Sunniest places to go from Oslo in March
In March, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Oslo is Luxor, Egypt, 11.4 h of sun a day and 22.7 °C, about 9h each way by air. Without flying, it is Bodø, Norway, 7.4 h of sun a day, about 13h 36m each way by train, for about 39× less carbon (24.7 kg CO₂e return against 974 kg).
The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Oslo
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 ≈ 9h · 974 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain11.3 h · 21.0 °C · mostly dry · sea 20.2 °Cair ≈ 9h · 958 kg CO₂e return
Assiut, Egypt11.3 h · 20.9 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 48m · 927 kg CO₂e return
Aswan, Egypt11.2 h · 23.4 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 9h 18m · 1,015 kg CO₂e return- Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain11.1 h · 18.5 °C · mostly dry · sea 20.4 °Cair ≈ 8h 54m · 947 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain11.1 h · 18.9 °C · 1.4 mm rain a day · sea 20.2 °Cair ≈ 8h 54m · 949 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco10.8 h · 16.8 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 6m · 875 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco10.8 h · 17.1 °C · mostly dry · sea 17.1 °Cair ≈ 8h 12m · 881 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco10.7 h · 18.3 °C · mostly dry · sea 17.6 °Cair ≈ 8h 18m · 909 kg CO₂e return
Sousse, Tunisia10.6 h · 16.4 °C · mostly dry · sea 16.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 6m · 674 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Bodø is 7.4 h for 24.7 kg — about 39× less carbon than flying to Luxor.
Bodø, Norway7.4 h · -3.0 °C · 2.8 mm rain a day · sea 4.2 °Crail ≈ 13h 36m · 24.7 kg CO₂e return
Trondheim, Norway7.3 h · 0.4 °C · 1.9 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 7h 12m · 11.6 kg CO₂e return
Berlin, Germany7.2 h · 6.5 °C · 1.9 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 6m · 24.7 kg CO₂e return- Frankfurt (Oder), Germany6.9 h · 6.7 °C · 1.7 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 36m · 25.8 kg CO₂e return
Świnoujście, Poland6.9 h · 6.1 °C · 1.3 mm rain a day · sea 4.6 °Crail ≈ 12h 6m · 20.7 kg CO₂e return
Malbork, Poland6.8 h · 5.0 °C · 1.6 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 13h 54m · 24.3 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 Oslo in March within 15 hours is Sohag, 11.4 h, costing 946 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Karlstad at 4.9 kg — 193× less carbon, for 5.4 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.
By rail or ferry By air
What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Trnava can only be reached by air — 341 kg CO₂e, in 5h 18m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 40.0 kg in 21h 36m — 9× less carbon for 16h 18m more travelling.
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karlstad, Sweden | Rail | 4.9 kg | 0.8 °C | 6.0 h | 2.1 mm | 4h 24m |
| Trondheim, Norway | Rail | 11.6 kg | 0.4 °C | 7.3 h | 1.9 mm | 7h 12m |
| Bodø, Norway | Rail | 24.7 kg | -3.0 °C | 7.4 h | 2.8 mm | 13h 36m |
| Trnava, Slovakia | Air | 341 kg | 8.3 °C | 8.2 h | 1.0 mm | 5h 18m |
| Saint-Etienne, France | Air | 419 kg | 8.1 °C | 8.6 h | 4.3 mm | 5h 42m |
| Aix-en-Provence, France | Air | 467 kg | 10.1 °C | 9.5 h | 3.5 mm | 6h |
| Marseille, France | Air | 474 kg | 11.6 °C | 9.6 h | 2.6 mm | 6h |
| Barcelona, Spain | Air | 539 kg | 12.9 °C | 10.2 h | 1.2 mm | 6h 24m |
| Palma, Spain | Air | 587 kg | 14.4 °C | 10.7 h | 1.4 mm | 6h 36m |
| Sohag, Egypt | Air | 946 kg | 21.5 °C | 11.4 h | 0.0 mm | 8h 54m |
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 Palma (587 kg, 10.7 h) to Sohag (946 kg, 11.4 h) buys 0.7 hours more sunshine for an extra 359 kg — 513 kg of CO₂e per hour. That single step is the most expensive sunshine on the whole curve.
The pick of them
KarlstadSweden4.9 kg CO₂e returncoolBodøNorway24.7 kg CO₂e returncold but bright
SohagEgypt946 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe 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 Oslo
March from elsewhere
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Photo credits
- Karlstad: Håkan Svensson (Xauxa) (image 1), Janee (image 2 & 5), I99pema (image 3 & 4), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bodø: Røed 20:41, 24 July 2006 (UTC), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- Trondheim: Åge Hojem/Trondheim Havn from Trondheim, Norway, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Berlin: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Świnoujście: Andrzej Łuczak, woochuck@onet.eu, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Malbork: DerHexer; derivate work: Carschten, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Questions
Where is the sunniest place to go from Oslo in March?
Sohag, Egypt, at 11.4 h. Reaching it emits 946 kg CO₂e return, travelling 8h 54m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere sunny from Oslo in March without flying?
Yes. Bodø reaches 7.4 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 13h 36m (modelled), emitting 24.7 kg CO₂e return — though Sohag is sunnier still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Oslo to Sohag produce?
946 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.