Sunniest places to go from Stockholm in October
In October, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Stockholm is Aswan, Egypt, 11.0 h of sun a day and 29.1 °C, about 8h 54m each way by air. Without flying, it is Görlitz, Germany, 6.5 h of sun a day, about 14h 24m each way by train, for about 35× less carbon (27.4 kg CO₂e return against 957 kg).
The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Stockholm
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 ≈ 8h 54m · 957 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt11.0 h · 28.4 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 42m · 914 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt10.9 h · 29.0 °C · mostly dry · sea 28.3 °Cair ≈ 8h 24m · 868 kg CO₂e return
Limassol, Cyprus10.8 h · 23.1 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 742 kg CO₂e return
Paphos, Cyprus10.7 h · 22.1 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.1 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 736 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain10.7 h · 24.9 °C · mostly dry · sea 24.0 °Cair ≈ 9h 18m · 1,017 kg CO₂e return- Konya, Turkey10.6 h · 14.4 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h · 653 kg CO₂e return
- Antalya, Turkey10.6 h · 21.5 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.5 °Cair ≈ 7h · 667 kg CO₂e return
Alanya, Turkey10.6 h · 22.4 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.8 °Cair ≈ 7h 6m · 685 kg CO₂e return- Nicosia, Cyprus10.4 h · 21.9 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.5 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 731 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Görlitz is 6.5 h for 27.4 kg — about 35× less carbon than flying to Aswan.
- Görlitz, Germany6.5 h · 11.5 °C · 2.4 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 24m · 27.4 kg CO₂e return
Dresden, Germany6.4 h · 12.2 °C · 2.4 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 24m · 28.3 kg CO₂e return- Eisleben Lutherstadt, Germany6.3 h · 11.9 °C · 2.4 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 13h 42m · 28.3 kg CO₂e return
Chemnitz, Germany6.2 h · 12.1 °C · 3.0 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 42m · 29.5 kg CO₂e return
Radom, Poland6.0 h · 10.8 °C · 1.9 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 15h · 26.6 kg CO₂e return
Malbork, Poland5.7 h · 10.4 °C · 1.6 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 10h 30m · 17.5 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 Stockholm in October within 15 hours is Konya, 10.6 h, costing 653 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Gävle at 4.7 kg — 139× less carbon, for 5.3 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 Racibórz can only be reached by air — 258 kg CO₂e, in 4h 54m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 30.3 kg in 16h 48m — 9× less carbon for 11h 54m more travelling.
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gävle, Sweden | Rail | 4.7 kg | 6.5 °C | 5.3 h | 2.4 mm | 3h 48m |
| Gdansk, Poland | Rail | 16.4 kg | 10.8 °C | 5.8 h | 1.9 mm | 10h |
| Görlitz, Germany | Rail | 27.4 kg | 11.5 °C | 6.5 h | 2.4 mm | 14h 24m |
| Racibórz, Poland | Air | 258 kg | 12.0 °C | 7.0 h | 2.0 mm | 4h 54m |
| Budapest, Hungary | Air | 331 kg | 12.8 °C | 8.0 h | 2.2 mm | 5h 18m |
| Kecskemét, Hungary | Air | 349 kg | 13.5 °C | 8.3 h | 2.1 mm | 5h 18m |
| Alba Iulia, Romania | Air | 382 kg | 11.9 °C | 9.0 h | 0.8 mm | 5h 30m |
| Târgu Jiu, Romania | Air | 409 kg | 12.8 °C | 9.4 h | 0.4 mm | 5h 42m |
| Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania | Air | 419 kg | 13.4 °C | 9.6 h | 0.4 mm | 5h 42m |
| Isparta, Turkey | Air | 643 kg | 14.8 °C | 10.5 h | 0.2 mm | 6h 54m |
| Konya, Turkey | Air | 653 kg | 14.4 °C | 10.6 h | 0.2 mm | 7h |
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 Görlitz (27.4 kg, 6.5 h) to Racibórz (258 kg, 7.0 h) buys 0.5 hours more sunshine for an extra 231 kg — 462 kg of CO₂e per hour. That single step is the most expensive sunshine on the whole curve.
The pick of them
GävleSweden4.7 kg CO₂e returncoolGörlitzGermany27.4 kg CO₂e returnmildKonyaTurkey653 kg CO₂e returnmild and brightThe 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 Konya
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Other months from Stockholm
October 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
- Gävle: I99pema, 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
- Dresden: Bgabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Chemnitz: Kora27, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Radom: Witia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Malbork: DerHexer; derivate work: Carschten, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Questions
Where is the sunniest place to go from Stockholm in October?
Konya, Turkey, at 10.6 h. Reaching it emits 653 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere sunny from Stockholm in October without flying?
Yes. Görlitz reaches 6.5 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 24m (modelled), emitting 27.4 kg CO₂e return — though Konya is sunnier still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Stockholm to Konya produce?
653 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.