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Sunniest places to go from Warsaw in August

In August, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Warsaw is Ankara, Turkey, 13.2 h of sun a day and 26.5 °C, about 5h 42m each way by air. Without flying, it is Pécs, Hungary, 12.4 h of sun a day, about 11h 36m each way by train, for about 20× less carbon (21.1 kg CO₂e return against 413 kg).

The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Warsaw

Ranked on sunshine in August 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.

Ankara, Turkey13.2 h · 26.5 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 5h 42m · 413 kg CO₂e return
Cosenza, Italy13.0 h · 25.4 °C · 1.2 mm rain a day · sea 28.3 °Cair ≈ 5h 30m · 373 kg CO₂e return
Catanzaro, Italy13.0 h · 26.7 °C · mostly dry · sea 27.7 °Cair ≈ 5h 30m · 383 kg CO₂e return
Mytilene, Greece13.0 h · 28.5 °C · mostly dry · sea 25.0 °Cair ≈ 5h 30m · 382 kg CO₂e return
Konya, Turkey13.0 h · 26.7 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 5h 54m · 460 kg CO₂e return
Izmir, Turkey13.0 h · 29.2 °C · mostly dry · sea 25.8 °Cair ≈ 5h 36m · 404 kg CO₂e return
Potenza, Italy13.0 h · 23.3 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 5h 18m · 339 kg CO₂e return
Athens, Greece12.9 h · 28.7 °C · mostly dry · sea 27.7 °Cair ≈ 5h 36m · 402 kg CO₂e return
Korçë, Albania12.9 h · 22.1 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 5h 12m · 325 kg CO₂e return
Pristina, Kosovo12.9 h · 23.4 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 4h 54m · 267 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Pécs is 12.4 h for 21.1 kg — about 20× less carbon than flying to Ankara.

Pécs, Hungary12.4 h · 23.6 °C · mostly dryrail ≈ 11h 36m · 21.1 kg CO₂e return
Szeged, Hungary12.3 h · 24.9 °C · 1.2 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 11h 6m · 19.7 kg CO₂e return
Oradea, Romania12.2 h · 24.2 °C · mostly dryrail ≈ 13h 36m · 17.1 kg CO₂e return
Debrecen, Hungary12.2 h · 24.2 °C · 1.3 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 9h 24m · 15.5 kg CO₂e return
Trieste, Italy12.1 h · 25.5 °C · 4.4 mm rain a day · sea 27.1 °Crail ≈ 14h 36m · 26.6 kg CO₂e return
Miskolc, Hungary12.0 h · 22.9 °C · 2.0 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 August within 15 hours is Beypazari, 13.3 h, costing 397 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Lublin at 4.5 kg — 88× less carbon, for 2.2 hours less sunshine.

Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both sunnier in August 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, August, departing Warsaw. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Rîbnița can only be reached by air — 190 kg CO₂e, in 4h 30m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 22.3 kg in 19h 54m — 9× less carbon for 15h 24m more travelling.

August from Warsaw — 5 destinations on the frontier, 3 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Lublin, Poland	Rail	4.5 kg	20.9 °C	11.1 h	2.7 mm	3h 42m
Grajewo, Poland	Rail	5.5 kg	20.4 °C	11.6 h	2.0 mm	4h 12m
Eger, Hungary	Rail	14.3 kg	23.4 °C	12.2 h	1.6 mm	8h 24m
Rîbnița, Moldova	Air	190 kg	24.4 °C	12.7 h	0.2 mm	4h 30m
Beypazari, Turkey	Air	397 kg	26.7 °C	13.3 h	0.2 mm	5h 36m

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 Eger (14.3 kg, 12.2 h) to Rîbnița (190 kg, 12.7 h) buys 0.5 hours more sunshine for an extra 176 kg — 352 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 return20.9 °C · 11.1 h sun · 3h 42m by railwarm overall

EgerHungary14.3 kg CO₂e return23.4 °C · 12.2 h sun · 8h 24m by railwarm overall

BeypazariTurkey397 kg CO₂e return26.7 °C · 13.3 h sun · 5h 36m by airwarm, bright and dry

The same month, asked differently

August 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 Beypazari

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Other months from Warsaw

August from elsewhere

Photo credits

Lublin: Pankrzysztoff, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, via Wikimedia Commons
Eger: Imoti95, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Beypazari: KayaZaKi, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Ankara: Jorge Franganillo from Barcelona, Spain, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Mytilene: SilentResident (compilation, sources to attribute see above; if any of the sources used in the Montage are removed from , CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Izmir: Rafaela Ely, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athens: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons
Korçë: Joergsam, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pristina: Arben Llapashtica, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pécs: Elekes Andor, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Szeged: V.Mariann, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Oradea: Original uploader was Vertigoro at ro.wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Debrecen: Nicu Farcaș, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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 August?

Beypazari, Turkey, at 13.3 h. Reaching it emits 397 kg CO₂e return, travelling 5h 36m each way by air (modelled).

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

Yes. Eger reaches 12.2 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 8h 24m (modelled), emitting 14.3 kg CO₂e return — though Beypazari is sunnier still, if you fly.

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

397 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.