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Sunniest places to go from Paris in October

The sunniest place you can reach from Paris in October within 15 hours is Silifke, 10.7 h, costing 730 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Dieppe at 4.4 kg — 166× less carbon, for 3.9 hours less sunshine.

The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Paris

Ranked on sunshine in October 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.

Aswan, Egypt11.0 h · 29.1 °Cair 8h 36m · 897 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt11.0 h · 28.4 °Cair 8h 24m · 924 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt10.9 h · 29.0 °Cair 8h 18m · 902 kg CO₂e return
Limassol, Cyprus10.8 h · 23.1 °Cair 7h 30m · 745 kg CO₂e return
Paphos, Cyprus10.7 h · 22.1 °Cair 7h 24m · 733 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain10.7 h · 24.9 °Cair 7h 12m · 705 kg CO₂e return
Konya, Turkey10.6 h · 14.4 °Cair 7h 6m · 679 kg CO₂e return
Antalya, Turkey10.6 h · 21.5 °Cair 7h · 664 kg CO₂e return
Alanya, Turkey10.6 h · 22.4 °Cair 7h 12m · 694 kg CO₂e return
Nicosia, Cyprus10.4 h · 21.9 °Cair 7h 24m · 742 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Benidorm is 9.7 h for 34.4 kg — about 26× less carbon than flying to Aswan.

Benidorm, Spain9.7 h · 20.7 °Crail 14h 6m · 34.4 kg CO₂e return
Elche, Spain9.4 h · 20.5 °Crail 14h 54m · 35.5 kg CO₂e return
Marseille, France9.0 h · 18.2 °Crail 4h 36m · 19.5 kg CO₂e return
Naples, Italy9.0 h · 19.6 °Crail 13h 48m · 38.1 kg CO₂e return
Albacete, Spain8.9 h · 17.0 °Crail 13h 48m · 33.8 kg CO₂e return
Barcelona, Spain8.9 h · 19.1 °Crail 8h 12m · 24.5 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 October 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 Paris. Pick one to compare.

By rail or ferry By air

Carbon against sunshine, October, departing Paris. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

October from Paris — 8 destinations on the frontier, 6 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Dieppe, France	Rail	4.4 kg	14.0 °C	6.8 h	2.9 mm	3h 42m
Montluçon, France	Rail	8.3 kg	14.8 °C	7.5 h	3.7 mm	5h 36m
Vichy, France	Rail	9.3 kg	15.0 °C	7.9 h	2.8 mm	5h 48m
Marseille, France	Rail	19.5 kg	18.2 °C	9.0 h	2.2 mm	4h 36m
Granollers, Spain	Rail	23.8 kg	18.6 °C	9.1 h	2.4 mm	9h 12m
Benidorm, Spain	Rail	34.4 kg	20.7 °C	9.7 h	1.4 mm	14h 6m
Aigio, Greece	Air	496 kg	20.5 °C	10.4 h	0.2 mm	6h 6m
Silifke, Turkey	Air	730 kg	21.9 °C	10.7 h	0.3 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 Aigio (496 kg, 10.4 h) to Silifke (730 kg, 10.7 h) buys 0.3 hours more sunshine for an extra 235 kg — 783 kg of CO₂e per hour. That single step is the most expensive sunshine on the whole curve.

The pick of them

DieppeFrance4.4 kg CO₂e return14.0 °C · 6.8 h sun · 3h 42m by railmild

BenidormSpain34.4 kg CO₂e return20.7 °C · 9.7 h sun · 14h 6m by railwarm overall

SilifkeTurkey730 kg CO₂e return21.9 °C · 10.7 h sun · 7h 24m by airwarm, bright and dry

The same month, asked differently

October 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 Silifke

Places to stay in Silifke, Turkey, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.

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Photo credits

Dieppe: Baidax, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Benidorm: Simon Cobb, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Silifke: Cobija, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Luxor: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sharm el-Sheikh: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Limassol: Xaris333, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Paphos: unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Alanya: Ozgurmulazimoglu, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Marseille: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

Where is the sunniest place to go from Paris in October?

Silifke, Turkey, at 10.7 h. Reaching it emits 730 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 24m each way by air (modelled).

Can I get somewhere sunny from Paris in October without flying?

Yes. Benidorm reaches 9.7 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 6m (modelled), emitting 34.4 kg CO₂e return — though Silifke is sunnier still, if you fly.

How much carbon does a return trip from Paris to Silifke produce?

730 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.