Sunniest places to go from Frankfurt in November
In November, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Frankfurt is Aswan, Egypt, 10.8 h of sun a day and 23.2 °C, about 8h 18m each way by air. Without flying, it is Lleida, Spain, 8.2 h of sun a day, about 15h each way by train, for about 27× less carbon (33.4 kg CO₂e return against 898 kg).
The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Frankfurt
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 ≈ 8h 18m · 898 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt10.6 h · 22.9 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 8h · 856 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt10.3 h · 24.6 °C · mostly dry · sea 27.6 °Cair ≈ 7h 54m · 826 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan9.9 h · 22.3 °C · mostly dry · sea 25.3 °Cair ≈ 7h 42m · 799 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco9.7 h · 19.6 °C · mostly dry · sea 19.1 °Cair ≈ 6h 54m · 647 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco9.7 h · 20.9 °C · mostly dry · sea 19.4 °Cair ≈ 7h 6m · 671 kg CO₂e return
Heraklion, Greece9.7 h · 17.0 °C · mostly dry · sea 21.4 °Cair ≈ 6h 18m · 532 kg CO₂e return
Sfax, Tunisia9.6 h · 18.7 °C · mostly dry · sea 22.8 °Cair ≈ 5h 48m · 432 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco9.6 h · 15.5 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 48m · 628 kg CO₂e return
Almería, Spain9.5 h · 17.2 °C · mostly dry · sea 18.2 °Cair ≈ 5h 48m · 434 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Lleida is 8.2 h for 33.4 kg — about 27× less carbon than flying to Aswan.
Lleida, Spain8.2 h · 12.3 °C · 1.2 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 15h · 33.4 kg CO₂e return
Zaragoza, Spain7.9 h · 12.8 °C · mostly dryrail ≈ 14h 42m · 35.3 kg CO₂e return- Turin, Italy7.9 h · 6.1 °C · mostly dryrail ≈ 9h 30m · 16.7 kg CO₂e return
- Cuneo, Italy7.9 h · 6.3 °C · mostly dryrail ≈ 10h 36m · 19.0 kg CO₂e return
- Civitavecchia, Italy7.9 h · 14.7 °C · 1.3 mm rain a day · sea 20.1 °Crail ≈ 15h · 27.3 kg CO₂e return
- Barcelona, Spain7.5 h · 14.3 °C · 1.7 mm rain a day · sea 18.2 °Crail ≈ 13h 12m · 32.3 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 Frankfurt in November within 15 hours is Luxor, 10.6 h, costing 856 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Stuttgart at 4.5 kg — 190× less carbon, for 6.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuttgart, Germany | Rail | 4.5 kg | 6.1 °C | 4.4 h | 3.0 mm | 2h 48m |
| Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany | Rail | 7.2 kg | 7.0 °C | 5.2 h | 4.5 mm | 5h |
| Chur, Switzerland | Rail | 10.9 kg | 5.6 °C | 5.7 h | 6.1 mm | 7h |
| Bolzano, Italy | Rail | 13.2 kg | 6.3 °C | 7.6 h | 1.7 mm | 8h 18m |
| Ivrea, Italy | Rail | 15.4 kg | 6.5 °C | 8.0 h | 1.2 mm | 8h 54m |
| Cagliari, Italy | Air | 305 kg | 16.5 °C | 8.5 h | 0.4 mm | 5h 6m |
| Tunis, Tunisia | Air | 373 kg | 17.3 °C | 9.1 h | 1.0 mm | 5h 30m |
| Sfax, Tunisia | Air | 432 kg | 18.7 °C | 9.6 h | 0.5 mm | 5h 48m |
| Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Air | 826 kg | 24.6 °C | 10.3 h | 0.0 mm | 7h 54m |
| Luxor, Egypt | Air | 856 kg | 22.9 °C | 10.6 h | 0.0 mm | 8h |
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 Ivrea (15.4 kg, 8.0 h) to Cagliari (305 kg, 8.5 h) buys 0.5 hours more sunshine for an extra 289 kg — 578 kg of CO₂e per hour. That single step is the most expensive sunshine on the whole curve.
The pick of them
LuxorEgypt856 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 Luxor
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Other months from Frankfurt
November from elsewhere
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- Bristol
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- Copenhagen
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- Frankfurt
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- Lisbon
- Liverpool
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- Paris
- Prague
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- Zurich
Photo credits
- Luxor: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, 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
- Lleida: Jorge Franganillo from Barcelona, Spain, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Zaragoza: Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Questions
Where is the sunniest place to go from Frankfurt in November?
Luxor, Egypt, at 10.6 h. Reaching it emits 856 kg CO₂e return, travelling 8h each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere sunny from Frankfurt in November without flying?
Yes. Ivrea reaches 8.0 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 8h 54m (modelled), emitting 15.4 kg CO₂e return — though Luxor is sunnier still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Frankfurt to Luxor produce?
856 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.