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Warmest places to go from Amsterdam in August

In August, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Amsterdam is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 36.4 °C across day and night and 12.0 h sun a day, about 8h 42m each way by air. Without flying, it is Lleida, Spain, averaging 27.9 °C across day and night, about 14h 42m each way by train, for about 25× less carbon (36.6 kg CO₂e return against 921 kg).

Every city at once, with and without flying: where is hot in August.

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Amsterdam

Ranked on warmth 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 warmth each extra kilogram buys.

Aswan, Egypt36.4 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 42m · 921 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt36.3 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 30m · 882 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt36.0 °C · 12.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 30.1 °Cair ≈ 8h 24m · 917 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan34.0 °C · 12.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 29.0 °Cair ≈ 8h 12m · 890 kg CO₂e return
Sanliurfa, Turkey33.3 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 42m · 785 kg CO₂e return
Batman, Turkey32.7 °C · 12.8 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 48m · 810 kg CO₂e return
Diyarbakir, Turkey32.3 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 42m · 794 kg CO₂e return
Marrakesh, Morocco31.1 °C · 12.2 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 54m · 637 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco31.0 °C · 11.8 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 54m · 647 kg CO₂e return
Kairouan, Tunisia30.5 °C · 12.6 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h · 478 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Lleida is 27.9 °C for 36.6 kg — about 25× less carbon than flying to Aswan.

Lleida, Spain27.9 °C · 12.8 h sun a day · mostly dryrail ≈ 14h 42m · 36.6 kg CO₂e return
Zaragoza, Spain27.2 °C · 12.7 h sun a day · mostly dryrail ≈ 14h 24m · 37.4 kg CO₂e return
Reus, Spain26.1 °C · 12.6 h sun a day · 1.6 mm rain a day · sea 27.4 °Crail ≈ 14h 48m · 37.8 kg CO₂e return
Nice, France25.8 °C · 12.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 26.7 °Crail ≈ 11h 54m · 28.9 kg CO₂e return
Barcelona, Spain25.8 °C · 12.2 h sun a day · 1.5 mm rain a day · sea 27.2 °Crail ≈ 12h 54m · 36.6 kg CO₂e return
Milan, Italy25.5 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · 3.6 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 13h 12m · 24.5 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 warmest place you can reach from Amsterdam in August within 15 hours is Kom Ombo, 36.8 °C, costing 913 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Maaseik at 4.6 kg — 198× less carbon, for 17.5 degrees less warmth.

Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer 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 Amsterdam. Pick one to compare.

By rail or ferry By air

Carbon against warmth, August, departing Amsterdam. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Palma del Rio can only be reached by air — 456 kg CO₂e, in 5h 54m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 53.5 kg in 20h 42m — 9× less carbon for 14h 48m more travelling.

August from Amsterdam — 17 destinations on the frontier, 10 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Maaseik, Belgium	Rail	4.6 kg	19.3 °C	10.6 h	2.5 mm	4h 12m
Cologne, Germany	Rail	6.3 kg	19.6 °C	10.7 h	3.2 mm	4h 12m
Koblenz, Germany	Rail	8.6 kg	20.4 °C	10.9 h	3.2 mm	5h 54m
Karlsruhe, Germany	Rail	13.2 kg	21.4 °C	11.2 h	2.1 mm	7h 48m
Lyon, France	Rail	21.7 kg	23.3 °C	12.0 h	1.3 mm	8h 12m
Aix-les-Bains, France	Rail	22.0 kg	23.6 °C	11.5 h	1.7 mm	10h
Lugano, Switzerland	Rail	22.6 kg	24.6 °C	11.8 h	5.2 mm	12h 48m
Milan, Italy	Rail	24.5 kg	25.5 °C	12.0 h	3.6 mm	13h 12m
Pavia, Italy	Rail	25.3 kg	26.2 °C	12.1 h	2.1 mm	14h 12m
Lleida, Spain	Rail	36.6 kg	27.9 °C	12.8 h	0.3 mm	14h 42m
Aranjuez, Spain	Air	382 kg	28.9 °C	12.8 h	0.4 mm	5h 30m
Andujar, Spain	Air	437 kg	31.1 °C	12.7 h	0.1 mm	5h 48m
Palma del Rio, Spain	Air	456 kg	31.5 °C	12.8 h	0.0 mm	5h 54m
Tozeur, Tunisia	Air	520 kg	33.1 °C	12.4 h	0.0 mm	6h 18m
Recani, Morocco	Air	619 kg	34.9 °C	12.0 h	0.1 mm	6h 48m
Zagora, Morocco	Air	655 kg	35.9 °C	12.1 h	0.0 mm	7h
Kom Ombo, Egypt	Air	913 kg	36.8 °C	11.9 h	0.0 mm	8h 42m

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 Lleida (36.6 kg, 27.9 °C) to Aranjuez (382 kg, 28.9 °C) buys 1.0 °C more warmth for an extra 345 kg — 345 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.

The pick of them

MaaseikBelgium4.6 kg CO₂e return19.3 °C · 10.6 h sun · 4h 12m by railwarm overall

LleidaSpain36.6 kg CO₂e return27.9 °C · 12.8 h sun · 14h 42m by railwarm, bright and dry

Kom OmboEgypt913 kg CO₂e return36.8 °C · 11.9 h sun · 8h 42m 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 Kom Ombo

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Photo credits

Maaseik: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Lleida: Jorge Franganillo from Barcelona, Spain, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Kom Ombo: Jerzy Strzelecki, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 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
Sanliurfa: Damien Halleux Radermecker, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Batman: Ferhat 72 at Turkish Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Marrakesh: Donar Reiskoffer, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ouarzazate: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Kairouan: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Zaragoza: Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Nice: Moody Dreiza (Moody751 at English Wikipedia), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Milan: Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

Where is the warmest place to go from Amsterdam in August?

Kom Ombo, Egypt, at 36.8 °C. Reaching it emits 913 kg CO₂e return, travelling 8h 42m each way by air (modelled).

Can I get somewhere warm from Amsterdam in August without flying?

Yes. Lleida reaches 27.9 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 42m (modelled), emitting 36.6 kg CO₂e return — though Kom Ombo is warmer still, if you fly.

How much carbon does a return trip from Amsterdam to Kom Ombo produce?

913 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.