Sunniest places to go from Milan in September
In September, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Milan is Alexandria, Egypt, 11.9 h of sun a day and 27.4 °C, about 6h 42m each way by air. Without flying, it is Trapani, Italy, 11.3 h of sun a day, about 11h 18m each way by train, for about 23× less carbon (25.8 kg CO₂e return against 602 kg).
The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Milan
Ranked on sunshine in September 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.
Alexandria, Egypt11.9 h · 27.4 °C · mostly dry · sea 28.7 °Cair ≈ 6h 42m · 602 kg CO₂e return
Marmaris, Turkey11.8 h · 26.5 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 6h · 467 kg CO₂e return
Fethiye, Turkey11.8 h · 26.0 °C · 1.6 mm rain a day · sea 27.7 °Cair ≈ 6h 6m · 486 kg CO₂e return
Bodrum, Turkey11.8 h · 26.2 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.0 °Cair ≈ 5h 54m · 449 kg CO₂e return
Rhodes, Greece11.8 h · 27.0 °C · mostly dry · sea 27.4 °Cair ≈ 6h · 473 kg CO₂e return
Damietta, Egypt11.7 h · 27.2 °C · mostly dry · sea 28.8 °Cair ≈ 6h 48m · 629 kg CO₂e return
Al Fayyum, Egypt11.7 h · 30.3 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h · 656 kg CO₂e return
Limassol, Cyprus11.6 h · 26.6 °C · mostly dry · sea 27.4 °Cair ≈ 6h 36m · 589 kg CO₂e return
Amman, Jordan11.6 h · 24.9 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 12m · 690 kg CO₂e return
Heraklion, Greece11.6 h · 24.0 °C · mostly dry · sea 25.9 °Cair ≈ 5h 48m · 441 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Trapani is 11.3 h for 25.8 kg — about 23× less carbon than flying to Alexandria.
- Trapani, Italy11.3 h · 24.2 °C · 1.2 mm rain a day · sea 25.7 °Crail ≈ 11h 18m · 25.8 kg CO₂e return
- Enna, Italy11.1 h · 19.0 °C · 1.2 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 11h 36m · 28.8 kg CO₂e return
- Messina, Italy11.0 h · 23.7 °C · 1.9 mm rain a day · sea 26.0 °Crail ≈ 10h 54m · 28.5 kg CO₂e return
- Catania, Italy11.0 h · 24.7 °C · 1.2 mm rain a day · sea 26.3 °Crail ≈ 11h 48m · 29.9 kg CO₂e return
Marseille, France10.7 h · 20.6 °C · 2.2 mm rain a day · sea 22.9 °Crail ≈ 7h 30m · 11.4 kg CO₂e return
Toulon, France10.6 h · 21.3 °C · 2.1 mm rain a day · sea 23.3 °Crail ≈ 7h 18m · 10.8 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 Milan in September within 15 hours is Granada, 11.5 h, costing 354 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Trento at 4.8 kg — 74× 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 September and lower in carbon. Anything a better option beats outright has been left out.
By rail or ferry By air
What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Granada can only be reached by air — 354 kg CO₂e, in 5h 24m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 41.5 kg in 21h 36m — 9× less carbon for 16h 12m more travelling.
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trento, Italy | Rail | 4.8 kg | 19.8 °C | 10.0 h | 3.5 mm | 3h 48m |
| Florence, Italy | Rail | 7.3 kg | 21.1 °C | 10.5 h | 3.4 mm | 3h 6m |
| Latina, Italy | Rail | 15.8 kg | 23.0 °C | 11.0 h | 2.7 mm | 5h 54m |
| Granada, Spain | Air | 354 kg | 21.6 °C | 11.5 h | 0.9 mm | 5h 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 Latina (15.8 kg, 11.0 h) to Granada (354 kg, 11.5 h) buys 0.5 hours more sunshine for an extra 338 kg — 676 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
September 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 Granada
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Other months from Milan
September 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
- Alexandria: ASaber91, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Marmaris: Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Fethiye: https://www.flickr.com/photos/astolath/, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bodrum: The 3B's, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Rhodes: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Damietta: Mohamed Eissa, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Al Fayyum: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Limassol: Xaris333, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Amman: David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Heraklion: Bernard Gagnon, 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
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Questions
Where is the sunniest place to go from Milan in September?
Granada, Spain, at 11.5 h. Reaching it emits 354 kg CO₂e return, travelling 5h 24m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere sunny from Milan in September without flying?
Yes. Latina reaches 11.0 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 5h 54m (modelled), emitting 15.8 kg CO₂e return — though Granada is sunnier still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Milan to Granada produce?
354 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.