Sunniest places to go from Dublin in October
In October, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Dublin is Aswan, Egypt, 11.0 h of sun a day and 29.1 °C, about 9h 36m each way by air. Nowhere on the list is reachable by train within 15 hours in October.
The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Dublin
Ranked on sunshine in October 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, Egypt11.0 h · 29.1 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 9h 36m · 1,077 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt11.0 h · 28.4 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 9h 24m · 1,040 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt10.9 h · 29.0 °C · mostly dry · sea 28.3 °Cair ≈ 9h 18m · 1,017 kg CO₂e return
Limassol, Cyprus10.8 h · 23.1 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.0 °Cair ≈ 8h 24m · 929 kg CO₂e return
Paphos, Cyprus10.7 h · 22.1 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.1 °Cair ≈ 8h 24m · 918 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain10.7 h · 24.9 °C · mostly dry · sea 24.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 741 kg CO₂e return- Konya, Turkey10.6 h · 14.4 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 8h · 858 kg CO₂e return
- Antalya, Turkey10.6 h · 21.5 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.5 °Cair ≈ 8h · 848 kg CO₂e return
Alanya, Turkey10.6 h · 22.4 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.8 °Cair ≈ 8h 6m · 876 kg CO₂e return- Nicosia, Cyprus10.4 h · 21.9 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.5 °Cair ≈ 8h 24m · 925 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 October within 15 hours is Arona, 10.7 h, costing 738 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Omagh at 39.4 kg — 19× less carbon, for 6.3 hours less sunshine.
Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both sunnier in October 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 | 10.5 °C | 4.4 h | 3.1 mm | 3h 42m |
| Colwyn Bay, United Kingdom | Air | 42.2 kg | 12.3 °C | 5.8 h | 4.7 mm | 3h 42m |
| Cardiff, United Kingdom | Air | 73.7 kg | 12.2 °C | 6.4 h | 5.7 mm | 3h 54m |
| Cherbourg, France | Air | 131 kg | 14.1 °C | 6.9 h | 3.6 mm | 4h 12m |
| Vichy, France | Air | 266 kg | 15.0 °C | 7.9 h | 2.8 mm | 4h 54m |
| Roanne, France | Air | 276 kg | 15.1 °C | 8.0 h | 3.1 mm | 5h |
| Marseille, France | Air | 353 kg | 18.2 °C | 9.0 h | 2.2 mm | 5h 24m |
| Granollers, Spain | Air | 365 kg | 18.6 °C | 9.1 h | 2.4 mm | 5h 24m |
| Palma, Spain | Air | 421 kg | 21.1 °C | 9.9 h | 1.4 mm | 5h 42m |
| Essaouira, Morocco | Air | 614 kg | 21.4 °C | 10.2 h | 1.0 mm | 6h 48m |
| Arona, Spain | Air | 738 kg | 20.9 °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 Palma (421 kg, 9.9 h) to Essaouira (614 kg, 10.2 h) buys 0.3 hours more sunshine for an extra 194 kg — 646 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
October 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
October 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
- 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
- Limassol: Xaris333, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Paphos: unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Alanya: Ozgurmulazimoglu, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Questions
Where is the sunniest place to go from Dublin in October?
Arona, Spain, at 10.7 h. Reaching it emits 738 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 24m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere sunny from Dublin in October without flying?
Not within 15 hours. Every destination on this frontier requires flying in October.
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.