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Sunniest places to go from Warsaw in April

In April, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Warsaw is Ouarzazate, Morocco, 12.2 h of sun a day and 20.8 °C, about 7h 54m each way by air. Without flying, it is Halmstad, Sweden, 10.0 h of sun a day, about 12h each way by train, for about 39× less carbon (21.3 kg CO₂e return against 825 kg).

The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Warsaw

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 54m · 825 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco12.1 h · 20.2 °C · mostly dry · sea 18.5 °Cair ≈ 8h 6m · 874 kg CO₂e return
Ávila, Spain12.1 h · 11.0 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 36m · 587 kg CO₂e return
Granada, Spain12.0 h · 16.5 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 54m · 640 kg CO₂e return
Cagliari, Italy12.0 h · 15.4 °C · mostly dry · sea 15.8 °Cair ≈ 5h 48m · 430 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco12.0 h · 18.9 °C · mostly dry · sea 17.3 °Cair ≈ 8h · 853 kg CO₂e return
Portimão, Portugal11.9 h · 17.8 °C · mostly dry · sea 16.7 °Cair ≈ 7h 18m · 715 kg CO₂e return
Madrid, Spain11.9 h · 15.6 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 36m · 576 kg CO₂e return
Olbia, Italy11.9 h · 15.1 °C · mostly dry · sea 15.2 °Cair ≈ 5h 30m · 385 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt11.9 h · 27.3 °C · mostly dry · sea 23.2 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 735 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Halmstad is 10.0 h for 21.3 kg — about 39× less carbon than flying to Ouarzazate.

Halmstad, Sweden10.0 h · 6.8 °C · 2.1 mm rain a day · sea 6.9 °Crail ≈ 12h · 21.3 kg CO₂e return
Gothenburg, Sweden9.9 h · 6.3 °C · 2.3 mm rain a day · sea 6.7 °Crail ≈ 13h 36m · 24.7 kg CO₂e return
Székesfehérvár, Hungary9.8 h · 11.3 °C · 1.7 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 9h 48m · 17.4 kg CO₂e return
Budapest, Hungary9.8 h · 11.4 °C · 1.8 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 9h 12m · 16.1 kg CO₂e return
Helsingborg, Sweden9.5 h · 7.1 °C · 1.7 mm rain a day · sea 6.5 °Crail ≈ 11h 42m · 20.3 kg CO₂e return
Miskolc, Hungary9.4 h · 11.0 °C · 2.2 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 8h 12m · 13.5 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 Warsaw in April within 15 hours is Faro, 12.2 h, costing 708 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Lublin at 4.5 kg — 157× less carbon, for 3.6 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 Warsaw. Pick one to compare.

By rail or ferry By air

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

What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Split 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 21h 54m — 9× less carbon for 17h more travelling.

April from Warsaw — 8 destinations on the frontier, 4 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Lublin, Poland	Rail	4.5 kg	9.6 °C	8.6 h	2.1 mm	3h 42m
Košice, Slovakia	Rail	11.5 kg	10.0 °C	9.4 h	2.0 mm	7h 30m
Trebišov, Slovakia	Rail	11.9 kg	10.6 °C	9.6 h	2.2 mm	7h 48m
Hjørring, Denmark	Rail	26.9 kg	6.9 °C	10.1 h	2.6 mm	14h 48m
Zadar, Croatia	Air	251 kg	13.2 °C	10.9 h	2.8 mm	4h 48m
Split, Croatia	Air	258 kg	14.3 °C	11.2 h	3.0 mm	4h 54m
Bastia, France	Air	344 kg	14.6 °C	11.8 h	1.6 mm	5h 18m
Faro, Portugal	Air	708 kg	18.2 °C	12.2 h	0.4 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 Bastia (344 kg, 11.8 h) to Faro (708 kg, 12.2 h) buys 0.4 hours more sunshine for an extra 364 kg — 911 kg of CO₂e per hour. That single step is the most expensive sunshine on the whole curve.

The pick of them

LublinPoland4.5 kg CO₂e return9.6 °C · 8.6 h sun · 3h 42m by railcold but bright

HjørringDenmark26.9 kg CO₂e return6.9 °C · 10.1 h sun · 14h 48m by railcold but bright

FaroPortugal708 kg CO₂e return18.2 °C · 12.2 h sun · 7h 18m 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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Photo credits

Lublin: Pankrzysztoff, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, via Wikimedia Commons
Hjørring: photo © 2004 by Tomasz Sienicki [user: tsca, mail: tomasz.sienicki at gmail.com], CC BY 2.5, 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
Halmstad: Boberger. Photo: Bengt Oberger, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Gothenburg: Bengt Nyman from Vaxholm, Sweden, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Székesfehérvár: Teemeah, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Budapest: Thomas Depenbusch (Depi) from Cologne, Germany, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Helsingborg: Jsdo1980, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Miskolc: Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

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

Faro, Portugal, at 12.2 h. Reaching it emits 708 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 18m each way by air (modelled).

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

Yes. Hjørring reaches 10.1 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 48m (modelled), emitting 26.9 kg CO₂e return — though Faro is sunnier still, if you fly.

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

708 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.