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Sunniest places to go from Milan in March

In March, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Milan is Luxor, Egypt, 11.4 h of sun a day and 22.7 °C, about 7h 30m each way by air. Without flying, it is Agrigento, Italy, 10.7 h of sun a day, about 12h 6m each way by train, for about 26× less carbon (28.8 kg CO₂e return against 763 kg).

The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Milan

Ranked on sunshine in March 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.

Luxor, Egypt11.4 h · 22.7 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 30m · 763 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain11.3 h · 21.0 °C · mostly dry · sea 20.2 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 739 kg CO₂e return
Assiut, Egypt11.3 h · 20.9 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 18m · 708 kg CO₂e return
Aswan, Egypt11.2 h · 23.4 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 48m · 803 kg CO₂e return
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain11.1 h · 18.5 °C · mostly dry · sea 20.4 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 735 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain11.1 h · 18.9 °C · 1.4 mm rain a day · sea 20.2 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 729 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco10.8 h · 16.8 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 18m · 537 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco10.8 h · 17.1 °C · mostly dry · sea 17.1 °Cair ≈ 6h 30m · 567 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco10.7 h · 18.3 °C · mostly dry · sea 17.6 °Cair ≈ 6h 36m · 588 kg CO₂e return
Sousse, Tunisia10.6 h · 16.4 °C · mostly dry · sea 16.0 °Cair ≈ 4h 54m · 271 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Agrigento is 10.7 h for 28.8 kg — about 26× less carbon than flying to Luxor.

Agrigento, Italy10.7 h · 12.7 °C · mostly dry · sea 15.4 °Crail ≈ 12h 6m · 28.8 kg CO₂e return
Catania, Italy10.6 h · 14.2 °C · mostly dry · sea 15.1 °Crail ≈ 11h 48m · 29.9 kg CO₂e return
Enna, Italy10.5 h · 7.8 °C · mostly dryrail ≈ 11h 36m · 28.8 kg CO₂e return
Lleida, Spain10.4 h · 12.9 °C · mostly dryrail ≈ 13h 30m · 24.0 kg CO₂e return
Trapani, Italy10.3 h · 13.7 °C · 2.2 mm rain a day · sea 15.3 °Crail ≈ 11h 18m · 25.8 kg CO₂e return
Barcelona, Spain10.2 h · 12.9 °C · 1.2 mm rain a day · sea 14.0 °Crail ≈ 12h 18m · 21.4 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 Milan in March within 15 hours is Sohag, 11.4 h, costing 729 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Pinerolo at 4.7 kg — 155× less carbon, for 2.7 hours less sunshine.

Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both sunnier in March 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 Milan. Pick one to compare.

By rail or ferry By air

Carbon against sunshine, March, departing Milan. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

March from Milan — 6 destinations on the frontier, 5 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Pinerolo, Italy	Rail	4.7 kg	9.0 °C	8.7 h	4.7 mm	3h 36m
Sanremo, Italy	Rail	6.3 kg	12.1 °C	9.2 h	3.6 mm	4h 36m
Toulon, France	Rail	10.8 kg	12.3 °C	9.7 h	3.2 mm	7h 18m
Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain	Rail	19.0 kg	12.9 °C	10.2 h	1.9 mm	11h 12m
Syracuse, Italy	Rail	31.3 kg	14.6 °C	10.8 h	0.9 mm	12h 30m
Sohag, Egypt	Air	729 kg	21.5 °C	11.4 h	0.0 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 Syracuse (31.3 kg, 10.8 h) to Sohag (729 kg, 11.4 h) buys 0.6 hours more sunshine for an extra 698 kg — 1163 kg of CO₂e per hour. That single step is the most expensive sunshine on the whole curve.

The pick of them

PineroloItaly4.7 kg CO₂e return9.0 °C · 8.7 h sun · 3h 36m by railcold but bright SyracuseItaly31.3 kg CO₂e return14.6 °C · 10.8 h sun · 12h 30m by railmild and bright

SohagEgypt729 kg CO₂e return21.5 °C · 11.4 h sun · 7h 24m by airwarm, bright and dry

The same month, asked differently

March 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 Sohag

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Other months from Milan

March from elsewhere

Photo credits

Sohag: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Luxor: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Assiut: Hypatia Foundation, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ouarzazate: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Essaouira: Kayaky, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Agadir: Marco Riss, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sousse: BishkekRocks 15:01, 29 December 2005 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Agrigento: jschoenhofer, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Lleida: Jorge Franganillo from Barcelona, Spain, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

Where is the sunniest place to go from Milan in March?

Sohag, Egypt, at 11.4 h. Reaching it emits 729 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 24m each way by air (modelled).

Can I get somewhere sunny from Milan in March without flying?

Yes. Syracuse reaches 10.8 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 12h 30m (modelled), emitting 31.3 kg CO₂e return — though Sohag is sunnier still, if you fly.

How much carbon does a return trip from Milan to Sohag produce?

729 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.