Sunniest places to go from Dublin in March
In March, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Dublin is Luxor, Egypt, 11.4 h of sun a day and 22.7 °C, about 9h 24m each way by air. Nowhere on the list is reachable by train within 15 hours in March.
The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Dublin
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 ≈ 9h 24m · 1,040 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain11.3 h · 21.0 °C · mostly dry · sea 20.2 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 741 kg CO₂e return
Assiut, Egypt11.3 h · 20.9 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 9h 6m · 989 kg CO₂e return
Aswan, Egypt11.2 h · 23.4 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 9h 36m · 1,077 kg CO₂e return- Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain11.1 h · 18.5 °C · mostly dry · sea 20.4 °Cair ≈ 7h 18m · 725 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain11.1 h · 18.9 °C · 1.4 mm rain a day · sea 20.2 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 731 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco10.8 h · 16.8 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 48m · 627 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco10.8 h · 17.1 °C · mostly dry · sea 17.1 °Cair ≈ 6h 48m · 614 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco10.7 h · 18.3 °C · mostly dry · sea 17.6 °Cair ≈ 6h 54m · 644 kg CO₂e return
Sousse, Tunisia10.6 h · 16.4 °C · mostly dry · sea 16.0 °Cair ≈ 6h 36m · 591 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 March within 15 hours is Arona, 11.5 h, costing 738 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Omagh at 39.4 kg — 19× less carbon, for 6.7 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
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omagh, United Kingdom | Air | 39.4 kg | 6.0 °C | 4.8 h | 4.2 mm | 3h 42m |
| Sligo, Ireland | Air | 45.1 kg | 6.3 °C | 5.3 h | 5.0 mm | 3h 42m |
| Coleraine, United Kingdom | Air | 50.8 kg | 6.5 °C | 5.9 h | 3.9 mm | 3h 48m |
| Inverness, United Kingdom | Air | 120 kg | 4.8 °C | 6.6 h | 2.6 mm | 4h 6m |
| Lorient, France | Air | 164 kg | 9.6 °C | 7.0 h | 4.9 mm | 4h 24m |
| Vichy, France | Air | 266 kg | 8.9 °C | 8.0 h | 3.7 mm | 4h 54m |
| Clermont-Ferrand, France | Air | 270 kg | 8.5 °C | 8.1 h | 2.9 mm | 4h 54m |
| Saint-Etienne, France | Air | 293 kg | 8.1 °C | 8.6 h | 4.3 mm | 5h 6m |
| Andorra la Vella, Andorra | Air | 336 kg | 7.6 °C | 9.7 h | 2.9 mm | 5h 18m |
| Olot, Spain | Air | 352 kg | 11.1 °C | 9.8 h | 1.8 mm | 5h 24m |
| Lleida, Spain | Air | 352 kg | 12.9 °C | 10.4 h | 0.8 mm | 5h 24m |
| Sliema, Malta | Air | 634 kg | 15.5 °C | 11.0 h | 0.5 mm | 6h 54m |
| Arona, Spain | Air | 738 kg | 16.1 °C | 11.5 h | 1.2 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 Lleida (352 kg, 10.4 h) to Sliema (634 kg, 11.0 h) buys 0.6 hours more sunshine for an extra 282 kg — 470 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
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 Arona
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Other months from Dublin
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
- Omagh: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Arona: Vasile Cotovanu, CC BY 2.0, 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
Questions
Where is the sunniest place to go from Dublin in March?
Arona, Spain, at 11.5 h. Reaching it emits 738 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 24m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere sunny from Dublin in March without flying?
Not within 15 hours. Every destination on this frontier requires flying in March.
How much carbon does a return trip from Dublin to Arona produce?
738 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.