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Sunniest places to go from Liverpool in November

The sunniest place you can reach from Liverpool in November within 15 hours is Aswan, 10.8 h, costing 1,035 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Lincoln at 13.1 kg — 79× less carbon, for 6.5 hours less sunshine.

The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Liverpool

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.

  1. Aswan, Egypt10.8 h · 23.2 °Cair 9h 24m · 1,035 kg CO₂e return
  2. Luxor, Egypt10.6 h · 22.9 °Cair 9h 12m · 997 kg CO₂e return
  3. Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt10.3 h · 24.6 °Cair 9h · 972 kg CO₂e return
  4. Aqaba, Jordan9.9 h · 22.3 °Cair 8h 54m · 948 kg CO₂e return
  5. Essaouira, Morocco9.7 h · 19.6 °Cair 6h 48m · 628 kg CO₂e return
  6. Agadir, Morocco9.7 h · 20.9 °Cair 7h · 657 kg CO₂e return
  7. Heraklion, Greece9.7 h · 17.0 °Cair 7h 30m · 747 kg CO₂e return
  8. Sfax, Tunisia9.6 h · 18.7 °Cair 6h 36m · 588 kg CO₂e return
  9. Ouarzazate, Morocco9.6 h · 15.5 °Cair 6h 54m · 634 kg CO₂e return
  10. Almería, Spain9.5 h · 17.2 °Cair 6h · 464 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Toulon is 7.7 h for 53.6 kg — about 19× less carbon than flying to Aswan.

  1. Toulon, France7.7 h · 13.4 °Crail 13h 18m · 53.6 kg CO₂e return
  2. Perpignan, France7.6 h · 13.2 °Crail 14h 24m · 52.7 kg CO₂e return
  3. Grasse, France7.6 h · 10.9 °Crail 15h · 53.1 kg CO₂e return
  4. Marseille, France7.5 h · 12.4 °Crail 12h 30m · 52.6 kg CO₂e return
  5. Geneva, Switzerland6.0 h · 7.0 °Crail 12h 30m · 45.1 kg CO₂e return
  6. Bern, Switzerland5.4 h · 4.7 °Crail 14h 6m · 45.1 kg CO₂e return

Rail times are modelled; air times include getting to and through the airport.

The low-carbon trade-off

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.

LincolnAswan
Where they are. Solid lines are rail or ferry, dashed are flights, from Liverpool. Pick one to compare.
Carbon against sunshine, November, departing Liverpool. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.12 destinations. Lowest carbon Lincoln at 13.1 kilograms and 4.3 h; best for sunshine Aswan at 1,035 kilograms and 10.8 h. Lincoln · 13.1 kgMarseille · 52.6 kgIvrea · 297 kgAswan · 1,035 kg

By rail or ferry By air

Carbon against sunshine, November, departing Liverpool. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Cartagena can only be reached by air — 444 kg CO₂e, in 5h 54m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 68.7 kg in 23h 54m — 6× less carbon for 18h more travelling.

November from Liverpool — 12 destinations on the frontier, 6 without flying.
DestinationHowCO₂e returnTempSun/dayRain/dayJourney
Lincoln, United KingdomRail13.1 kg7.0 °C4.3 h1.8 mm3h 54m
Angers, FranceRail36.3 kg9.7 °C5.0 h2.9 mm12h 30m
La Rochelle, FranceRail40.7 kg11.7 °C5.9 h4.2 mm13h 12m
Geneva, SwitzerlandRail45.1 kg7.0 °C6.0 h4.4 mm12h 30m
Nîmes, FranceRail50.1 kg11.0 °C7.1 h1.5 mm12h 24m
Marseille, FranceRail52.6 kg12.4 °C7.5 h1.7 mm12h 30m
Ivrea, ItalyAir297 kg6.5 °C8.0 h1.2 mm5h 6m
Jumilla, SpainAir419 kg13.4 °C9.0 h0.2 mm5h 42m
Cartagena, SpainAir444 kg16.7 °C9.3 h0.4 mm5h 54m
Zarzis, TunisiaAir623 kg20.2 °C9.8 h0.3 mm6h 48m
Luxor, EgyptAir997 kg22.9 °C10.6 h0.0 mm9h 12m
Aswan, EgyptAir1,035 kg23.2 °C10.8 h0.0 mm9h 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 Marseille (52.6 kg, 7.5 h) to Ivrea (297 kg, 8.0 h) buys 0.5 hours more sunshine for an extra 244 kg — 488 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

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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Questions

Where is the sunniest place to go from Liverpool in November?

Aswan, Egypt, at 10.8 h. Reaching it emits 1,035 kg CO₂e return, travelling 9h 24m each way by air (modelled).

Can I get somewhere sunny from Liverpool in November without flying?

Yes. Marseille reaches 7.5 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 12h 30m (modelled), emitting 52.6 kg CO₂e return — though Aswan is sunnier still, if you fly.

How much carbon does a return trip from Liverpool to Aswan produce?

1,035 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.