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Sunniest places to go from Dublin in August

In August, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Dublin is Ankara, Turkey, 13.2 h of sun a day and 26.5 °C, about 7h 54m each way by air. Nowhere on the list is reachable by train within 15 hours in August.

The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Dublin

Ranked on sunshine in August 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.

Ankara, Turkey13.2 h · 26.5 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 54m · 826 kg CO₂e return
Cosenza, Italy13.0 h · 25.4 °C · 1.2 mm rain a day · sea 28.3 °Cair ≈ 6h 36m · 581 kg CO₂e return
Catanzaro, Italy13.0 h · 26.7 °C · mostly dry · sea 27.7 °Cair ≈ 6h 42m · 595 kg CO₂e return
Mytilene, Greece13.0 h · 28.5 °C · mostly dry · sea 25.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 739 kg CO₂e return
Konya, Turkey13.0 h · 26.7 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 8h · 858 kg CO₂e return
Izmir, Turkey13.0 h · 29.2 °C · mostly dry · sea 25.8 °Cair ≈ 7h 30m · 762 kg CO₂e return
Potenza, Italy13.0 h · 23.3 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 24m · 547 kg CO₂e return
Athens, Greece12.9 h · 28.7 °C · mostly dry · sea 27.7 °Cair ≈ 7h 18m · 718 kg CO₂e return
Korçë, Albania12.9 h · 22.1 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 48m · 621 kg CO₂e return
Pristina, Kosovo12.9 h · 23.4 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 36m · 588 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 August within 15 hours is Beypazari, 13.3 h, costing 806 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Omagh at 39.4 kg — 20× less carbon, for 4.6 hours less sunshine.

Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both sunnier in August and lower in carbon. Anything a better option beats outright has been left out.

Where they are. Solid lines are rail or ferry, dashed are flights, from Dublin. Pick one to compare.

By rail or ferry By air

Carbon against sunshine, August, departing Dublin. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

August from Dublin — 8 destinations on the frontier, 0 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Omagh, United Kingdom	Air	39.4 kg	14.2 °C	8.7 h	4.7 mm	3h 42m
Colwyn Bay, United Kingdom	Air	42.2 kg	16.1 °C	9.3 h	4.2 mm	3h 42m
Rhyl, United Kingdom	Air	46.0 kg	16.2 °C	10.1 h	3.3 mm	3h 42m
Middlesbrough, United Kingdom	Air	89.5 kg	16.0 °C	10.6 h	2.2 mm	4h
Arbroath, United Kingdom	Air	108 kg	14.7 °C	11.1 h	2.6 mm	4h 6m
La Rochelle, France	Air	221 kg	20.5 °C	12.0 h	1.9 mm	4h 42m
Bragança, Portugal	Air	323 kg	23.1 °C	12.9 h	0.0 mm	5h 12m
Beypazari, Turkey	Air	806 kg	26.7 °C	13.3 h	0.2 mm	7h 48m

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 Bragança (323 kg, 12.9 h) to Beypazari (806 kg, 13.3 h) buys 0.4 hours more sunshine for an extra 484 kg — 1209 kg of CO₂e per hour. That single step is the most expensive sunshine on the whole curve.

The pick of them

OmaghUnited Kingdom39.4 kg CO₂e return14.2 °C · 8.7 h sun · 3h 42m by airmild and bright

BeypazariTurkey806 kg CO₂e return26.7 °C · 13.3 h sun · 7h 48m by airwarm, bright and dry

The same month, asked differently

August 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 Beypazari

Places to stay in Beypazari, Turkey, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.

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Other months from Dublin

August from elsewhere

Photo credits

Omagh: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Beypazari: KayaZaKi, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Ankara: Jorge Franganillo from Barcelona, Spain, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Mytilene: SilentResident (compilation, sources to attribute see above; if any of the sources used in the Montage are removed from , CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Izmir: Rafaela Ely, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athens: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons
Korçë: Joergsam, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pristina: Arben Llapashtica, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

Where is the sunniest place to go from Dublin in August?

Beypazari, Turkey, at 13.3 h. Reaching it emits 806 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 48m each way by air (modelled).

Can I get somewhere sunny from Dublin in August without flying?

Not within 15 hours. Every destination on this frontier requires flying in August.

How much carbon does a return trip from Dublin to Beypazari produce?

806 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.