Low-carbon travel from Newcastle, month by month
From Newcastle, the warmest place reachable without flying is Bourges at 20.9 °C in August, for 47.5 kg CO₂e return. In 3 months of the year the train reaches somewhere averaging 18 °C or more; in the rest, warmth means flying.
Two 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 | 812 | Arona | 9.9 | 811 | Cherbourg · 38.9 kg |
| February | Maspalomas | 18.8 | 812 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 10.3 | 798 | Cherbourg · 38.9 kg |
| March | Kom Ombo | 23.6 | 1,033 | Arona | 11.5 | 811 | Saint-Nazaire · 46.6 kg |
| April | Kom Ombo | 28.3 | 1,033 | Toledo | 12.1 | 425 | Angers · 45.3 kg |
| May | Edfu | 31.4 | 1,021 | Gävle | 14.7 | 320 | Angers · 45.3 kg |
| June | Edfu | 36.2 | 1,021 | Rauma | 16.1 | 380 | Bourges · 47.5 kg |
| July | Zagora | 36.6 | 694 | Nice | 14.3 | 354 | Paris · 42.1 kg |
| August | Kom Ombo | 36.8 | 1,033 | Guarda | 13.0 | 417 | Bourges · 47.5 kg |
| September | Sharm el-Sheikh | 33.7 | 975 | Izmir | 11.6 | 711 | Angers · 45.3 kg |
| October | Sharm el-Sheikh | 29.0 | 975 | Antalya | 10.6 | 794 | St-Malo · 42.2 kg |
| November | Sharm el-Sheikh | 24.6 | 975 | Luxor | 10.6 | 1,002 | St-Malo · 42.2 kg |
| December | Maspalomas | 19.7 | 812 | Luxor | 10.0 | 1,002 | Cherbourg · 38.9 kg |
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 Newcastle
Sunniest from Newcastle
Where to stay in Bourges
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