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Sunniest places to go from Warsaw in February

In February, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Warsaw is Maspalomas, Spain, 10.4 h of sun a day and 18.8 °C, about 8h 54m each way by air. Without flying, it is Pécs, Hungary, 7.3 h of sun a day, about 11h 36m each way by train, for about 45× less carbon (21.1 kg CO₂e return against 951 kg).

The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Warsaw

Ranked on sunshine in February 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.

Maspalomas, Spain10.4 h · 18.8 °C · mostly dry · sea 20.4 °Cair ≈ 8h 54m · 951 kg CO₂e return
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain10.3 h · 17.6 °C · mostly dry · sea 20.5 °Cair ≈ 8h 54m · 946 kg CO₂e return
Aswan, Egypt10.3 h · 17.7 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 54m · 827 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain10.1 h · 18.0 °C · 1.5 mm rain a day · sea 20.3 °Cair ≈ 8h 54m · 942 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt10.1 h · 17.2 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 36m · 782 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt10.0 h · 18.6 °C · mostly dry · sea 23.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 735 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan9.8 h · 16.4 °C · mostly dry · sea 22.1 °Cair ≈ 7h 12m · 698 kg CO₂e return
Funchal, Portugal9.5 h · 14.6 °C · 2.2 mm rain a day · sea 19.6 °Cair ≈ 8h 30m · 874 kg CO₂e return
Fethiye, Turkey9.5 h · 10.7 °C · 1.6 mm rain a day · sea 18.2 °Cair ≈ 6h · 464 kg CO₂e return
Rhodes, Greece9.5 h · 13.4 °C · mostly dry · sea 18.0 °Cair ≈ 6h · 464 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Pécs is 7.3 h for 21.1 kg — about 45× less carbon than flying to Maspalomas.

Pécs, Hungary7.3 h · 5.7 °C · 1.3 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 11h 36m · 21.1 kg CO₂e return
Novo Mesto, Slovenia7.3 h · 5.0 °C · 1.4 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 13h 30m · 24.5 kg CO₂e return
Klagenfurt, Austria7.2 h · 1.9 °C · 1.5 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 12h 30m · 23.3 kg CO₂e return
Szombathely, Hungary7.2 h · 5.6 °C · mostly dryrail ≈ 10h 42m · 18.9 kg CO₂e return
Maribor, Slovenia7.2 h · 6.2 °C · mostly dryrail ≈ 12h 12m · 21.8 kg CO₂e return
Székesfehérvár, Hungary7.1 h · 5.9 °C · mostly dryrail ≈ 9h 48m · 17.4 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 Warsaw in February within 15 hours is Icod de los Vinos, 10.7 h, costing 955 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Lublin at 4.5 kg — 212× less carbon, for 7.1 hours less sunshine.

Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both sunnier in February 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, February, 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.

February from Warsaw — 13 destinations on the frontier, 7 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Lublin, Poland	Rail	4.5 kg	3.2 °C	3.6 h	2.1 mm	3h 42m
Gdansk, Poland	Rail	8.4 kg	3.2 °C	4.3 h	2.6 mm	4h 30m
Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia	Rail	10.8 kg	2.9 °C	5.8 h	1.7 mm	6h 48m
Košice, Slovakia	Rail	11.5 kg	3.5 °C	5.9 h	1.2 mm	7h 30m
Miskolc, Hungary	Rail	13.5 kg	4.9 °C	6.9 h	0.9 mm	8h 12m
Eger, Hungary	Rail	14.3 kg	4.7 °C	7.0 h	1.1 mm	8h 24m
Dunaújváros, Hungary	Rail	17.8 kg	6.0 °C	7.5 h	0.9 mm	10h
Split, Croatia	Air	258 kg	9.2 °C	8.1 h	3.1 mm	4h 54m
Pristina, Kosovo	Air	267 kg	4.0 °C	8.7 h	0.6 mm	4h 54m
Bulqize, Albania	Air	301 kg	4.5 °C	9.1 h	1.7 mm	5h 6m
Fethiye, Turkey	Air	464 kg	10.7 °C	9.5 h	1.6 mm	6h
Al Ghanayim, Egypt	Air	742 kg	15.4 °C	10.1 h	0.0 mm	7h 24m
Icod de los Vinos, Spain	Air	955 kg	17.3 °C	10.7 h	0.4 mm	8h 54m

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 Fethiye (464 kg, 9.5 h) to Al Ghanayim (742 kg, 10.1 h) buys 0.6 hours more sunshine for an extra 277 kg — 462 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 return3.2 °C · 3.6 h sun · 3h 42m by railcool

DunaújvárosHungary17.8 kg CO₂e return6.0 °C · 7.5 h sun · 10h by railcold but bright Icod de los VinosSpain955 kg CO₂e return17.3 °C · 10.7 h sun · 8h 54m by airwarm, bright and dry

The same month, asked differently

February 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 Icod de los Vinos

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Photo credits

Lublin: Pankrzysztoff, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, via Wikimedia Commons
Dunaújváros: Rovibroni (Barna Rovács), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 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
Aqaba: Sana Janakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Funchal: Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Fethiye: https://www.flickr.com/photos/astolath/, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Rhodes: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pécs: Elekes Andor, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Novo Mesto: Marko Pirc (https://www.flickr.com/photos/markopirc/), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Klagenfurt: Johann Jaritz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Szombathely: Fuhluf, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Maribor: Ralf Roletschek, CC BY-SA 1.0 fi, via Wikimedia Commons
Székesfehérvár: Teemeah, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

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

Icod de los Vinos, Spain, at 10.7 h. Reaching it emits 955 kg CO₂e return, travelling 8h 54m each way by air (modelled).

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

Yes. Dunaújváros reaches 7.5 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 10h (modelled), emitting 17.8 kg CO₂e return — though Icod de los Vinos is sunnier still, if you fly.

How much carbon does a return trip from Warsaw to Icod de los Vinos produce?

955 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.