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Warmest places to go from Amsterdam in March

In March, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Amsterdam is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 23.4 °C across day and night and 11.2 h sun a day, about 8h 42m each way by air. Without flying, it is Zaragoza, Spain, averaging 13.5 °C across day and night, about 14h 24m each way by train, for about 25× less carbon (37.4 kg CO₂e return against 921 kg).

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

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Amsterdam

Ranked on warmth 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 warmth each extra kilogram buys.

Aswan, Egypt23.4 °C · 11.2 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 42m · 921 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt22.7 °C · 11.1 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.2 °Cair ≈ 8h 24m · 917 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt22.7 °C · 11.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 30m · 882 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain21.0 °C · 11.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.2 °Cair ≈ 7h 48m · 810 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan20.8 °C · 10.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 22.1 °Cair ≈ 8h 12m · 890 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain18.9 °C · 11.1 h sun a day · 1.4 mm rain a day · sea 20.2 °Cair ≈ 7h 42m · 799 kg CO₂e return
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain18.5 °C · 11.1 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.4 °Cair ≈ 7h 42m · 800 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco18.3 °C · 10.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 17.6 °Cair ≈ 7h 6m · 682 kg CO₂e return
Marrakesh, Morocco18.0 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 54m · 637 kg CO₂e return
Tataouine, Tunisia17.6 °C · 10.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 24m · 555 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Zaragoza is 13.5 °C for 37.4 kg — about 25× less carbon than flying to Aswan.

Zaragoza, Spain13.5 °C · 9.5 h sun a day · 1.2 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 24m · 37.4 kg CO₂e return
Reus, Spain13.3 °C · 10.2 h sun a day · 1.4 mm rain a day · sea 13.9 °Crail ≈ 14h 48m · 37.8 kg CO₂e return
Perpignan, France13.0 °C · 9.4 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 13.0 °Crail ≈ 11h 12m · 32.1 kg CO₂e return
Lleida, Spain12.9 °C · 10.4 h sun a day · mostly dryrail ≈ 14h 42m · 36.6 kg CO₂e return
Barcelona, Spain12.9 °C · 10.2 h sun a day · 1.2 mm rain a day · sea 14.0 °Crail ≈ 12h 54m · 36.6 kg CO₂e return
Nice, France12.2 °C · 9.2 h sun a day · 4.3 mm rain a day · sea 14.2 °Crail ≈ 11h 54m · 28.9 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 March within 15 hours is Edfu, 23.3 °C, costing 901 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Aarschot at 4.6 kg — 196× less carbon, for 15.2 degrees less warmth.

Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in March 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, March, departing Amsterdam. Journeys of up to 15 hours each way.

What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Alzira can only be reached by air — 384 kg CO₂e, in 5h 30m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 45.0 kg in 18h 6m — 9× less carbon for 12h 36m more travelling.

March from Amsterdam — 16 destinations on the frontier, 7 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Aarschot, Belgium	Rail	4.6 kg	8.1 °C	6.0 h	3.5 mm	4h 12m
Dieppe, France	Rail	11.2 kg	8.8 °C	6.3 h	3.2 mm	7h 30m
Grenoble, France	Rail	23.7 kg	10.2 °C	7.7 h	5.7 mm	9h 12m
Milan, Italy	Rail	24.5 kg	10.5 °C	8.0 h	3.9 mm	13h 12m
Nice, France	Rail	28.9 kg	12.2 °C	9.2 h	4.3 mm	11h 54m
Perpignan, France	Rail	32.1 kg	13.0 °C	9.4 h	1.0 mm	11h 12m
Sitges, Spain	Rail	37.2 kg	13.6 °C	10.0 h	1.2 mm	14h
Palma, Spain	Air	361 kg	14.4 °C	10.7 h	1.4 mm	5h 24m
Alzira, Spain	Air	384 kg	15.9 °C	10.1 h	0.5 mm	5h 30m
Almería, Spain	Air	458 kg	16.7 °C	10.2 h	1.3 mm	5h 54m
Metlaoui, Tunisia	Air	510 kg	17.5 °C	10.8 h	0.2 mm	6h 12m
Tozeur, Tunisia	Air	520 kg	18.9 °C	10.7 h	0.0 mm	6h 18m
Recani, Morocco	Air	619 kg	19.7 °C	10.7 h	0.0 mm	6h 48m
Taroudant, Morocco	Air	675 kg	20.9 °C	10.5 h	0.6 mm	7h 6m
Luxor, Egypt	Air	882 kg	22.7 °C	11.4 h	0.0 mm	8h 30m
Edfu, Egypt	Air	901 kg	23.3 °C	11.4 h	0.0 mm	8h 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 Sitges (37.2 kg, 13.6 °C) to Palma (361 kg, 14.4 °C) buys 0.8 °C more warmth for an extra 324 kg — 404 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.

The pick of them

AarschotBelgium4.6 kg CO₂e return8.1 °C · 6.0 h sun · 4h 12m by railcool SitgesSpain37.2 kg CO₂e return13.6 °C · 10.0 h sun · 14h by railmild and bright

EdfuEgypt901 kg CO₂e return23.3 °C · 11.4 h sun · 8h 36m by airwarm, bright and dry

The 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 Edfu

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Photo credits

Aarschot: EGS, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Edfu: Olaf Tausch, CC BY 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
Luxor: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Aqaba: Sana Janakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Agadir: Marco Riss, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Marrakesh: Donar Reiskoffer, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Tataouine: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Zaragoza: Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Perpignan: Jean Tosti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Lleida: Jorge Franganillo from Barcelona, Spain, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Nice: Moody Dreiza (Moody751 at English Wikipedia), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

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

Edfu, Egypt, at 23.3 °C. Reaching it emits 901 kg CO₂e return, travelling 8h 36m each way by air (modelled).

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

Yes. Sitges reaches 13.6 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h (modelled), emitting 37.2 kg CO₂e return — though Edfu is warmer still, if you fly.

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

901 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.