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Warmest places to go from Amsterdam in June

In June, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Amsterdam is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 36.2 °C across day and night and 12.5 h sun a day, about 8h 42m each way by air. Without flying, it is Lleida, Spain, averaging 23.8 °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 June.

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Amsterdam

Ranked on warmth in June 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, Egypt36.2 °C · 12.5 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 42m · 921 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt35.9 °C · 12.7 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 30m · 882 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt35.4 °C · 13.0 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 27.3 °Cair ≈ 8h 24m · 917 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan33.2 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 25.9 °Cair ≈ 8h 12m · 890 kg CO₂e return
Sanliurfa, Turkey30.3 °C · 13.6 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 42m · 785 kg CO₂e return
Batman, Turkey28.5 °C · 13.6 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 48m · 810 kg CO₂e return
Nicosia, Cyprus28.4 °C · 13.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 25.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 24m · 741 kg CO₂e return
Marmaris, Turkey27.9 °C · 13.7 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 48m · 631 kg CO₂e return
Famagusta, Cyprus27.3 °C · 13.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 24.9 °Cair ≈ 7h 30m · 751 kg CO₂e return
Kairouan, Tunisia27.2 °C · 11.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h · 478 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Lleida is 23.8 °C for 36.6 kg — about 25× less carbon than flying to Aswan.

Lleida, Spain23.8 °C · 12.6 h sun a day · 2.5 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 42m · 36.6 kg CO₂e return
Zaragoza, Spain23.4 °C · 12.4 h sun a day · 1.9 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 24m · 37.4 kg CO₂e return
Perpignan, France23.2 °C · 12.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.8 °Crail ≈ 11h 12m · 32.1 kg CO₂e return
Narbonne, France22.4 °C · 12.2 h sun a day · 1.6 mm rain a day · sea 21.0 °Crail ≈ 11h 24m · 30.4 kg CO₂e return
Avignon, France22.0 °C · 12.6 h sun a day · 2.5 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 8h 54m · 27.6 kg CO₂e return
Barcelona, Spain22.0 °C · 12.3 h sun a day · 2.1 mm rain a day · sea 22.0 °Crail ≈ 12h 54m · 36.6 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 warmest place you can reach from Amsterdam in June within 15 hours is Luxor, 35.9 °C, costing 882 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Maaseik at 4.6 kg — 192× 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 June 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, June, departing Amsterdam. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Taranto can only be reached by air — 408 kg CO₂e, in 5h 42m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 47.9 kg in 22h 54m — 9× less carbon for 17h 12m more travelling.

June from Amsterdam — 17 destinations on the frontier, 7 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Maaseik, Belgium	Rail	4.6 kg	18.4 °C	12.0 h	2.8 mm	4h 12m
Koblenz, Germany	Rail	8.6 kg	19.1 °C	12.3 h	1.6 mm	5h 54m
Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany	Rail	12.0 kg	20.0 °C	12.6 h	1.8 mm	7h
Merano, Italy	Rail	23.0 kg	21.3 °C	12.3 h	4.4 mm	12h 36m
Milan, Italy	Rail	24.5 kg	21.9 °C	12.2 h	4.6 mm	13h 12m
Béziers, France	Rail	29.9 kg	22.5 °C	12.7 h	1.7 mm	11h
Lleida, Spain	Rail	36.6 kg	23.8 °C	12.6 h	2.5 mm	14h 42m
Taranto, Italy	Air	408 kg	25.1 °C	13.2 h	1.6 mm	5h 42m
Jendouba, Tunisia	Air	451 kg	26.3 °C	12.0 h	0.9 mm	5h 54m
Kairouan, Tunisia	Air	478 kg	27.2 °C	11.9 h	0.6 mm	6h
Gafsa, Tunisia	Air	508 kg	28.6 °C	12.5 h	0.3 mm	6h 12m
Metlaoui, Tunisia	Air	510 kg	29.8 °C	12.5 h	0.0 mm	6h 12m
Tozeur, Tunisia	Air	520 kg	31.2 °C	12.5 h	0.0 mm	6h 18m
Zagora, Morocco	Air	655 kg	32.1 °C	12.7 h	0.0 mm	7h
Minya, Egypt	Air	866 kg	32.9 °C	12.9 h	0.0 mm	8h 6m
Nag Hammadi, Egypt	Air	869 kg	35.1 °C	12.6 h	0.0 mm	8h 24m
Luxor, Egypt	Air	882 kg	35.9 °C	12.7 h	0.0 mm	8h 30m

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, 23.8 °C) to Taranto (408 kg, 25.1 °C) buys 1.3 °C more warmth for an extra 372 kg — 286 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 return18.4 °C · 12.0 h sun · 4h 12m by railwarm overall

LleidaSpain36.6 kg CO₂e return23.8 °C · 12.6 h sun · 14h 42m by railwarm overall

LuxorEgypt882 kg CO₂e return35.9 °C · 12.7 h sun · 8h 30m by airwarm, bright and dry

The same month, asked differently

June 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 Luxor

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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
Luxor: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, 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
Marmaris: Mstyslav Chernov, 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
Perpignan: Jean Tosti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Narbonne: Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Avignon: Jean-Marc Rosier (de/from http://www.cjrosier.com + http://www.gordes-immobilier.com), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

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

Luxor, Egypt, at 35.9 °C. Reaching it emits 882 kg CO₂e return, travelling 8h 30m each way by air (modelled).

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

Yes. Lleida reaches 23.8 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 42m (modelled), emitting 36.6 kg CO₂e return — though Luxor is warmer still, if you fly.

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

882 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.