Sunniest places to go from Glasgow in October
In October, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Glasgow is Aswan, Egypt, 11.0 h of sun a day and 29.1 °C, about 9h 42m each way by air. Without flying, it is Marseille, France, 9.0 h of sun a day, about 14h 48m each way by train, for about 15× less carbon (74.2 kg CO₂e return against 1,087 kg).
The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Glasgow
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 42m · 1,087 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt11.0 h · 28.4 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 9h 30m · 1,048 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt10.9 h · 29.0 °C · mostly dry · sea 28.3 °Cair ≈ 9h 18m · 1,020 kg CO₂e return
Limassol, Cyprus10.8 h · 23.1 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.0 °Cair ≈ 8h 24m · 925 kg CO₂e return
Paphos, Cyprus10.7 h · 22.1 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.1 °Cair ≈ 8h 18m · 914 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain10.7 h · 24.9 °C · mostly dry · sea 24.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 48m · 818 kg CO₂e return- Konya, Turkey10.6 h · 14.4 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 8h · 848 kg CO₂e return
- Antalya, Turkey10.6 h · 21.5 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.5 °Cair ≈ 8h · 843 kg CO₂e return
Alanya, Turkey10.6 h · 22.4 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.8 °Cair ≈ 8h 6m · 869 kg CO₂e return- Nicosia, Cyprus10.4 h · 21.9 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.5 °Cair ≈ 8h 24m · 919 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Marseille is 9.0 h for 74.2 kg — about 15× less carbon than flying to Aswan.
Marseille, France9.0 h · 18.2 °C · 2.2 mm rain a day · sea 20.5 °Crail ≈ 14h 48m · 74.2 kg CO₂e return- Geneva, Switzerland7.9 h · 13.8 °C · 5.2 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 48m · 66.7 kg CO₂e return
Avignon, France7.9 h · 17.4 °C · 5.3 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 24m · 71.7 kg CO₂e return
Lyon, France7.8 h · 15.2 °C · 4.5 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 13h 30m · 66.4 kg CO₂e return- Saint-Etienne, France7.7 h · 14.6 °C · 3.8 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 54m · 66.9 kg CO₂e return
Canterbury, United Kingdom6.9 h · 12.9 °C · 3.0 mm rain a day · sea 15.8 °Crail ≈ 8h 12m · 49.8 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 Glasgow in October within 15 hours is Luxor, 11.0 h, costing 1,048 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Whitehaven at 12.3 kg — 85× less carbon, for 5.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehaven, United Kingdom | Rail | 12.3 kg | 11.3 °C | 5.1 h | 4.0 mm | 3h 42m |
| Sunderland, United Kingdom | Rail | 16.9 kg | 11.1 °C | 5.7 h | 3.3 mm | 4h 30m |
| Cardiff, United Kingdom | Rail | 39.6 kg | 12.2 °C | 6.4 h | 5.7 mm | 8h 24m |
| Canterbury, United Kingdom | Rail | 49.8 kg | 12.9 °C | 6.9 h | 3.0 mm | 8h 12m |
| Mâcon, France | Rail | 64.8 kg | 15.0 °C | 7.5 h | 5.4 mm | 15h |
| Geneva, Switzerland | Rail | 66.7 kg | 13.8 °C | 7.9 h | 5.2 mm | 14h 48m |
| Marseille, France | Rail | 74.2 kg | 18.2 °C | 9.0 h | 2.2 mm | 14h 48m |
| Palma, Spain | Air | 473 kg | 21.1 °C | 9.9 h | 1.4 mm | 6h |
| Essaouira, Morocco | Air | 690 kg | 21.4 °C | 10.2 h | 1.0 mm | 7h 12m |
| Silifke, Turkey | Air | 901 kg | 21.9 °C | 10.7 h | 0.3 mm | 8h 18m |
| Luxor, Egypt | Air | 1,048 kg | 28.4 °C | 11.0 h | 0.0 mm | 9h 30m |
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 (473 kg, 9.9 h) to Essaouira (690 kg, 10.2 h) buys 0.3 hours more sunshine for an extra 216 kg — 721 kg of CO₂e per hour. That single step is the most expensive sunshine on the whole curve.
The pick of them
WhitehavenUnited Kingdom12.3 kg CO₂e returnmild but wetMarseilleFrance74.2 kg CO₂e returnwarm overallLuxorEgypt1,048 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe 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 Luxor
Places to stay in Luxor, Egypt, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.
Search places to stay in Luxor →Opens the booking search in a new tab. Same partners as the map below.
Affiliate disclosure. A booking made through this map may earn 0xCarbon a commission, at no extra cost to you. It changes nothing above it: the emissions figures come from UK Government conversion factors and are computed before anyone is paid anything.See the method.
Other months from Glasgow
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
- Whitehaven: Stanley Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Marseille: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- 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
- Avignon: Jean-Marc Rosier (de/from http://www.cjrosier.com + http://www.gordes-immobilier.com), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Lyon: Otourly, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Canterbury: Michael Pead, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk, via Wikimedia Commons
Questions
Where is the sunniest place to go from Glasgow in October?
Luxor, Egypt, at 11.0 h. Reaching it emits 1,048 kg CO₂e return, travelling 9h 30m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere sunny from Glasgow in October without flying?
Yes. Marseille reaches 9.0 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 48m (modelled), emitting 74.2 kg CO₂e return — though Luxor is sunnier still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Glasgow to Luxor produce?
1,048 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.