Low-carbon travel from Brussels, month by month
From Brussels, the warmest place reachable without flying is Madrid at 28.1 °C in July, for 38.8 kg CO₂e return. In 6 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 | 771 | Safaga | 10.0 | 921 | Tortosa · 34.1 kg |
| February | Maspalomas | 18.8 | 771 | Icod de los Vinos | 10.7 | 769 | Tortosa · 34.1 kg |
| March | Edfu | 23.3 | 882 | Arona | 11.5 | 776 | Tortosa · 34.1 kg |
| April | Edfu | 27.9 | 882 | Alcalá de Henares | 12.0 | 38.3 | Lleida · 31.4 kg |
| May | Edfu | 31.4 | 882 | Örnsköldsvik | 15.1 | 409 | Lleida · 31.4 kg |
| June | Edfu | 36.2 | 882 | Rauma | 16.1 | 391 | Lleida · 31.4 kg |
| July | Zagora | 36.6 | 612 | Aosta | 13.9 | 18.0 | Madrid · 38.8 kg |
| August | Kom Ombo | 36.8 | 894 | Beypazari | 13.3 | 612 | Lleida · 31.4 kg |
| September | Edfu | 34.0 | 882 | Fethiye | 11.8 | 634 | Imperia · 24.3 kg |
| October | Edfu | 28.9 | 882 | Luxor | 11.0 | 927 | Piombino · 29.4 kg |
| November | Sharm el-Sheikh | 24.6 | 900 | Aswan | 10.8 | 901 | Vinaros · 35.2 kg |
| December | Maspalomas | 19.7 | 771 | Aswan | 10.1 | 901 | Vilanova i la Geltrú · 32.1 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 Brussels, and the warmest the train reaches.
- JanuaryMaspalomas 19.6 °Cair 771 kg · by train Toulon 9.9 °C
- FebruaryMaspalomas 18.8 °Cair 771 kg · by train Reus 10.5 °C
- MarchAswan 23.4 °Cair 901 kg · by train Zaragoza 13.5 °C
- AprilAswan 28.1 °Cair 901 kg · by train Lleida 16.3 °C
- MayAswan 31.5 °Cair 901 kg · by train Lleida 19.1 °C
- JuneAswan 36.2 °Cair 901 kg · by train Lleida 23.8 °C
- JulyAswan 36.0 °Cair 901 kg · by train Madrid 28.1 °C
- AugustAswan 36.4 °Cair 901 kg · by train Madrid 28.2 °C
- SeptemberAswan 34.1 °Cair 901 kg · by train Lleida 21.7 °C
- OctoberAswan 29.1 °Cair 901 kg · by train Barcelona 19.1 °C
- NovemberSharm el-Sheikh 24.6 °Cair 900 kg · by train Reus 14.3 °C
- DecemberSharm el-Sheikh 20.4 °Cair 900 kg · by train Reus 10.4 °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 Brussels
Sunniest from Brussels
Coolest from Brussels
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