Sunniest places to go from Copenhagen in March
In March, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Copenhagen is Luxor, Egypt, 11.4 h of sun a day and 22.7 °C, about 8h 24m each way by air. Without flying, it is Nitra, Slovakia, 8.2 h of sun a day, about 15h each way by train, for about 33× less carbon (26.6 kg CO₂e return against 868 kg).
The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Copenhagen
Ranked on sunshine in March 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.
Luxor, Egypt11.4 h · 22.7 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 24m · 868 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain11.3 h · 21.0 °C · mostly dry · sea 20.2 °Cair ≈ 8h 36m · 897 kg CO₂e return
Assiut, Egypt11.3 h · 20.9 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 12m · 881 kg CO₂e return
Aswan, Egypt11.2 h · 23.4 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 42m · 909 kg CO₂e return- Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain11.1 h · 18.5 °C · mostly dry · sea 20.4 °Cair ≈ 8h 36m · 888 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain11.1 h · 18.9 °C · 1.4 mm rain a day · sea 20.2 °Cair ≈ 8h 36m · 887 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco10.8 h · 16.8 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 42m · 792 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco10.8 h · 17.1 °C · mostly dry · sea 17.1 °Cair ≈ 7h 48m · 805 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco10.7 h · 18.3 °C · mostly dry · sea 17.6 °Cair ≈ 7h 54m · 831 kg CO₂e return
Sousse, Tunisia10.6 h · 16.4 °C · mostly dry · sea 16.0 °Cair ≈ 6h 24m · 556 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Nitra is 8.2 h for 26.6 kg — about 33× less carbon than flying to Luxor.
Nitra, Slovakia8.2 h · 7.5 °C · mostly dryrail ≈ 15h · 26.6 kg CO₂e return
Zlín, Czechia8.2 h · 7.1 °C · 1.4 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 13h 30m · 23.5 kg CO₂e return
Trenčín, Slovakia8.1 h · 6.5 °C · mostly dryrail ≈ 14h 6m · 24.8 kg CO₂e return
Vienna, Austria8.0 h · 8.2 °C · 1.4 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 36m · 25.7 kg CO₂e return
Bratislava, Slovakia8.0 h · 8.3 °C · mostly dryrail ≈ 14h 54m · 26.3 kg CO₂e return
Brno, Czechia7.8 h · 6.9 °C · 1.3 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 13h 6m · 22.7 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 Copenhagen in March within 15 hours is Qus, 11.5 h, costing 928 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Stralsund at 4.6 kg — 202× 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 March 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 Salgotarjan can only be reached by air — 246 kg CO₂e, in 4h 48m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 28.8 kg in 16h 6m — 9× less carbon for 11h 18m more travelling.
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stralsund, Germany | Rail | 4.6 kg | 5.6 °C | 6.6 h | 1.4 mm | 4h 12m |
| Berlin, Germany | Rail | 10.5 kg | 6.5 °C | 7.2 h | 1.9 mm | 7h 6m |
| Příbram, Czechia | Rail | 19.9 kg | 5.5 °C | 7.7 h | 1.3 mm | 11h 42m |
| Salgotarjan, Hungary | Air | 246 kg | 7.1 °C | 8.3 h | 1.6 mm | 4h 48m |
| Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Air | 335 kg | 8.6 °C | 9.0 h | 2.2 mm | 5h 18m |
| Toulon, France | Air | 371 kg | 12.3 °C | 9.7 h | 3.2 mm | 5h 30m |
| Barcelona, Spain | Air | 443 kg | 12.9 °C | 10.2 h | 1.2 mm | 5h 48m |
| Palma, Spain | Air | 487 kg | 14.4 °C | 10.7 h | 1.4 mm | 6h 6m |
| Sliema, Malta | Air | 554 kg | 15.5 °C | 11.0 h | 0.5 mm | 6h 24m |
| Qus, Egypt | Air | 928 kg | 22.3 °C | 11.5 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 Sliema (554 kg, 11.0 h) to Qus (928 kg, 11.5 h) buys 0.5 hours more sunshine for an extra 374 kg — 748 kg of CO₂e per hour. That single step is the most expensive sunshine on the whole curve.
The pick of them
PříbramCzechia19.9 kg CO₂e returncold but brightQusEgypt928 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe same month, asked differently
March 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 Qus
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Other months from Copenhagen
March 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
- Příbram: Miroslav Langer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Luxor: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Assiut: Hypatia Foundation, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ouarzazate: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Essaouira: Kayaky, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Agadir: Marco Riss, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sousse: BishkekRocks 15:01, 29 December 2005 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Nitra: unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Zlín: ŠJů, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Trenčín: Peter Zelizňák, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Vienna: Andrzej Otrębski, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bratislava: Rob Hurson from Kentstown, Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Brno: Harold, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Questions
Where is the sunniest place to go from Copenhagen in March?
Qus, Egypt, at 11.5 h. Reaching it emits 928 kg CO₂e return, travelling 8h 24m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere sunny from Copenhagen in March without flying?
Yes. Příbram reaches 7.7 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 11h 42m (modelled), emitting 19.9 kg CO₂e return — though Qus is sunnier still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Copenhagen to Qus produce?
928 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.