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Sunniest places to go from Manchester in August

In August, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Manchester is Ankara, Turkey, 13.2 h of sun a day and 26.5 °C, about 7h 30m each way by air. Without flying, it is Marseille, France, 12.7 h of sun a day, about 12h 24m each way by train, for about 15× less carbon (50.6 kg CO₂e return against 762 kg).

The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Manchester

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 ≈ 7h 30m · 762 kg CO₂e return
Cosenza, Italy13.0 h · 25.4 °C · 1.2 mm rain a day · sea 28.3 °Cair ≈ 6h 18m · 530 kg CO₂e return
Catanzaro, Italy13.0 h · 26.7 °C · mostly dry · sea 27.7 °Cair ≈ 6h 24m · 544 kg CO₂e return
Mytilene, Greece13.0 h · 28.5 °C · mostly dry · sea 25.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 6m · 679 kg CO₂e return
Konya, Turkey13.0 h · 26.7 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 42m · 795 kg CO₂e return
Izmir, Turkey13.0 h · 29.2 °C · mostly dry · sea 25.8 °Cair ≈ 7h 12m · 702 kg CO₂e return
Potenza, Italy13.0 h · 23.3 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 6m · 494 kg CO₂e return
Athens, Greece12.9 h · 28.7 °C · mostly dry · sea 27.7 °Cair ≈ 7h · 660 kg CO₂e return
Korçë, Albania12.9 h · 22.1 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 30m · 563 kg CO₂e return
Pristina, Kosovo12.9 h · 23.4 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 18m · 528 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Marseille is 12.7 h for 50.6 kg — about 15× less carbon than flying to Ankara.

Marseille, France12.7 h · 24.5 °C · mostly dry · sea 22.8 °Crail ≈ 12h 24m · 50.6 kg CO₂e return
Toulon, France12.6 h · 26.0 °C · 1.2 mm rain a day · sea 24.2 °Crail ≈ 13h 12m · 51.7 kg CO₂e return
Montpellier, France12.6 h · 25.5 °C · mostly dryrail ≈ 12h 42m · 48.4 kg CO₂e return
Avignon, France12.6 h · 25.6 °C · 1.3 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 12h · 48.1 kg CO₂e return
Turin, Italy12.2 h · 25.3 °C · 3.1 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 15h · 48.2 kg CO₂e return
Geneva, Switzerland11.8 h · 22.5 °C · 1.9 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 12h 24m · 43.1 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 Manchester in August within 15 hours is Beypazari, 13.3 h, costing 742 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Bridlington at 12.1 kg — 61× less carbon, for 2.3 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 Manchester. Pick one to compare.

By rail or ferry By air

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

August from Manchester — 5 destinations on the frontier, 4 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Bridlington, United Kingdom	Rail	12.1 kg	16.2 °C	11.0 h	2.1 mm	3h 42m
Dijon, France	Rail	38.6 kg	20.5 °C	11.6 h	1.3 mm	10h 54m
Saint-Etienne, France	Rail	43.3 kg	21.8 °C	12.2 h	0.8 mm	12h 30m
Avignon, France	Rail	48.1 kg	25.6 °C	12.6 h	1.3 mm	12h
Beypazari, Turkey	Air	742 kg	26.7 °C	13.3 h	0.2 mm	7h 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 Avignon (48.1 kg, 12.6 h) to Beypazari (742 kg, 13.3 h) buys 0.7 hours more sunshine for an extra 694 kg — 991 kg of CO₂e per hour. That single step is the most expensive sunshine on the whole curve.

The pick of them

BridlingtonUnited Kingdom12.1 kg CO₂e return16.2 °C · 11.0 h sun · 3h 42m by railwarm overall

AvignonFrance48.1 kg CO₂e return25.6 °C · 12.6 h sun · 12h by railwarm overall

BeypazariTurkey742 kg CO₂e return26.7 °C · 13.3 h sun · 7h 24m 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

Bridlington: Paul Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
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
Marseille: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Toulon: Rafi88, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Montpellier: Assembled by DePlusJean, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

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

Beypazari, Turkey, at 13.3 h. Reaching it emits 742 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 24m each way by air (modelled).

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

Yes. Avignon reaches 12.6 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 12h (modelled), emitting 48.1 kg CO₂e return — though Beypazari is sunnier still, if you fly.

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

742 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.