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Warmest places to go from Berlin in August

In August, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Berlin is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 36.4 °C across day and night and 12.0 h sun a day, about 8h 18m each way by air. Without flying, it is Florence, Italy, averaging 26.6 °C across day and night, about 13h 24m each way by train, for about 31× less carbon (29.1 kg CO₂e return against 897 kg).

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

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Berlin

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 18m · 897 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt36.3 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h · 853 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt36.0 °C · 12.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 30.1 °Cair ≈ 7h 48m · 814 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan34.0 °C · 12.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 29.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 36m · 782 kg CO₂e return
Sanliurfa, Turkey33.3 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h · 656 kg CO₂e return
Batman, Turkey32.7 °C · 12.8 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 6m · 676 kg CO₂e return
Diyarbakir, Turkey32.3 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h · 661 kg CO₂e return
Marrakesh, Morocco31.1 °C · 12.2 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 24m · 728 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco31.0 °C · 11.8 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 24m · 733 kg CO₂e return
Kairouan, Tunisia30.5 °C · 12.6 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h · 476 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Florence is 26.6 °C for 29.1 kg — about 31× less carbon than flying to Aswan.

Florence, Italy26.6 °C · 12.4 h sun a day · 1.2 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 13h 24m · 29.1 kg CO₂e return
Ferrara, Italy26.2 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · 1.9 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 11h 42m · 25.5 kg CO₂e return
Nice, France25.8 °C · 12.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 26.7 °Crail ≈ 15h · 31.9 kg CO₂e return
Bologna, Italy25.8 °C · 12.1 h sun a day · 1.6 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 12h 18m · 26.7 kg CO₂e return
Avignon, France25.6 °C · 12.6 h sun a day · 1.3 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 12m · 33.8 kg CO₂e return
Milan, Italy25.5 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · 3.6 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 11h 30m · 24.9 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 Berlin in August within 15 hours is Kom Ombo, 36.8 °C, costing 887 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Zary at 4.5 kg — 197× less carbon, for 16.5 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 Berlin. Pick one to compare.

By rail or ferry By air

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

What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Rossano Stazione can only be reached by air — 367 kg CO₂e, in 5h 24m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 43.0 kg in 21h 18m — 9× less carbon for 15h 54m more travelling.

August from Berlin — 17 destinations on the frontier, 8 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Zary, Poland	Rail	4.5 kg	20.3 °C	10.5 h	3.1 mm	4h 12m
Brno, Czechia	Rail	12.8 kg	21.8 °C	10.7 h	2.8 mm	8h 18m
Vienna, Austria	Rail	15.5 kg	22.9 °C	11.2 h	1.4 mm	9h 36m
Komárno, Slovakia	Rail	18.5 kg	23.6 °C	11.7 h	1.4 mm	11h 6m
Bolzano, Italy	Rail	20.3 kg	24.9 °C	12.0 h	3.1 mm	9h 6m
Pordenone, Italy	Rail	21.6 kg	25.6 °C	11.7 h	3.7 mm	10h 6m
Padua, Italy	Rail	23.6 kg	25.9 °C	11.9 h	2.6 mm	10h 48m
Poggibonsi, Italy	Rail	30.1 kg	27.1 °C	12.2 h	0.8 mm	13h 54m
Taranto, Italy	Air	345 kg	28.5 °C	12.9 h	0.9 mm	5h 18m
Rossano Stazione, Italy	Air	367 kg	29.5 °C	13.0 h	0.4 mm	5h 24m
Kairouan, Tunisia	Air	476 kg	30.5 °C	12.6 h	0.4 mm	6h
Nazilli, Turkey	Air	501 kg	32.0 °C	12.9 h	0.1 mm	6h 12m
Tozeur, Tunisia	Air	531 kg	33.1 °C	12.4 h	0.0 mm	6h 18m
Akcakale, Turkey	Air	667 kg	34.0 °C	12.9 h	0.0 mm	7h
Silopi, Turkey	Air	709 kg	35.0 °C	12.5 h	0.0 mm	7h 18m
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Air	814 kg	36.0 °C	12.3 h	0.0 mm	7h 48m
Kom Ombo, Egypt	Air	887 kg	36.8 °C	11.9 h	0.0 mm	8h 12m

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 Poggibonsi (30.1 kg, 27.1 °C) to Taranto (345 kg, 28.5 °C) buys 1.4 °C more warmth for an extra 315 kg — 225 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.

The pick of them

ZaryPoland4.5 kg CO₂e return20.3 °C · 10.5 h sun · 4h 12m by railwarm but wet PoggibonsiItaly30.1 kg CO₂e return27.1 °C · 12.2 h sun · 13h 54m by railwarm, bright and dry

Kom OmboEgypt887 kg CO₂e return36.8 °C · 11.9 h sun · 8h 12m 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

Zary: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
Nice: Moody Dreiza (Moody751 at English Wikipedia), CC BY 2.5, 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
Milan: Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

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

Kom Ombo, Egypt, at 36.8 °C. Reaching it emits 887 kg CO₂e return, travelling 8h 12m each way by air (modelled).

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

Yes. Poggibonsi reaches 27.1 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 13h 54m (modelled), emitting 30.1 kg CO₂e return — though Kom Ombo is warmer still, if you fly.

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

887 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.