Sunniest places to go from Copenhagen in November
In November, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Copenhagen is Aswan, Egypt, 10.8 h of sun a day and 23.2 °C, about 8h 42m each way by air. Without flying, it is Vienna, Austria, 5.3 h of sun a day, about 14h 36m each way by train, for about 35× less carbon (25.7 kg CO₂e return against 909 kg).
The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Copenhagen
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 ≈ 8h 42m · 909 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt10.6 h · 22.9 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 24m · 868 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt10.3 h · 24.6 °C · mostly dry · sea 27.6 °Cair ≈ 8h 12m · 891 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan9.9 h · 22.3 °C · mostly dry · sea 25.3 °Cair ≈ 8h · 857 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco9.7 h · 19.6 °C · mostly dry · sea 19.1 °Cair ≈ 7h 48m · 805 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco9.7 h · 20.9 °C · mostly dry · sea 19.4 °Cair ≈ 7h 54m · 831 kg CO₂e return
Heraklion, Greece9.7 h · 17.0 °C · mostly dry · sea 21.4 °Cair ≈ 6h 48m · 618 kg CO₂e return
Sfax, Tunisia9.6 h · 18.7 °C · mostly dry · sea 22.8 °Cair ≈ 6h 36m · 587 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco9.6 h · 15.5 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 42m · 792 kg CO₂e return
Almería, Spain9.5 h · 17.2 °C · mostly dry · sea 18.2 °Cair ≈ 6h 42m · 599 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Vienna is 5.3 h for 25.7 kg — about 35× less carbon than flying to Aswan.
Vienna, Austria5.3 h · 5.6 °C · 1.5 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 36m · 25.7 kg CO₂e return- Salzburg, Austria5.3 h · 4.8 °C · 4.8 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 42m · 25.9 kg CO₂e return
Bratislava, Slovakia5.3 h · 5.5 °C · 1.9 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 54m · 26.3 kg CO₂e return
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany5.2 h · 7.0 °C · 4.5 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 15h · 26.9 kg CO₂e return
Nitra, Slovakia5.2 h · 4.7 °C · 2.4 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 15h · 26.6 kg CO₂e return- Landsberg am Lech, Germany5.1 h · 4.4 °C · 4.1 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 24m · 25.3 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 Copenhagen in November within 15 hours is Luxor, 10.6 h, costing 868 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Stralsund at 4.6 kg — 189× less carbon, for 7.4 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 Graz 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 | 5.7 °C | 3.2 h | 2.6 mm | 4h 12m |
| Świnoujście, Poland | Rail | 6.6 kg | 5.9 °C | 4.1 h | 2.0 mm | 5h 12m |
| Wałbrzych, Poland | Rail | 17.7 kg | 3.2 °C | 4.8 h | 2.4 mm | 10h 36m |
| Břeclav, Czechia | Rail | 24.3 kg | 5.2 °C | 5.4 h | 1.6 mm | 13h 54m |
| Innsbruck, Austria | Air | 236 kg | 5.1 °C | 5.8 h | 3.7 mm | 4h 48m |
| Graz, Austria | Air | 246 kg | 3.9 °C | 6.3 h | 1.2 mm | 4h 48m |
| Wolfsberg, Austria | Air | 250 kg | 4.7 °C | 6.9 h | 1.7 mm | 4h 48m |
| Trento, Italy | Air | 270 kg | 8.0 °C | 7.7 h | 2.0 mm | 4h 54m |
| Ivrea, Italy | Air | 297 kg | 6.5 °C | 8.0 h | 1.2 mm | 5h 6m |
| Cagliari, Italy | Air | 464 kg | 16.5 °C | 8.5 h | 0.4 mm | 6h |
| Tunis, Tunisia | Air | 529 kg | 17.3 °C | 9.1 h | 1.0 mm | 6h 18m |
| Heraklion, Greece | Air | 618 kg | 17.0 °C | 9.7 h | 0.8 mm | 6h 48m |
| Zaafarana, Egypt | Air | 844 kg | 21.6 °C | 10.1 h | 0.0 mm | 8h |
| Luxor, Egypt | Air | 868 kg | 22.9 °C | 10.6 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 Heraklion (618 kg, 9.7 h) to Zaafarana (844 kg, 10.1 h) buys 0.4 hours more sunshine for an extra 226 kg — 565 kg of CO₂e per hour. That single step is the most expensive sunshine on the whole curve.
The pick of them
BřeclavCzechia24.3 kg CO₂e returncoolLuxorEgypt868 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
Places to stay in Luxor, Egypt, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.
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Other months from Copenhagen
November from elsewhere
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Photo credits
- Břeclav: Radek Linner, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- 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
- Freiburg im Breisgau: H.Helmlechner, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Nitra: unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Questions
Where is the sunniest place to go from Copenhagen in November?
Luxor, Egypt, at 10.6 h. Reaching it emits 868 kg CO₂e return, travelling 8h 24m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere sunny from Copenhagen in November without flying?
Yes. Břeclav reaches 5.4 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 13h 54m (modelled), emitting 24.3 kg CO₂e return — though Luxor is sunnier still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Copenhagen to Luxor produce?
868 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.