Low-carbon travel from Birmingham, month by month
From Birmingham, the warmest place reachable without flying is Cannes at 26.8 °C in August, for 43.6 kg CO₂e return. In 5 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 | 748 | Icod de los Vinos | 9.9 | 741 | La Seyne-sur-Mer · 43.7 kg |
| February | Maspalomas | 18.8 | 748 | Icod de los Vinos | 10.7 | 741 | Perpignan · 42.8 kg |
| March | Kom Ombo | 23.6 | 1,000 | Arona | 11.5 | 748 | Perpignan · 42.8 kg |
| April | Kom Ombo | 28.3 | 1,000 | Toledo | 12.1 | 355 | Perpignan · 42.8 kg |
| May | Edfu | 31.4 | 988 | Gävle | 14.7 | 370 | Perpignan · 42.8 kg |
| June | Edfu | 36.2 | 988 | Rauma | 16.1 | 429 | Perpignan · 42.8 kg |
| July | Nefta | 36.0 | 556 | Nice | 14.3 | 43.4 | Cannes · 43.6 kg |
| August | Kom Ombo | 36.8 | 1,000 | Guarda | 13.0 | 349 | Cannes · 43.6 kg |
| September | Sharm el-Sheikh | 33.7 | 946 | Izmir | 11.6 | 685 | Cannes · 43.6 kg |
| October | Sharm el-Sheikh | 29.0 | 946 | Silifke | 10.7 | 833 | Perpignan · 42.8 kg |
| November | Sharm el-Sheikh | 24.6 | 946 | Aswan | 10.8 | 1,008 | Donostia / San Sebastian · 40.3 kg |
| December | Maspalomas | 19.7 | 748 | Luxor | 10.0 | 970 | Donostia / San Sebastian · 40.3 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 Birmingham, and the warmest the train reaches.
- JanuaryMaspalomas 19.6 °Cair 748 kg · by train Toulon 9.9 °C
- FebruaryMaspalomas 18.8 °Cair 748 kg · by train Perpignan 10.4 °C
- MarchAswan 23.4 °Cair 1,008 kg · by train Perpignan 13.0 °C
- AprilAswan 28.1 °Cair 1,008 kg · by train Perpignan 15.2 °C
- MayAswan 31.5 °Cair 1,008 kg · by train Perpignan 17.9 °C
- JuneAswan 36.2 °Cair 1,008 kg · by train Perpignan 23.2 °C
- JulyAswan 36.0 °Cair 1,008 kg · by train Cannes 26.4 °C
- AugustAswan 36.4 °Cair 1,008 kg · by train Toulon 26.0 °C
- SeptemberAswan 34.1 °Cair 1,008 kg · by train Toulon 21.3 °C
- OctoberAswan 29.1 °Cair 1,008 kg · by train Perpignan 18.7 °C
- NovemberSharm el-Sheikh 24.6 °Cair 946 kg · by train Toulon 13.4 °C
- DecemberSharm el-Sheikh 20.4 °Cair 946 kg · by train Toulon 10.2 °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 Birmingham
Sunniest from Birmingham
Coolest from Birmingham
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