Sunniest places to go from Warsaw in March
In March, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Warsaw is Luxor, Egypt, 11.4 h of sun a day and 22.7 °C, about 7h 36m each way by air. Without flying, it is Szeged, Hungary, 8.5 h of sun a day, about 11h 6m each way by train, for about 40× less carbon (19.7 kg CO₂e return against 782 kg).
The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Warsaw
Ranked on sunshine in March 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.
Luxor, Egypt11.4 h · 22.7 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 36m · 782 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain11.3 h · 21.0 °C · mostly dry · sea 20.2 °Cair ≈ 8h 54m · 951 kg CO₂e return
Assiut, Egypt11.3 h · 20.9 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 24m · 732 kg CO₂e return
Aswan, Egypt11.2 h · 23.4 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 54m · 827 kg CO₂e return- Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain11.1 h · 18.5 °C · mostly dry · sea 20.4 °Cair ≈ 8h 54m · 946 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain11.1 h · 18.9 °C · 1.4 mm rain a day · sea 20.2 °Cair ≈ 8h 54m · 942 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco10.8 h · 16.8 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 54m · 825 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco10.8 h · 17.1 °C · mostly dry · sea 17.1 °Cair ≈ 8h · 853 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco10.7 h · 18.3 °C · mostly dry · sea 17.6 °Cair ≈ 8h 6m · 874 kg CO₂e return
Sousse, Tunisia10.6 h · 16.4 °C · mostly dry · sea 16.0 °Cair ≈ 6h 12m · 503 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Szeged is 8.5 h for 19.7 kg — about 40× less carbon than flying to Luxor.
Szeged, Hungary8.5 h · 9.1 °C · mostly dryrail ≈ 11h 6m · 19.7 kg CO₂e return
Pécs, Hungary8.2 h · 8.7 °C · 1.4 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 11h 36m · 21.1 kg CO₂e return
Nitra, Slovakia8.2 h · 7.5 °C · mostly dryrail ≈ 8h 24m · 14.3 kg CO₂e return
Zlín, Czechia8.2 h · 7.1 °C · 1.4 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 7h 42m · 12.1 kg CO₂e return
Maribor, Slovenia8.2 h · 8.7 °C · 2.3 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 12h 12m · 21.8 kg CO₂e return
Miskolc, Hungary7.7 h · 7.4 °C · 1.4 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 March within 15 hours is Qus, 11.5 h, costing 777 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Lublin at 4.5 kg — 173× less carbon, for 5.4 hours less sunshine.
Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both sunnier in March 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 Bari can only be reached by air — 321 kg CO₂e, in 5h 12m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 37.6 kg in 19h 42m — 9× less carbon for 14h 30m more travelling.
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lublin, Poland | Rail | 4.5 kg | 5.1 °C | 6.1 h | 1.6 mm | 3h 42m |
| Bielsk Podlaski, Poland | Rail | 4.7 kg | 4.5 °C | 6.9 h | 1.2 mm | 3h 48m |
| Bialystok, Poland | Rail | 5.2 kg | 4.4 °C | 7.2 h | 1.4 mm | 4h 6m |
| Považská Bystrica, Slovakia | Rail | 11.5 kg | 6.8 °C | 7.9 h | 1.4 mm | 7h 6m |
| Salgotarjan, Hungary | Rail | 13.8 kg | 7.1 °C | 8.3 h | 1.6 mm | 8h 6m |
| Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Air | 232 kg | 8.6 °C | 9.0 h | 2.2 mm | 4h 42m |
| Prizren, Kosovo | Air | 280 kg | 8.7 °C | 9.4 h | 2.4 mm | 5h |
| Bari, Italy | Air | 321 kg | 13.1 °C | 9.9 h | 2.0 mm | 5h 12m |
| Syracuse, Italy | Air | 439 kg | 14.6 °C | 10.8 h | 0.9 mm | 5h 48m |
| Sliema, Malta | Air | 474 kg | 15.5 °C | 11.0 h | 0.5 mm | 6h |
| Qus, Egypt | Air | 777 kg | 22.3 °C | 11.5 h | 0.0 mm | 7h 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 Sliema (474 kg, 11.0 h) to Qus (777 kg, 11.5 h) buys 0.5 hours more sunshine for an extra 302 kg — 605 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 returncool
SalgotarjanHungary13.8 kg CO₂e returncold but brightQusEgypt777 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe same month, asked differently
March 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 Qus
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Other months from Warsaw
March from elsewhere
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- Lisbon
- Liverpool
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Photo credits
- Lublin: Pankrzysztoff, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, via Wikimedia Commons
- Salgotarjan: Czech Wikipedia user Packa, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Luxor: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Assiut: Hypatia Foundation, CC BY 3.0, 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
- Ouarzazate: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Essaouira: Kayaky, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Agadir: Marco Riss, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sousse: BishkekRocks 15:01, 29 December 2005 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Szeged: V.Mariann, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Pécs: Elekes Andor, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Nitra: unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Zlín: ŠJů, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Maribor: Ralf Roletschek, CC BY-SA 1.0 fi, via Wikimedia Commons
- Miskolc: Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
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Questions
Where is the sunniest place to go from Warsaw in March?
Qus, Egypt, at 11.5 h. Reaching it emits 777 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 36m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere sunny from Warsaw in March without flying?
Yes. Salgotarjan reaches 8.3 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 8h 6m (modelled), emitting 13.8 kg CO₂e return — though Qus is sunnier still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Warsaw to Qus produce?
777 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.