Sunniest places to go from Dublin in February
In February, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Dublin is Maspalomas, Spain, 10.4 h of sun a day and 18.8 °C, about 7h 24m each way by air. Nowhere on the list is reachable by train within 15 hours in February.
The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Dublin
Ranked on sunshine in February 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.
Maspalomas, Spain10.4 h · 18.8 °C · mostly dry · sea 20.4 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 741 kg CO₂e return- Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain10.3 h · 17.6 °C · mostly dry · sea 20.5 °Cair ≈ 7h 18m · 725 kg CO₂e return
Aswan, Egypt10.3 h · 17.7 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 9h 36m · 1,077 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain10.1 h · 18.0 °C · 1.5 mm rain a day · sea 20.3 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 731 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt10.1 h · 17.2 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 9h 24m · 1,040 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt10.0 h · 18.6 °C · mostly dry · sea 23.0 °Cair ≈ 9h 18m · 1,017 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan9.8 h · 16.4 °C · mostly dry · sea 22.1 °Cair ≈ 9h 12m · 994 kg CO₂e return
Funchal, Portugal9.5 h · 14.6 °C · 2.2 mm rain a day · sea 19.6 °Cair ≈ 6h 48m · 616 kg CO₂e return
Fethiye, Turkey9.5 h · 10.7 °C · 1.6 mm rain a day · sea 18.2 °Cair ≈ 7h 54m · 828 kg CO₂e return
Rhodes, Greece9.5 h · 13.4 °C · mostly dry · sea 18.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 48m · 818 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 February within 15 hours is Icod de los Vinos, 10.7 h, costing 731 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Omagh at 39.4 kg — 19× less carbon, for 7.2 hours less sunshine.
Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both sunnier in February 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 | 6.5 °C | 3.5 h | 2.3 mm | 3h 42m |
| Colwyn Bay, United Kingdom | Air | 42.2 kg | 7.7 °C | 4.1 h | 2.9 mm | 3h 42m |
| Rhyl, United Kingdom | Air | 46.0 kg | 7.6 °C | 4.6 h | 2.9 mm | 3h 42m |
| Grimsby, United Kingdom | Air | 103 kg | 7.4 °C | 5.1 h | 1.9 mm | 4h |
| La Rochelle, France | Air | 221 kg | 8.4 °C | 5.8 h | 3.3 mm | 4h 42m |
| Oviedo, Spain | Air | 279 kg | 7.7 °C | 6.9 h | 3.7 mm | 5h |
| Santiago de Compostela, Spain | Air | 295 kg | 9.3 °C | 7.8 h | 3.7 mm | 5h 6m |
| Bragança, Portugal | Air | 323 kg | 6.6 °C | 8.4 h | 1.8 mm | 5h 12m |
| Zaragoza, Spain | Air | 342 kg | 8.8 °C | 8.6 h | 1.2 mm | 5h 18m |
| Puertollano, Spain | Air | 412 kg | 8.3 °C | 9.0 h | 1.4 mm | 5h 42m |
| Errachidia, Morocco | Air | 600 kg | 10.6 °C | 9.7 h | 0.6 mm | 6h 42m |
| Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain | Air | 725 kg | 17.6 °C | 10.3 h | 0.9 mm | 7h 18m |
| Icod de los Vinos, Spain | Air | 731 kg | 17.3 °C | 10.7 h | 0.4 mm | 7h 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 Puertollano (412 kg, 9.0 h) to Errachidia (600 kg, 9.7 h) buys 0.7 hours more sunshine for an extra 188 kg — 269 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 returncoolIcod de los VinosSpain731 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe same month, asked differently
February 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 Icod de los Vinos
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Other months from Dublin
February 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
- Omagh: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- Luxor: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- Funchal: Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Fethiye: https://www.flickr.com/photos/astolath/, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Rhodes: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Questions
Where is the sunniest place to go from Dublin in February?
Icod de los Vinos, Spain, at 10.7 h. Reaching it emits 731 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 24m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere sunny from Dublin in February without flying?
Not within 15 hours. Every destination on this frontier requires flying in February.
How much carbon does a return trip from Dublin to Icod de los Vinos produce?
731 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.