Sunniest places to go from Amsterdam in October
In October, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Amsterdam is Aswan, Egypt, 11.0 h of sun a day and 29.1 °C, about 8h 42m each way by air. Without flying, it is Marseille, France, 9.0 h of sun a day, about 9h 18m each way by train, for about 31× less carbon (29.8 kg CO₂e return against 921 kg).
The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Amsterdam
Ranked on sunshine in October alone, among well-known places (a Wikivoyage travel guide and at least 40,000 Wikipedia readers a year), one per area and at most three per country. The carbon is shown, not used to choose: the list further down is the other question, how much sunshine each extra kilogram buys.
Aswan, Egypt11.0 h · 29.1 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 42m · 921 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt11.0 h · 28.4 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 30m · 882 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt10.9 h · 29.0 °C · mostly dry · sea 28.3 °Cair ≈ 8h 24m · 917 kg CO₂e return
Limassol, Cyprus10.8 h · 23.1 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 30m · 747 kg CO₂e return
Paphos, Cyprus10.7 h · 22.1 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.1 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 736 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain10.7 h · 24.9 °C · mostly dry · sea 24.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 48m · 810 kg CO₂e return- Konya, Turkey10.6 h · 14.4 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 6m · 672 kg CO₂e return
- Antalya, Turkey10.6 h · 21.5 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.5 °Cair ≈ 7h · 665 kg CO₂e return
Alanya, Turkey10.6 h · 22.4 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.8 °Cair ≈ 7h 12m · 692 kg CO₂e return- Nicosia, Cyprus10.4 h · 21.9 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.5 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 741 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Marseille is 9.0 h for 29.8 kg — about 31× less carbon than flying to Aswan.
Marseille, France9.0 h · 18.2 °C · 2.2 mm rain a day · sea 20.5 °Crail ≈ 9h 18m · 29.8 kg CO₂e return- Barcelona, Spain8.9 h · 19.1 °C · 3.2 mm rain a day · sea 23.1 °Crail ≈ 12h 54m · 36.6 kg CO₂e return
Lleida, Spain8.8 h · 18.4 °C · 3.2 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 42m · 36.6 kg CO₂e return- Reus, Spain8.5 h · 18.8 °C · 4.3 mm rain a day · sea 23.1 °Crail ≈ 14h 48m · 37.8 kg CO₂e return
Toulon, France8.4 h · 18.6 °C · 4.4 mm rain a day · sea 20.9 °Crail ≈ 10h 6m · 30.4 kg CO₂e return
Girona, Spain8.3 h · 18.3 °C · 1.4 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 12h 54m · 34.4 kg CO₂e return
≈ is the model's estimate (air times include getting to and through the airport); ✓ is a rail journey checked against a real timetable, with the date it was checked. Temperatures are historical daily means for 2023–2024, averaged across day and night, so afternoons run warmer.
The low-carbon trade-off
The sunniest place you can reach from Amsterdam in October within 15 hours is Luxor, 11.0 h, costing 882 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Aarschot at 4.6 kg — 192× less carbon, for 4.9 hours less sunshine.
Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both sunnier in October and lower in carbon. Anything a better option beats outright has been left out.
By rail or ferry By air
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aarschot, Belgium | Rail | 4.6 kg | 13.1 °C | 6.1 h | 3.7 mm | 4h 12m |
| Abbeville, France | Rail | 9.7 kg | 13.1 °C | 6.6 h | 3.1 mm | 6h 48m |
| Bern, Switzerland | Rail | 18.6 kg | 11.4 °C | 7.4 h | 3.8 mm | 10h 54m |
| Geneva, Switzerland | Rail | 20.4 kg | 13.8 °C | 7.9 h | 5.2 mm | 9h 18m |
| Romans-sur-Isère, France | Rail | 24.0 kg | 15.9 °C | 8.2 h | 4.9 mm | 10h |
| Marseille, France | Rail | 29.8 kg | 18.2 °C | 9.0 h | 2.2 mm | 9h 18m |
| Palma, Spain | Air | 361 kg | 21.1 °C | 9.9 h | 1.4 mm | 5h 24m |
| Sliema, Malta | Air | 498 kg | 23.7 °C | 10.0 h | 0.3 mm | 6h 6m |
| Isparta, Turkey | Air | 645 kg | 14.8 °C | 10.5 h | 0.2 mm | 6h 54m |
| Luxor, Egypt | Air | 882 kg | 28.4 °C | 11.0 h | 0.0 mm | 8h 30m |
Warm is not the same as pleasant, which is why sunshine and rainfall are shown alongside temperature. All three are ERA5 monthly means for 2023–2024.
Where the curve breaks
The frontier is gentle until it isn't. Going from Palma (361 kg, 9.9 h) to Sliema (498 kg, 10.0 h) buys 0.1 hours more sunshine for an extra 137 kg — 1374 kg of CO₂e per hour. That single step is the most expensive sunshine on the whole curve.
The pick of them
AarschotBelgium4.6 kg CO₂e returnmild but wetMarseilleFrance29.8 kg CO₂e returnwarm overallLuxorEgypt882 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe same month, asked differently
October answers differently depending on what you are after, and the lists genuinely diverge: the brightest places are not the hottest, and in summer the useful question stops being where is warm at all.
Where to stay in Luxor
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Other months from Amsterdam
October from elsewhere
- Amsterdam
- Barcelona
- Berlin
- Birmingham
- Bristol
- Brussels
- Cardiff
- Copenhagen
- Dublin
- Edinburgh
- Frankfurt
- Glasgow
- Leeds
- Lisbon
- Liverpool
- London
- Madrid
- Manchester
- Milan
- Munich
- Newcastle
- Nottingham
- Oslo
- Paris
- Prague
- Rome
- Sheffield
- Southampton
- Stockholm
- Vienna
- Warsaw
- Zurich
Photo credits
- Aarschot: EGS, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Marseille: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Luxor: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- Limassol: Xaris333, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Paphos: unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Alanya: Ozgurmulazimoglu, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Lleida: Jorge Franganillo from Barcelona, Spain, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Toulon: Rafi88, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Girona: Patronat de Turisme Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Questions
Where is the sunniest place to go from Amsterdam in October?
Luxor, Egypt, at 11.0 h. Reaching it emits 882 kg CO₂e return, travelling 8h 30m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere sunny from Amsterdam in October without flying?
Yes. Marseille reaches 9.0 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 9h 18m (modelled), emitting 29.8 kg CO₂e return — though Luxor is sunnier still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Amsterdam to Luxor produce?
882 kg CO₂e for one person, return, by air. That uses the UK Government's 2026 conversion factors, including radiative forcing for flights.
Carbon uses UK Government (DESNZ/DEFRA) 2026 conversion factors applied to great-circle distance, with radiative forcing included for flights. Rail journey times are modelled estimates, not timetabled services. Full method · download the data.