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Sunniest places to go from Warsaw in November

In November, the sunniest well-known place within 15 hours of Warsaw is Aswan, Egypt, 10.8 h of sun a day and 23.2 °C, about 7h 54m each way by air. Without flying, it is Udine, Italy, 7.3 h of sun a day, about 14h 24m each way by train, for about 32× less carbon (26.2 kg CO₂e return against 827 kg).

The 10 sunniest places within 15 hours of Warsaw

Ranked on sunshine in November 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.

  1. Aswan, Egypt10.8 h · 23.2 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 54m · 827 kg CO₂e return
  2. Luxor, Egypt10.6 h · 22.9 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 36m · 782 kg CO₂e return
  3. Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt10.3 h · 24.6 °C · mostly dry · sea 27.6 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 735 kg CO₂e return
  4. Aqaba, Jordan9.9 h · 22.3 °C · mostly dry · sea 25.3 °Cair ≈ 7h 12m · 698 kg CO₂e return
  5. Essaouira, Morocco9.7 h · 19.6 °C · mostly dry · sea 19.1 °Cair ≈ 8h · 853 kg CO₂e return
  6. Agadir, Morocco9.7 h · 20.9 °C · mostly dry · sea 19.4 °Cair ≈ 8h 6m · 874 kg CO₂e return
  7. Heraklion, Greece9.7 h · 17.0 °C · mostly dry · sea 21.4 °Cair ≈ 6h · 480 kg CO₂e return
  8. Sfax, Tunisia9.6 h · 18.7 °C · mostly dry · sea 22.8 °Cair ≈ 6h 18m · 530 kg CO₂e return
  9. Ouarzazate, Morocco9.6 h · 15.5 °C · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 54m · 825 kg CO₂e return
  10. Almería, Spain9.5 h · 17.2 °C · mostly dry · sea 18.2 °Cair ≈ 6h 48m · 631 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The sunniest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Udine is 7.3 h for 26.2 kg — about 32× less carbon than flying to Aswan.

  1. Udine, Italy7.3 h · 7.7 °C · 3.6 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 24m · 26.2 kg CO₂e return
  2. Trieste, Italy6.6 h · 10.3 °C · 4.8 mm rain a day · sea 17.3 °Crail ≈ 14h 36m · 26.6 kg CO₂e return
  3. Maribor, Slovenia6.4 h · 6.1 °C · 2.2 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 12h 12m · 21.8 kg CO₂e return
  4. Celje, Slovenia6.2 h · 6.0 °C · 2.5 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 12h 54m · 23.2 kg CO₂e return
  5. Klagenfurt, Austria6.1 h · 3.6 °C · 2.6 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 12h 30m · 23.3 kg CO₂e return
  6. Ljubljana, Slovenia5.8 h · 5.0 °C · 4.1 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 13h 36m · 24.6 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 November within 15 hours is Aswan, 10.8 h, costing 827 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Lublin at 4.5 kg — 184× less carbon, for 6.9 hours less sunshine.

Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both sunnier in November and lower in carbon. Anything a better option beats outright has been left out.

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Where they are. Solid lines are rail or ferry, dashed are flights, from Warsaw. Pick one to compare.
Carbon against sunshine, November, departing Warsaw. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.13 destinations. Lowest carbon Lublin at 4.5 kilograms and 3.9 h; best for sunshine Aswan at 827 kilograms and 10.8 h. Lublin · 4.5 kgHeraklion · 480 kgZarzis · 560 kgAswan · 827 kg

By rail or ferry By air

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

What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Crotone can only be reached by air — 375 kg CO₂e, in 5h 30m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 44.0 kg in 22h 54m — 9× less carbon for 17h 24m more travelling.

November from Warsaw — 13 destinations on the frontier, 6 without flying.
DestinationHowCO₂e returnTempSun/dayRain/dayJourney
Lublin, PolandRail4.5 kg3.5 °C3.9 h1.7 mm3h 42m
Gliwice, PolandRail7.9 kg4.4 °C4.5 h2.4 mm5h 24m
Prudnik, PolandRail9.4 kg4.1 °C5.1 h3.0 mm6h 6m
Sopron, HungaryRail17.6 kg6.0 °C5.6 h1.8 mm10h 6m
Graz, AustriaRail20.7 kg3.9 °C6.3 h1.2 mm11h 12m
Wolfsberg, AustriaRail22.0 kg4.7 °C6.9 h1.7 mm11h 48m
Trento, ItalyAir250 kg8.0 °C7.7 h2.0 mm4h 48m
Crotone, ItalyAir375 kg15.0 °C8.1 h2.0 mm5h 30m
Syracuse, ItalyAir439 kg17.3 °C8.8 h2.3 mm5h 48m
Heraklion, GreeceAir480 kg17.0 °C9.7 h0.8 mm6h
Zarzis, TunisiaAir560 kg20.2 °C9.8 h0.3 mm6h 30m
Luxor, EgyptAir782 kg22.9 °C10.6 h0.0 mm7h 36m
Aswan, EgyptAir827 kg23.2 °C10.8 h0.0 mm7h 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 Heraklion (480 kg, 9.7 h) to Zarzis (560 kg, 9.8 h) buys 0.1 hours more sunshine for an extra 80.6 kg — 806 kg of CO₂e per hour. That single step is the most expensive sunshine on the whole curve.

The pick of them

The same month, asked differently

November 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 Aswan

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Questions

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

Aswan, Egypt, at 10.8 h. Reaching it emits 827 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 54m each way by air (modelled).

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

Yes. Wolfsberg reaches 6.9 h and is reachable by rail or ferry in 11h 48m (modelled), emitting 22.0 kg CO₂e return — though Aswan is sunnier still, if you fly.

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

827 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.