Sunniest places to go from Prague in December
In December, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Prague is Aswan, Egypt, 10.1 h of sun a day and 18.7 °C, about 7h 54m each way by air. Without flying, it is Nice, France, 7.5 h of sun a day, about 14h 54m each way by train, for about 31× less carbon (26.4 kg CO₂e return against 831 kg).
The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Prague
Ranked on sunshine in December 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, Egypt10.1 h · 18.7 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 54m · 831 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt10.0 h · 18.0 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 42m · 787 kg CO₂e return
Hurghada, Egypt9.8 h · 19.9 °C · mostly dry · sea 24.7 °Cair ≈ 7h 30m · 761 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain9.4 h · 19.7 °C · mostly dry · sea 21.9 °Cair ≈ 8h 12m · 892 kg CO₂e return- Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain9.3 h · 18.9 °C · 1.3 mm rain a day · sea 22.2 °Cair ≈ 8h 12m · 887 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain9.3 h · 19.1 °C · 2.8 mm rain a day · sea 21.9 °Cair ≈ 8h 12m · 882 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco9.3 h · 10.3 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 12m · 697 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan9.2 h · 18.0 °C · mostly dry · sea 23.5 °Cair ≈ 7h 18m · 720 kg CO₂e return- Ifrane, Morocco9.2 h · 6.9 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 42m · 613 kg CO₂e return
Oujda, Morocco9.1 h · 11.9 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 24m · 545 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Nice is 7.5 h for 26.4 kg — about 31× less carbon than flying to Aswan.
Nice, France7.5 h · 9.2 °C · 1.4 mm rain a day · sea 15.8 °Crail ≈ 14h 54m · 26.4 kg CO₂e return- Cuneo, Italy7.3 h · 3.5 °C · mostly dryrail ≈ 13h 48m · 24.1 kg CO₂e return
- Sanremo, Italy7.2 h · 9.7 °C · 1.4 mm rain a day · sea 16.1 °Crail ≈ 14h 24m · 25.4 kg CO₂e return
- Grosseto, Italy7.2 h · 8.1 °C · 1.8 mm rain a day · sea 17.0 °Crail ≈ 14h 18m · 25.2 kg CO₂e return
Viterbo, Italy7.0 h · 6.8 °C · 1.9 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 36m · 25.7 kg CO₂e return
Bellinzona, Switzerland6.5 h · 5.9 °C · 1.2 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 10h 30m · 17.4 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 Prague in December within 15 hours is Aswan, 10.1 h, costing 831 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Bolesławiec at 4.5 kg — 185× less carbon, for 6.5 hours less sunshine.
Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both sunnier in December and lower in carbon. Anything a better option beats outright has been left out.
By rail or ferry By air
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolesławiec, Poland | Rail | 4.5 kg | 2.9 °C | 3.6 h | 2.3 mm | 4h 12m |
| Salzburg, Austria | Rail | 8.1 kg | 2.0 °C | 4.5 h | 4.5 mm | 6h |
| Graz, Austria | Rail | 10.2 kg | 0.9 °C | 5.0 h | 1.6 mm | 7h |
| Wolfsberg, Austria | Rail | 10.7 kg | 1.7 °C | 5.6 h | 2.0 mm | 7h 12m |
| Bolzano, Italy | Rail | 13.6 kg | 3.2 °C | 6.4 h | 2.3 mm | 8h 36m |
| Ivrea, Italy | Rail | 20.9 kg | 4.2 °C | 6.8 h | 0.7 mm | 12h 12m |
| Nice, France | Rail | 26.4 kg | 9.2 °C | 7.5 h | 1.4 mm | 14h 54m |
| Alghero, Italy | Air | 292 kg | 12.2 °C | 7.8 h | 1.5 mm | 5h |
| Palma, Spain | Air | 375 kg | 12.4 °C | 8.3 h | 0.6 mm | 5h 30m |
| Melilla, Spain | Air | 544 kg | 15.2 °C | 8.9 h | 0.4 mm | 6h 24m |
| Bouarfa, Morocco | Air | 597 kg | 8.7 °C | 9.6 h | 0.0 mm | 6h 42m |
| Aswan, Egypt | Air | 831 kg | 18.7 °C | 10.1 h | 0.0 mm | 7h 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 Nice (26.4 kg, 7.5 h) to Alghero (292 kg, 7.8 h) buys 0.3 hours more sunshine for an extra 266 kg — 885 kg of CO₂e per hour. That single step is the most expensive sunshine on the whole curve.
The pick of them
BolesławiecPoland4.5 kg CO₂e returncoolNiceFrance26.4 kg CO₂e returncold but brightAswanEgypt831 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe same month, asked differently
December 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 Aswan
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Other months from Prague
December 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
- Bolesławiec: Enzo83, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, via Wikimedia Commons
- Nice: Moody Dreiza (Moody751 at English Wikipedia), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Luxor: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hurghada: Marc Ryckaert, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- Aqaba: Sana Janakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Oujda: Farajiibrahim, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Viterbo: Mac9 at Italian Wikipedia, 14 July 2010 (original upload date), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bellinzona: Alex Barrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Questions
Where is the sunniest place to go from Prague in December?
Aswan, Egypt, at 10.1 h. Reaching it emits 831 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 54m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere sunny from Prague in December without flying?
Yes. Nice reaches 7.5 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 54m (modelled), emitting 26.4 kg CO₂e return — though Aswan is sunnier still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Prague to Aswan produce?
831 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.