Sunniest places to go from Edinburgh in November
In November, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Edinburgh is Aswan, Egypt, 10.8 h of sun a day and 23.2 °C, about 9h 36m each way by air. Without flying, it is Montpellier, France, 7.5 h of sun a day, about 14h 54m each way by train, for about 15× less carbon (70.3 kg CO₂e return against 1,075 kg).
The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Edinburgh
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 · 1,075 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt10.6 h · 22.9 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 9h 24m · 1,036 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt10.3 h · 24.6 °C · mostly dry · sea 27.6 °Cair ≈ 9h 12m · 1,008 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan9.9 h · 22.3 °C · mostly dry · sea 25.3 °Cair ≈ 9h 6m · 981 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco9.7 h · 19.6 °C · mostly dry · sea 19.1 °Cair ≈ 7h 12m · 696 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco9.7 h · 20.9 °C · mostly dry · sea 19.4 °Cair ≈ 7h 18m · 725 kg CO₂e return
Heraklion, Greece9.7 h · 17.0 °C · mostly dry · sea 21.4 °Cair ≈ 7h 42m · 789 kg CO₂e return
Sfax, Tunisia9.6 h · 18.7 °C · mostly dry · sea 22.8 °Cair ≈ 6h 54m · 651 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco9.6 h · 15.5 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 12m · 704 kg CO₂e return
Almería, Spain9.5 h · 17.2 °C · mostly dry · sea 18.2 °Cair ≈ 6h 18m · 535 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Montpellier is 7.5 h for 70.3 kg — about 15× less carbon than flying to Aswan.
Montpellier, France7.5 h · 11.5 °C · 2.4 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 54m · 70.3 kg CO₂e return
Marseille, France7.5 h · 12.4 °C · 1.7 mm rain a day · sea 17.6 °Crail ≈ 14h 42m · 72.5 kg CO₂e return
Avignon, France7.0 h · 10.5 °C · 1.6 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 12m · 70.0 kg CO₂e return- Geneva, Switzerland6.0 h · 7.0 °C · 4.4 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 42m · 64.9 kg CO₂e return
- Saint-Etienne, France6.0 h · 7.7 °C · 2.0 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 42m · 65.1 kg CO₂e return
- Basel, Switzerland4.5 h · 6.5 °C · 5.3 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 36m · 63.8 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 Edinburgh in November within 15 hours is Aswan, 10.8 h, costing 1,075 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Whitehaven at 12.7 kg — 85× less carbon, for 6.9 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
What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Castellon can only be reached by air — 450 kg CO₂e, in 5h 54m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 80.7 kg in 22h 18m — 6× less carbon for 16h 24m more travelling.
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehaven, United Kingdom | Rail | 12.7 kg | 7.0 °C | 3.9 h | 3.7 mm | 3h 48m |
| Sunderland, United Kingdom | Rail | 13.1 kg | 6.7 °C | 4.4 h | 2.4 mm | 3h 48m |
| Angers, France | Rail | 56.2 kg | 9.7 °C | 5.0 h | 2.9 mm | 14h 36m |
| Geneva, Switzerland | Rail | 64.9 kg | 7.0 °C | 6.0 h | 4.4 mm | 14h 42m |
| La Teste-de-Buch, France | Rail | 65.6 kg | 12.6 °C | 6.3 h | 5.6 mm | 15h |
| Marseille, France | Rail | 72.5 kg | 12.4 °C | 7.5 h | 1.7 mm | 14h 42m |
| Ivrea, Italy | Air | 352 kg | 6.5 °C | 8.0 h | 1.2 mm | 5h 24m |
| Castellon, Spain | Air | 450 kg | 15.3 °C | 8.4 h | 2.2 mm | 5h 54m |
| Jumilla, Spain | Air | 490 kg | 13.4 °C | 9.0 h | 0.2 mm | 6h 6m |
| Cartagena, Spain | Air | 515 kg | 16.7 °C | 9.3 h | 0.4 mm | 6h 12m |
| Zarzis, Tunisia | Air | 686 kg | 20.2 °C | 9.8 h | 0.3 mm | 7h 6m |
| Luxor, Egypt | Air | 1,036 kg | 22.9 °C | 10.6 h | 0.0 mm | 9h 24m |
| Aswan, Egypt | Air | 1,075 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 Marseille (72.5 kg, 7.5 h) to Ivrea (352 kg, 8.0 h) buys 0.5 hours more sunshine for an extra 279 kg — 559 kg of CO₂e per hour. That single step is the most expensive sunshine on the whole curve.
The pick of them
WhitehavenUnited Kingdom12.7 kg CO₂e returngrey and wetMarseilleFrance72.5 kg CO₂e returnmild and brightAswanEgypt1,075 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe 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 Edinburgh
November 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
- Whitehaven: Stanley Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Marseille: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Montpellier: Assembled by DePlusJean, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Avignon: Jean-Marc Rosier (de/from http://www.cjrosier.com + http://www.gordes-immobilier.com), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Questions
Where is the sunniest place to go from Edinburgh in November?
Aswan, Egypt, at 10.8 h. Reaching it emits 1,075 kg CO₂e return, travelling 9h 36m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere sunny from Edinburgh in November without flying?
Yes. Marseille reaches 7.5 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 42m (modelled), emitting 72.5 kg CO₂e return — though Aswan is sunnier still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Edinburgh to Aswan produce?
1,075 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.