Sunniest places to go from Brussels in October
In October, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Brussels is Aswan, Egypt, 11.0 h of sun a day and 29.1 °C, about 8h 36m each way by air. Without flying, it is Marseille, France, 9.0 h of sun a day, about 7h 24m each way by train, for about 36× less carbon (24.9 kg CO₂e return against 901 kg).
The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Brussels
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 36m · 901 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt11.0 h · 28.4 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 24m · 927 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt10.9 h · 29.0 °C · mostly dry · sea 28.3 °Cair ≈ 8h 18m · 900 kg CO₂e return
Limassol, Cyprus10.8 h · 23.1 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 735 kg CO₂e return
Paphos, Cyprus10.7 h · 22.1 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.1 °Cair ≈ 7h 18m · 723 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain10.7 h · 24.9 °C · mostly dry · sea 24.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 36m · 771 kg CO₂e return- Konya, Turkey10.6 h · 14.4 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h · 663 kg CO₂e return
- Antalya, Turkey10.6 h · 21.5 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.5 °Cair ≈ 7h · 653 kg CO₂e return
Alanya, Turkey10.6 h · 22.4 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.8 °Cair ≈ 7h 6m · 681 kg CO₂e return- Nicosia, Cyprus10.4 h · 21.9 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.5 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 730 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Marseille is 9.0 h for 24.9 kg — about 36× less carbon than flying to Aswan.
Marseille, France9.0 h · 18.2 °C · 2.2 mm rain a day · sea 20.5 °Crail ≈ 7h 24m · 24.9 kg CO₂e return- Barcelona, Spain8.9 h · 19.1 °C · 3.2 mm rain a day · sea 23.1 °Crail ≈ 11h · 31.4 kg CO₂e return
Lleida, Spain8.8 h · 18.4 °C · 3.2 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 12h 48m · 31.4 kg CO₂e return- Reus, Spain8.5 h · 18.8 °C · 4.3 mm rain a day · sea 23.1 °Crail ≈ 12h 54m · 32.6 kg CO₂e return
Toulon, France8.4 h · 18.6 °C · 4.4 mm rain a day · sea 20.9 °Crail ≈ 8h 12m · 25.6 kg CO₂e return
Girona, Spain8.3 h · 18.3 °C · 1.4 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 11h · 29.3 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 Brussels in October within 15 hours is Luxor, 11.0 h, costing 927 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Laon at 4.5 kg — 206× less carbon, for 4.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laon, France | Rail | 4.5 kg | 13.3 °C | 6.3 h | 3.5 mm | 4h 12m |
| Dieppe, France | Rail | 7.5 kg | 14.0 °C | 6.8 h | 2.9 mm | 5h 6m |
| Bern, Switzerland | Rail | 14.4 kg | 11.4 °C | 7.4 h | 3.8 mm | 8h 54m |
| Geneva, Switzerland | Rail | 15.7 kg | 13.8 °C | 7.9 h | 5.2 mm | 7h 24m |
| Gap, France | Rail | 21.0 kg | 13.7 °C | 8.3 h | 7.0 mm | 9h |
| Marseille, France | Rail | 24.9 kg | 18.2 °C | 9.0 h | 2.2 mm | 7h 24m |
| Palma, Spain | Air | 317 kg | 21.1 °C | 9.9 h | 1.4 mm | 5h 12m |
| Sliema, Malta | Air | 465 kg | 23.7 °C | 10.0 h | 0.3 mm | 6h |
| Isparta, Turkey | Air | 634 kg | 14.8 °C | 10.5 h | 0.2 mm | 6h 54m |
| Luxor, Egypt | Air | 927 kg | 28.4 °C | 11.0 h | 0.0 mm | 8h 24m |
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 (317 kg, 9.9 h) to Sliema (465 kg, 10.0 h) buys 0.1 hours more sunshine for an extra 148 kg — 1477 kg of CO₂e per hour. That single step is the most expensive sunshine on the whole curve.
The pick of them
LaonFrance4.5 kg CO₂e returnmild but wetMarseilleFrance24.9 kg CO₂e returnwarm overallLuxorEgypt927 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 Brussels
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
- Laon: Pline, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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 Brussels in October?
Luxor, Egypt, at 11.0 h. Reaching it emits 927 kg CO₂e return, travelling 8h 24m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere sunny from Brussels in October without flying?
Yes. Marseille reaches 9.0 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 7h 24m (modelled), emitting 24.9 kg CO₂e return — though Luxor is sunnier still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Brussels to Luxor produce?
927 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.