Sunniest places to go from Vienna in October
In October, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Vienna is Aswan, Egypt, 11.0 h of sun a day and 29.1 °C, about 7h 36m each way by air. Without flying, it is Taranto, Italy, 9.4 h of sun a day, about 14h 24m each way by train, for about 30× less carbon (25.5 kg CO₂e return against 767 kg).
The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Vienna
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 36m · 767 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt11.0 h · 28.4 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 18m · 724 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt10.9 h · 29.0 °C · mostly dry · sea 28.3 °Cair ≈ 7h 6m · 688 kg CO₂e return
Limassol, Cyprus10.8 h · 23.1 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.0 °Cair ≈ 6h 12m · 513 kg CO₂e return
Paphos, Cyprus10.7 h · 22.1 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.1 °Cair ≈ 6h 12m · 502 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain10.7 h · 24.9 °C · mostly dry · sea 24.0 °Cair ≈ 8h 18m · 896 kg CO₂e return- Konya, Turkey10.6 h · 14.4 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 5h 48m · 437 kg CO₂e return
- Antalya, Turkey10.6 h · 21.5 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.5 °Cair ≈ 5h 48m · 431 kg CO₂e return
Alanya, Turkey10.6 h · 22.4 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.8 °Cair ≈ 5h 54m · 457 kg CO₂e return- Nicosia, Cyprus10.4 h · 21.9 °C · mostly dry · sea 26.5 °Cair ≈ 6h 12m · 506 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Taranto is 9.4 h for 25.5 kg — about 30× less carbon than flying to Aswan.
- Taranto, Italy9.4 h · 20.9 °C · 1.8 mm rain a day · sea 23.5 °Crail ≈ 14h 24m · 25.5 kg CO₂e return
- Brindisi, Italy9.4 h · 20.2 °C · 1.6 mm rain a day · sea 22.2 °Crail ≈ 14h 18m · 25.1 kg CO₂e return
- Salerno, Italy9.2 h · 19.4 °C · 4.1 mm rain a day · sea 23.4 °Crail ≈ 14h 12m · 25.0 kg CO₂e return
- Šibenik, Croatia9.1 h · 18.7 °C · 4.0 mm rain a day · sea 22.2 °Crail ≈ 13h 42m · 14.7 kg CO₂e return
- Naples, Italy9.0 h · 19.6 °C · 3.8 mm rain a day · sea 23.4 °Crail ≈ 14h · 24.6 kg CO₂e return
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina9.0 h · 14.5 °C · 1.5 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h · 15.0 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 Vienna in October within 15 hours is Luxor, 11.0 h, costing 724 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Prostějov at 4.4 kg — 164× less carbon, for 4.3 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
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prostějov, Czechia | Rail | 4.4 kg | 11.6 °C | 6.7 h | 2.1 mm | 4h 12m |
| Veszprém, Hungary | Rail | 5.0 kg | 12.6 °C | 7.8 h | 2.3 mm | 4h 24m |
| Kaposvár, Hungary | Rail | 6.8 kg | 14.1 °C | 8.3 h | 2.1 mm | 5h 18m |
| Sombor, Serbia | Rail | 10.1 kg | 14.6 °C | 8.7 h | 1.1 mm | 9h 48m |
| Bari, Italy | Rail | 23.3 kg | 20.5 °C | 9.3 h | 0.9 mm | 13h 24m |
| Sofia, Bulgaria | Air | 206 kg | 14.0 °C | 9.8 h | 0.7 mm | 4h 36m |
| Aigio, Greece | Air | 302 kg | 20.5 °C | 10.4 h | 0.2 mm | 5h 6m |
| Luxor, Egypt | Air | 724 kg | 28.4 °C | 11.0 h | 0.0 mm | 7h 18m |
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 (302 kg, 10.4 h) to Luxor (724 kg, 11.0 h) buys 0.6 hours more sunshine for an extra 422 kg — 703 kg of CO₂e per hour. That single step is the most expensive sunshine on the whole curve.
The pick of them
ProstějovCzechia4.4 kg CO₂e returnmildBariItaly23.3 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryLuxorEgypt724 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 Luxor
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Other months from Vienna
October from elsewhere
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Photo credits
- Prostějov: Palickap, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Luxor: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, 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
- Sarajevo: Julian Nyča, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Questions
Where is the sunniest place to go from Vienna in October?
Luxor, Egypt, at 11.0 h. Reaching it emits 724 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 18m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere sunny from Vienna in October without flying?
Yes. Bari reaches 9.3 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 13h 24m (modelled), emitting 23.3 kg CO₂e return — though Luxor is sunnier still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Vienna to Luxor produce?
724 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.