Sunniest places to go from Brussels in July
The sunniest place you can reach from Brussels in July within 15 hours is Aosta, 13.9 h, costing 18.0 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Arnhem at 4.9 kg — 4× less carbon, for 2.5 hours less sunshine.
The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Brussels
Ranked on sunshine in July 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.
Nice, France14.3 h · 25.2 °Crail 10h · 24.3 kg CO₂e return
Bastia, France14.3 h · 27.5 °Cair 4h 48m · 248 kg CO₂e return
Sofia, Bulgaria14.3 h · 24.6 °Cair 5h 48m · 427 kg CO₂e return
Ajaccio, France14.2 h · 26.1 °Cair 4h 54m · 264 kg CO₂e return
Segovia, Spain14.2 h · 22.9 °Crail 14h 36m · 37.8 kg CO₂e return
Ávila, Spain14.2 h · 22.7 °Cair 5h 18m · 335 kg CO₂e return- Sanremo, Italy14.2 h · 25.3 °Crail 11h 24m · 24.3 kg CO₂e return
Visby, Sweden14.1 h · 17.5 °Cair 5h 6m · 296 kg CO₂e return- Florence, Italy14.1 h · 26.7 °Crail 14h 6m · 27.8 kg CO₂e return
Pristina, Kosovo14.1 h · 24.0 °Cair 5h 36m · 394 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours.
- Nice, France14.3 h · 25.2 °Crail 10h · 24.3 kg CO₂e return
- Segovia, Spain14.2 h · 22.9 °Crail 14h 36m · 37.8 kg CO₂e return
- Sanremo, Italy14.2 h · 25.3 °Crail 11h 24m · 24.3 kg CO₂e return
- Florence, Italy14.1 h · 26.7 °Crail 14h 6m · 27.8 kg CO₂e return
- Carrara, Italy14.1 h · 24.7 °Crail 13h 42m · 25.6 kg CO₂e return
- Madrid, Spain14.0 h · 28.1 °Crail 14h 36m · 38.8 kg CO₂e return
Rail times are modelled; air times include getting to and through the airport.
The low-carbon trade-off
Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both sunnier in July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnhem, The Netherlands | Rail | 4.9 kg | 18.2 °C | 11.4 h | 3.6 mm | 4h 24m |
| Hoorn, The Netherlands | Rail | 6.1 kg | 17.5 °C | 11.7 h | 3.8 mm | 4h 30m |
| Mulhouse, France | Rail | 12.0 kg | 20.7 °C | 12.2 h | 2.3 mm | 7h 54m |
| Geneva, Switzerland | Rail | 15.7 kg | 21.6 °C | 13.0 h | 3.2 mm | 7h 24m |
| Chambéry, France | Rail | 17.7 kg | 22.7 °C | 13.3 h | 4.7 mm | 8h 6m |
| Aosta, Italy | Rail | 18.0 kg | 23.7 °C | 13.9 h | 2.3 mm | 10h |
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.
The pick of them
The same month, asked differently
July 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 Aosta
Places to stay in Aosta, Italy, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.
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Other months from Brussels
July 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
- Arnhem: unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Nice: Moody Dreiza (Moody751 at English Wikipedia), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bastia: dronepicr, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sofia: Deensel, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ajaccio: Julian Nyča, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Segovia: Marostegui, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ávila: Anual, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Visby: Żeglarz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Pristina: Arben Llapashtica, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Questions
Where is the sunniest place to go from Brussels in July?
Aosta, Italy, at 13.9 h. Reaching it emits 18.0 kg CO₂e return, travelling 10h each way by rail (modelled).
Can I get somewhere sunny from Brussels in July without flying?
Yes. Aosta reaches 13.9 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 10h (modelled), emitting 18.0 kg CO₂e return — which is also the best on this frontier.
How much carbon does a return trip from Brussels to Aosta produce?
18.0 kg CO₂e for one person, return, by rail. 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.