Sunniest places to go from Dublin in April
In April, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Dublin is Ouarzazate, Morocco, 12.2 h of sun a day and 20.8 °C, about 6h 48m each way by air. Nowhere on the list is reachable by train within 15 hours in April.
The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Dublin
Ranked on sunshine in April 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.
Ouarzazate, Morocco12.2 h · 20.8 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 48m · 627 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco12.1 h · 20.2 °C · mostly dry · sea 18.5 °Cair ≈ 6h 54m · 644 kg CO₂e return
Ávila, Spain12.1 h · 11.0 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 5h 24m · 356 kg CO₂e return- Granada, Spain12.0 h · 16.5 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 5h 54m · 454 kg CO₂e return
- Cagliari, Italy12.0 h · 15.4 °C · mostly dry · sea 15.8 °Cair ≈ 6h 6m · 492 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco12.0 h · 18.9 °C · mostly dry · sea 17.3 °Cair ≈ 6h 48m · 614 kg CO₂e return
Portimão, Portugal11.9 h · 17.8 °C · mostly dry · sea 16.7 °Cair ≈ 5h 54m · 455 kg CO₂e return- Madrid, Spain11.9 h · 15.6 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 5h 24m · 365 kg CO₂e return
Olbia, Italy11.9 h · 15.1 °C · mostly dry · sea 15.2 °Cair ≈ 5h 54m · 457 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt11.9 h · 27.3 °C · mostly dry · sea 23.2 °Cair ≈ 9h 18m · 1,017 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 Dublin in April within 15 hours is Toledo, 12.1 h, costing 379 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Omagh at 39.4 kg — 10× less carbon, for 5.2 hours less sunshine.
Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both sunnier in April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omagh, United Kingdom | Air | 39.4 kg | 8.1 °C | 6.9 h | 3.5 mm | 3h 42m |
| Colwyn Bay, United Kingdom | Air | 42.2 kg | 9.1 °C | 8.1 h | 3.9 mm | 3h 42m |
| Rhyl, United Kingdom | Air | 46.0 kg | 9.0 °C | 8.7 h | 3.4 mm | 3h 42m |
| Skegness, United Kingdom | Air | 110 kg | 9.0 °C | 9.2 h | 2.3 mm | 4h 6m |
| Margate, United Kingdom | Air | 141 kg | 9.5 °C | 9.7 h | 2.4 mm | 4h 12m |
| A Coruña, Spain | Air | 281 kg | 13.9 °C | 10.2 h | 3.4 mm | 5h |
| Valladolid, Spain | Air | 328 kg | 12.9 °C | 11.3 h | 0.7 mm | 5h 12m |
| Marseille, France | Air | 353 kg | 13.7 °C | 11.7 h | 0.8 mm | 5h 24m |
| Toledo, Spain | Air | 379 kg | 16.4 °C | 12.1 h | 0.4 mm | 5h 30m |
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 Margate (141 kg, 9.7 h) to A Coruña (281 kg, 10.2 h) buys 0.5 hours more sunshine for an extra 140 kg — 280 kg of CO₂e per hour. That single step is the most expensive sunshine on the whole curve.
The pick of them
The same month, asked differently
April 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 Toledo
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Other months from Dublin
April from elsewhere
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- Bristol
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- Cardiff
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- Liverpool
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- Zurich
Photo credits
- Omagh: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Toledo: Mentxuwiki, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ouarzazate: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Agadir: Marco Riss, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ávila: Anual, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Essaouira: Kayaky, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Portimão: Jose A., CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Olbia: Gianni Careddu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sharm el-Sheikh: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Questions
Where is the sunniest place to go from Dublin in April?
Toledo, Spain, at 12.1 h. Reaching it emits 379 kg CO₂e return, travelling 5h 30m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere sunny from Dublin in April without flying?
Not within 15 hours. Every destination on this frontier requires flying in April.
How much carbon does a return trip from Dublin to Toledo produce?
379 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.