Sunniest places to go from Prague in October
In October, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Prague is Aswan, Egypt, 11.0 h of sun a day and 29.1 °C, about 7h 54m each way by air. Without flying, it is Subotica, Serbia, 8.8 h of sun a day, about 14h 12m each way by train, for about 48× less carbon (17.4 kg CO₂e return against 831 kg).
The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Prague
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 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 54m · 831 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt11.0 h · 28.4 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 42m · 787 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt10.9 h · 29.0 °C · mostly dry · sea 28.3 °Cair ≈ 7h 30m · 751 kg CO₂e return
Limassol, Cyprus10.8 h · 23.1 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.0 °Cair ≈ 6h 30m · 574 kg CO₂e return
Paphos, Cyprus10.7 h · 22.1 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.1 °Cair ≈ 6h 30m · 564 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain10.7 h · 24.9 °C · mostly dry · sea 24.0 °Cair ≈ 8h 12m · 892 kg CO₂e return- Konya, Turkey10.6 h · 14.4 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 6m · 497 kg CO₂e return
- Antalya, Turkey10.6 h · 21.5 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.5 °Cair ≈ 6h 6m · 493 kg CO₂e return
Alanya, Turkey10.6 h · 22.4 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.8 °Cair ≈ 6h 12m · 518 kg CO₂e return- Nicosia, Cyprus10.4 h · 21.9 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.5 °Cair ≈ 6h 30m · 568 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Subotica is 8.8 h for 17.4 kg — about 48× less carbon than flying to Aswan.
- Subotica, Serbia8.8 h · 14.4 °C · 1.3 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 12m · 17.4 kg CO₂e return
- Pescara, Italy8.7 h · 19.4 °C · 1.2 mm rain a day · sea 21.8 °Crail ≈ 14h 12m · 25.0 kg CO₂e return
Sombor, Serbia8.7 h · 14.6 °C · mostly dryrail ≈ 14h 36m · 17.5 kg CO₂e return
Szeged, Hungary8.7 h · 14.2 °C · mostly dryrail ≈ 10h 42m · 17.8 kg CO₂e return
Pécs, Hungary8.3 h · 13.8 °C · 1.9 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 9h 36m · 15.6 kg CO₂e return
Nice, France8.1 h · 18.3 °C · 6.0 mm rain a day · sea 21.5 °Crail ≈ 14h 54m · 26.4 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 October within 15 hours is Korkuteli, 10.7 h, costing 483 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Wałbrzych at 4.5 kg — 107× less carbon, for 3.9 hours less sunshine.
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.
By rail or ferry By air
What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Drobeta-Turnu Severin can only be reached by air — 218 kg CO₂e, in 4h 42m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 25.6 kg in 20h 18m — 9× less carbon for 15h 36m more travelling.
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wałbrzych, Poland | Rail | 4.5 kg | 10.7 °C | 6.8 h | 2.0 mm | 4h 12m |
| Deggendorf, Germany | Rail | 5.1 kg | 11.6 °C | 7.0 h | 1.7 mm | 4h 30m |
| Wiener Neustadt, Austria | Rail | 8.4 kg | 12.8 °C | 7.7 h | 1.5 mm | 6h 6m |
| Pécs, Hungary | Rail | 15.6 kg | 13.8 °C | 8.3 h | 1.9 mm | 9h 36m |
| Subotica, Serbia | Rail | 17.4 kg | 14.4 °C | 8.8 h | 1.3 mm | 14h 12m |
| Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania | Air | 218 kg | 13.4 °C | 9.6 h | 0.4 mm | 4h 42m |
| Aigio, Greece | Air | 365 kg | 20.5 °C | 10.4 h | 0.2 mm | 5h 24m |
| Korkuteli, Turkey | Air | 483 kg | 16.0 °C | 10.7 h | 0.2 mm | 6h 6m |
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 (365 kg, 10.4 h) to Korkuteli (483 kg, 10.7 h) buys 0.3 hours more sunshine for an extra 118 kg — 393 kg of CO₂e per hour. That single step is the most expensive sunshine on the whole curve.
The pick of them
WałbrzychPoland4.5 kg CO₂e returnmildSuboticaSerbia17.4 kg CO₂e returnmild and bright
KorkuteliTurkey483 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe 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 Korkuteli
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Other months from Prague
October from elsewhere
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Photo credits
- Wałbrzych: Jar.ciurus, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, via Wikimedia Commons
- Korkuteli: Christian1311, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Sombor: Borkes1980, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Szeged: V.Mariann, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Pécs: Elekes Andor, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Nice: Moody Dreiza (Moody751 at English Wikipedia), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
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Questions
Where is the sunniest place to go from Prague in October?
Korkuteli, Turkey, at 10.7 h. Reaching it emits 483 kg CO₂e return, travelling 6h 6m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere sunny from Prague in October without flying?
Yes. Subotica reaches 8.8 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 12m (modelled), emitting 17.4 kg CO₂e return — though Korkuteli is sunnier still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Prague to Korkuteli produce?
483 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.