Sunniest places to go from Cardiff in November
In November, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Cardiff is Aswan, Egypt, 10.8 h of sun a day and 23.2 °C, about 9h 18m each way by air. Without flying, it is Turin, Italy, 7.9 h of sun a day, about 14h 48m each way by train, for about 23× less carbon (44.1 kg CO₂e return against 1,011 kg).
The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Cardiff
Ranked on sunshine in November 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, Egypt10.8 h · 23.2 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 9h 18m · 1,011 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt10.6 h · 22.9 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 9h · 974 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt10.3 h · 24.6 °C · mostly dry · sea 27.6 °Cair ≈ 8h 54m · 953 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan9.9 h · 22.3 °C · mostly dry · sea 25.3 °Cair ≈ 8h 48m · 931 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco9.7 h · 19.6 °C · mostly dry · sea 19.1 °Cair ≈ 6h 30m · 575 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco9.7 h · 20.9 °C · mostly dry · sea 19.4 °Cair ≈ 6h 42m · 604 kg CO₂e return
Heraklion, Greece9.7 h · 17.0 °C · mostly dry · sea 21.4 °Cair ≈ 7h 18m · 724 kg CO₂e return
Sfax, Tunisia9.6 h · 18.7 °C · mostly dry · sea 22.8 °Cair ≈ 6h 24m · 546 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco9.6 h · 15.5 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 36m · 580 kg CO₂e return
Almería, Spain9.5 h · 17.2 °C · mostly dry · sea 18.2 °Cair ≈ 5h 42m · 410 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Turin is 7.9 h for 44.1 kg — about 23× less carbon than flying to Aswan.
- Turin, Italy7.9 h · 6.1 °C · mostly dryrail ≈ 14h 48m · 44.1 kg CO₂e return
Nice, France7.8 h · 12.5 °C · 1.5 mm rain a day · sea 18.6 °Crail ≈ 14h 48m · 47.3 kg CO₂e return
Toulon, France7.7 h · 13.4 °C · 1.8 mm rain a day · sea 17.9 °Crail ≈ 13h · 47.6 kg CO₂e return
Perpignan, France7.6 h · 13.2 °C · 1.4 mm rain a day · sea 17.8 °Crail ≈ 14h 6m · 46.7 kg CO₂e return
Marseille, France7.5 h · 12.4 °C · 1.7 mm rain a day · sea 17.6 °Crail ≈ 12h 12m · 46.6 kg CO₂e return- Geneva, Switzerland6.0 h · 7.0 °C · 4.4 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 12h 12m · 39.0 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 Cardiff in November within 15 hours is Luxor, 10.6 h, costing 974 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Coventry at 12.4 kg — 79× less carbon, for 6.5 hours less sunshine.
Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both sunnier in November and lower in carbon. Anything a better option beats outright has been left out.
By rail or ferry By air
What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Cartagena can only be reached by air — 391 kg CO₂e, in 5h 36m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 62.7 kg in 23h 36m — 6× less carbon for 18h more travelling.
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry, United Kingdom | Rail | 12.4 kg | 7.0 °C | 4.1 h | 2.4 mm | 3h 42m |
| Angers, France | Rail | 30.3 kg | 9.7 °C | 5.0 h | 2.9 mm | 12h 12m |
| La Rochelle, France | Rail | 34.7 kg | 11.7 °C | 5.9 h | 4.2 mm | 12h 54m |
| Geneva, Switzerland | Rail | 39.0 kg | 7.0 °C | 6.0 h | 4.4 mm | 12h 12m |
| Nîmes, France | Rail | 44.0 kg | 11.0 °C | 7.1 h | 1.5 mm | 12h 6m |
| Turin, Italy | Rail | 44.1 kg | 6.1 °C | 7.9 h | 0.7 mm | 14h 48m |
| Castellon, Spain | Air | 327 kg | 15.3 °C | 8.4 h | 2.2 mm | 5h 12m |
| Cartagena, Spain | Air | 391 kg | 16.7 °C | 9.3 h | 0.4 mm | 5h 36m |
| Almería, Spain | Air | 410 kg | 17.2 °C | 9.5 h | 0.6 mm | 5h 42m |
| Sohag, Egypt | Air | 943 kg | 22.0 °C | 10.3 h | 0.0 mm | 8h 54m |
| Luxor, Egypt | Air | 974 kg | 22.9 °C | 10.6 h | 0.0 mm | 9h |
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 Almería (410 kg, 9.5 h) to Sohag (943 kg, 10.3 h) buys 0.8 hours more sunshine for an extra 533 kg — 666 kg of CO₂e per hour. That single step is the most expensive sunshine on the whole curve.
The pick of them
CoventryUnited Kingdom12.4 kg CO₂e returncoolTurinItaly44.1 kg CO₂e returncold but brightLuxorEgypt974 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe same month, asked differently
November 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 Cardiff
November 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
- Coventry: E Gammie, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- Aqaba: Sana Janakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Essaouira: Kayaky, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Agadir: Marco Riss, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Heraklion: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sfax: Csisc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ouarzazate: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Almería: Javier rodriguez jimenez, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Nice: Moody Dreiza (Moody751 at English Wikipedia), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Toulon: Rafi88, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Perpignan: Jean Tosti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Marseille: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Questions
Where is the sunniest place to go from Cardiff in November?
Luxor, Egypt, at 10.6 h. Reaching it emits 974 kg CO₂e return, travelling 9h each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere sunny from Cardiff in November without flying?
Yes. Turin reaches 7.9 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 48m (modelled), emitting 44.1 kg CO₂e return — though Luxor is sunnier still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Cardiff to Luxor produce?
974 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.