneAswan 36.2 °Cair 863 kg · by train Seville 25.3 °C
- JulyAswan 36.0 °Cair 863 kg · by train Seville 29.3 °C
- AugustAswan 36.4 °Cair 863 kg · by train Seville 30.1 °C
- SeptemberAswan 34.1 °Cair 863 kg · by train Almería 24.9 °C
- OctoberAswan 29.1 °Cair 863 kg · by train Almería 21.5 °C
- NovemberSharm el-Sheikh 24.6 °Cair 824 kg · by train Almería 17.2 °C
- DecemberSharm el-Sheikh 20.4 °Cair 824 kg · by train Marbella 13.6 °C
Photo credits
- Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sharm el-Sheikh: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Warmest is not sunniest
They come apart, and the gap is the useful part. A mild Atlantic coast can be grey; a colder inland month can be bright. Temperature alone will send you somewhere wet, which is why every table on this site carries sunshine and rainfall next to the degrees.
Every month, both questions
Warmest from Barcelona
Sunniest from Barcelona
Coolest from Barcelona
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