Sunniest places to go from Dublin in November
In November, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Dublin is Aswan, Egypt, 10.8 h of sun a day and 23.2 °C, about 9h 36m each way by air. Nowhere on the list is reachable by train within 15 hours in November.
The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Dublin
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 ≈ 9h 36m · 1,077 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt10.6 h · 22.9 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 9h 24m · 1,040 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt10.3 h · 24.6 °C · mostly dry · sea 27.6 °Cair ≈ 9h 18m · 1,017 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan9.9 h · 22.3 °C · mostly dry · sea 25.3 °Cair ≈ 9h 12m · 994 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco9.7 h · 19.6 °C · mostly dry · sea 19.1 °Cair ≈ 6h 48m · 614 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco9.7 h · 20.9 °C · mostly dry · sea 19.4 °Cair ≈ 6h 54m · 644 kg CO₂e return
Heraklion, Greece9.7 h · 17.0 °C · mostly dry · sea 21.4 °Cair ≈ 7h 42m · 794 kg CO₂e return
Sfax, Tunisia9.6 h · 18.7 °C · mostly dry · sea 22.8 °Cair ≈ 6h 48m · 619 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco9.6 h · 15.5 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 48m · 627 kg CO₂e return
Almería, Spain9.5 h · 17.2 °C · mostly dry · sea 18.2 °Cair ≈ 6h · 467 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 November within 15 hours is Aswan, 10.8 h, costing 1,077 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Ballymena at 42.8 kg — 25× less carbon, for 7.1 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
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballymena, United Kingdom | Air | 42.8 kg | 6.7 °C | 3.7 h | 2.3 mm | 3h 42m |
| Limerick, Ireland | Air | 44.1 kg | 8.4 °C | 3.9 h | 3.9 mm | 3h 42m |
| Sunderland, United Kingdom | Air | 91.1 kg | 6.7 °C | 4.4 h | 2.4 mm | 4h |
| Angers, France | Air | 193 kg | 9.7 °C | 5.0 h | 2.9 mm | 4h 30m |
| La Rochelle, France | Air | 221 kg | 11.7 °C | 5.9 h | 4.2 mm | 4h 42m |
| Oviedo, Spain | Air | 279 kg | 12.1 °C | 6.5 h | 3.9 mm | 5h |
| Logroño, Spain | Air | 312 kg | 10.9 °C | 6.8 h | 1.9 mm | 5h 12m |
| Montpellier, France | Air | 330 kg | 11.5 °C | 7.5 h | 2.4 mm | 5h 12m |
| Lleida, Spain | Air | 352 kg | 12.3 °C | 8.2 h | 1.2 mm | 5h 24m |
| Hellin, Spain | Air | 424 kg | 13.7 °C | 8.8 h | 0.4 mm | 5h 42m |
| Cartagena, Spain | Air | 452 kg | 16.7 °C | 9.3 h | 0.4 mm | 5h 54m |
| Essaouira, Morocco | Air | 614 kg | 19.6 °C | 9.7 h | 0.1 mm | 6h 48m |
| Luxor, Egypt | Air | 1,040 kg | 22.9 °C | 10.6 h | 0.0 mm | 9h 24m |
| Aswan, Egypt | Air | 1,077 kg | 23.2 °C | 10.8 h | 0.0 mm | 9h 36m |
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 Essaouira (614 kg, 9.7 h) to Luxor (1,040 kg, 10.6 h) buys 0.9 hours more sunshine for an extra 425 kg — 473 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
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 Aswan
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Other months from Dublin
November from elsewhere
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Photo credits
- Ballymena: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 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
- 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
Questions
Where is the sunniest place to go from Dublin in November?
Aswan, Egypt, at 10.8 h. Reaching it emits 1,077 kg CO₂e return, travelling 9h 36m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere sunny from Dublin in November without flying?
Not within 15 hours. Every destination on this frontier requires flying in November.
How much carbon does a return trip from Dublin to Aswan produce?
1,077 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.