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Sunniest places to go from Lisbon in August

In August, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Lisbon is Ankara, Turkey, 13.2 h of sun a day and 26.5 °C, about 8h 18m each way by air. Without flying, it is Badajoz, Spain, 12.9 h of sun a day, about 4h 42m each way by train, for about 161× less carbon (5.6 kg CO₂e return against 901 kg).

The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Lisbon

Ranked on sunshine in August 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.

Ankara, Turkey13.2 h · 26.5 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 18m · 901 kg CO₂e return
Cosenza, Italy13.0 h · 25.4 °C · 1.2 mm rain a day · sea 28.3 °Cair ≈ 6h 24m · 551 kg CO₂e return
Catanzaro, Italy13.0 h · 26.7 °C · mostly dry · sea 27.7 °Cair ≈ 6h 30m · 559 kg CO₂e return
Mytilene, Greece13.0 h · 28.5 °C · mostly dry · sea 25.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 36m · 772 kg CO₂e return
Konya, Turkey13.0 h · 26.7 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 18m · 906 kg CO₂e return
Izmir, Turkey13.0 h · 29.2 °C · mostly dry · sea 25.8 °Cair ≈ 7h 42m · 788 kg CO₂e return
Potenza, Italy13.0 h · 23.3 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 24m · 538 kg CO₂e return
Athens, Greece12.9 h · 28.7 °C · mostly dry · sea 27.7 °Cair ≈ 7h 18m · 718 kg CO₂e return
Korçë, Albania12.9 h · 22.1 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 54m · 643 kg CO₂e return
Pristina, Kosovo12.9 h · 23.4 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 54m · 649 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Badajoz is 12.9 h for 5.6 kg — about 161× less carbon than flying to Ankara.

Badajoz, Spain12.9 h · 28.1 °C · mostly dryrail ≈ 4h 42m · 5.6 kg CO₂e return
Segovia, Spain12.9 h · 23.5 °C · mostly dryrail ≈ 9h 6m · 14.6 kg CO₂e return
Ávila, Spain12.9 h · 23.3 °C · mostly dryrail ≈ 8h 18m · 12.9 kg CO₂e return
Portimão, Portugal12.8 h · 25.4 °C · mostly dry · sea 19.6 °Crail ≈ 4h 6m · 5.4 kg CO₂e return
Granada, Spain12.8 h · 28.7 °C · mostly dryrail ≈ 9h 24m · 15.2 kg CO₂e return
Viseu, Portugal12.8 h · 23.6 °C · mostly dryrail ≈ 5h · 7.1 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 Lisbon in August within 15 hours is Beypazari, 13.3 h, costing 880 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Figueira da Foz Municipality at 4.7 kg — 187× less carbon, for 1.5 hours less sunshine.

Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both sunnier in August and lower in carbon. Anything a better option beats outright has been left out.

Where they are. Solid lines are rail or ferry, dashed are flights, from Lisbon. Pick one to compare.

By rail or ferry By air

Carbon against sunshine, August, departing Lisbon. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

August from Lisbon — 3 destinations on the frontier, 2 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Figueira da Foz Municipality, Portugal	Rail	4.7 kg	20.2 °C	11.8 h	0.1 mm	3h 48m
Portalegre, Portugal	Rail	4.8 kg	25.6 °C	12.7 h	0.0 mm	3h 48m
Beypazari, Turkey	Air	880 kg	26.7 °C	13.3 h	0.2 mm	8h 12m

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 Portalegre (4.8 kg, 12.7 h) to Beypazari (880 kg, 13.3 h) buys 0.6 hours more sunshine for an extra 875 kg — 1459 kg of CO₂e per hour. That single step is the most expensive sunshine on the whole curve.

The pick of them

Figueira da Foz MunicipalityPortugal4.7 kg CO₂e return20.2 °C · 11.8 h sun · 3h 48m by railwarm, bright and dry

PortalegrePortugal4.8 kg CO₂e return25.6 °C · 12.7 h sun · 3h 48m by railwarm, bright and dry

BeypazariTurkey880 kg CO₂e return26.7 °C · 13.3 h sun · 8h 12m by airwarm, bright and dry

The same month, asked differently

August 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 Beypazari

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Photo credits

Figueira da Foz Municipality: Threeohsix, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Portalegre: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Beypazari: KayaZaKi, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Ankara: Jorge Franganillo from Barcelona, Spain, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Mytilene: SilentResident (compilation, sources to attribute see above; if any of the sources used in the Montage are removed from , CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Izmir: Rafaela Ely, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athens: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons
Korçë: Joergsam, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pristina: Arben Llapashtica, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Segovia: Marostegui, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ávila: Anual, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Portimão: Jose A., CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Viseu: Manuelvbotelho, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

Where is the sunniest place to go from Lisbon in August?

Beypazari, Turkey, at 13.3 h. Reaching it emits 880 kg CO₂e return, travelling 8h 12m each way by air (modelled).

Can I get somewhere sunny from Lisbon in August without flying?

Yes. Portalegre reaches 12.7 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 3h 48m (modelled), emitting 4.8 kg CO₂e return — though Beypazari is sunnier still, if you fly.

How much carbon does a return trip from Lisbon to Beypazari produce?

880 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.