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Sunniest places to go from Prague in April

In April, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Prague is Ouarzazate, Morocco, 12.2 h of sun a day and 20.8 °C, about 7h 12m each way by air. Without flying, it is Grosseto, Italy, 11.8 h of sun a day, about 14h 18m each way by train, for about 28× less carbon (25.2 kg CO₂e return against 697 kg).

The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Prague

Ranked on sunshine in April 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.

Ouarzazate, Morocco12.2 h · 20.8 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 12m · 697 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco12.1 h · 20.2 °C · mostly dry · sea 18.5 °Cair ≈ 7h 30m · 745 kg CO₂e return
Ávila, Spain12.1 h · 11.0 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 5h 54m · 457 kg CO₂e return
Granada, Spain12.0 h · 16.5 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 12m · 511 kg CO₂e return
Cagliari, Italy12.0 h · 15.4 °C · mostly dry · sea 15.8 °Cair ≈ 5h 12m · 321 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco12.0 h · 18.9 °C · mostly dry · sea 17.3 °Cair ≈ 7h 18m · 723 kg CO₂e return
Portimão, Portugal11.9 h · 17.8 °C · mostly dry · sea 16.7 °Cair ≈ 6h 36m · 585 kg CO₂e return
Madrid, Spain11.9 h · 15.6 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 5h 54m · 446 kg CO₂e return
Olbia, Italy11.9 h · 15.1 °C · mostly dry · sea 15.2 °Cair ≈ 5h · 274 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt11.9 h · 27.3 °C · mostly dry · sea 23.2 °Cair ≈ 7h 30m · 751 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Grosseto is 11.8 h for 25.2 kg — about 28× less carbon than flying to Ouarzazate.

Grosseto, Italy11.8 h · 13.5 °C · 1.5 mm rain a day · sea 15.6 °Crail ≈ 14h 18m · 25.2 kg CO₂e return
Siena, Italy11.5 h · 12.1 °C · 2.4 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 13h 24m · 23.3 kg CO₂e return
Viterbo, Italy11.4 h · 11.8 °C · 2.4 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 36m · 25.7 kg CO₂e return
Nice, France11.3 h · 14.4 °C · 1.5 mm rain a day · sea 15.4 °Crail ≈ 14h 54m · 26.4 kg CO₂e return
Florence, Italy11.2 h · 13.3 °C · 2.4 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 12h 42m · 21.9 kg CO₂e return
Halmstad, Sweden10.0 h · 6.8 °C · 2.1 mm rain a day · sea 6.9 °Crail ≈ 12h 42m · 21.8 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 Prague in April within 15 hours is Faro, 12.2 h, costing 578 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Hoyerswerda at 4.4 kg — 131× less carbon, for 3.5 hours less sunshine.

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

By rail or ferry By air

Carbon against sunshine, April, departing Prague. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

April from Prague — 7 destinations on the frontier, 6 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Hoyerswerda, Germany	Rail	4.4 kg	9.6 °C	8.7 h	1.7 mm	4h 12m
Bratislava, Slovakia	Rail	8.6 kg	10.8 °C	9.4 h	2.3 mm	6h 12m
Nové Zámky, Slovakia	Rail	10.6 kg	11.1 °C	9.9 h	2.4 mm	7h 12m
Trento, Italy	Rail	15.0 kg	12.7 °C	10.6 h	2.2 mm	9h 24m
Florence, Italy	Rail	21.9 kg	13.3 °C	11.2 h	2.4 mm	12h 42m
Grosseto, Italy	Rail	25.2 kg	13.5 °C	11.8 h	1.5 mm	14h 18m
Faro, Portugal	Air	578 kg	18.2 °C	12.2 h	0.4 mm	6h 36m

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 Grosseto (25.2 kg, 11.8 h) to Faro (578 kg, 12.2 h) buys 0.4 hours more sunshine for an extra 553 kg — 1382 kg of CO₂e per hour. That single step is the most expensive sunshine on the whole curve.

The pick of them

HoyerswerdaGermany4.4 kg CO₂e return9.6 °C · 8.7 h sun · 4h 12m by railcold but bright GrossetoItaly25.2 kg CO₂e return13.5 °C · 11.8 h sun · 14h 18m by railmild and bright

FaroPortugal578 kg CO₂e return18.2 °C · 12.2 h sun · 6h 36m by airwarm, bright and dry

The same month, asked differently

April 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 Faro

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Other months from Prague

April from elsewhere

Photo credits

Hoyerswerda: Frank Weiner, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Faro: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ouarzazate: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Agadir: Marco Riss, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ávila: Anual, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Essaouira: Kayaky, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Portimão: Jose A., CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Olbia: Gianni Careddu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sharm el-Sheikh: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Viterbo: Mac9 at Italian Wikipedia, 14 July 2010 (original upload date), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Nice: Moody Dreiza (Moody751 at English Wikipedia), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Halmstad: Boberger. Photo: Bengt Oberger, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

Where is the sunniest place to go from Prague in April?

Faro, Portugal, at 12.2 h. Reaching it emits 578 kg CO₂e return, travelling 6h 36m each way by air (modelled).

Can I get somewhere sunny from Prague in April without flying?

Yes. Grosseto reaches 11.8 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 18m (modelled), emitting 25.2 kg CO₂e return — though Faro is sunnier still, if you fly.

How much carbon does a return trip from Prague to Faro produce?

578 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.