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Warmest places to go from Berlin in February

In February, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Berlin is Maspalomas, Spain, averaging 18.8 °C across day and night and 10.4 h sun a day, about 8h 24m each way by air. Without flying, it is Sanremo, Italy, averaging 10.3 °C across day and night, about 14h 36m each way by train, for about 29× less carbon (31.1 kg CO₂e return against 917 kg).

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

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Berlin

Ranked on warmth in February 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.

Maspalomas, Spain18.8 °C · 10.4 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.4 °Cair ≈ 8h 24m · 917 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt18.6 °C · 10.0 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 48m · 814 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain18.0 °C · 10.1 h sun a day · 1.5 mm rain a day · sea 20.3 °Cair ≈ 8h 18m · 907 kg CO₂e return
Aswan, Egypt17.7 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 18m · 897 kg CO₂e return
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain17.6 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.5 °Cair ≈ 8h 18m · 910 kg CO₂e return
Hurghada, Egypt17.6 °C · 9.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 22.5 °Cair ≈ 7h 54m · 825 kg CO₂e return
Agadir, Morocco17.3 °C · 9.1 h sun a day · 2.0 mm rain a day · sea 17.4 °Cair ≈ 7h 36m · 777 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan16.4 °C · 9.8 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 22.1 °Cair ≈ 7h 36m · 782 kg CO₂e return
Essaouira, Morocco15.9 °C · 8.8 h sun a day · 2.3 mm rain a day · sea 17.4 °Cair ≈ 7h 30m · 753 kg CO₂e return
Ponta Delgada, Portugal15.1 °C · 7.9 h sun a day · 5.0 mm rain a day · sea 16.9 °Cair ≈ 8h 6m · 861 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Sanremo is 10.3 °C for 31.1 kg — about 29× less carbon than flying to Maspalomas.

Sanremo, Italy10.3 °C · 7.9 h sun a day · 4.0 mm rain a day · sea 14.2 °Crail ≈ 14h 36m · 31.1 kg CO₂e return
Nice, France9.7 °C · 8.1 h sun a day · 4.0 mm rain a day · sea 14.1 °Crail ≈ 15h · 31.9 kg CO₂e return
Genoa, Italy9.7 °C · 6.5 h sun a day · 6.2 mm rain a day · sea 14.2 °Crail ≈ 13h 6m · 28.3 kg CO₂e return
Marseille, France9.3 °C · 8.3 h sun a day · 2.0 mm rain a day · sea 13.7 °Crail ≈ 14h 42m · 35.0 kg CO₂e return
Pesaro, Italy8.8 °C · 7.7 h sun a day · 2.1 mm rain a day · sea 11.4 °Crail ≈ 13h 24m · 28.3 kg CO₂e return
Avignon, France8.5 °C · 7.9 h sun a day · 1.7 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 12m · 33.8 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 February within 15 hours is Sharm el-Sheikh, 18.6 °C, costing 814 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Zary at 4.5 kg — 181× less carbon, for 13.9 degrees less warmth.

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

What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Milazzo can only be reached by air — 402 kg CO₂e, in 5h 36m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 47.1 kg in 22h 54m — 9× less carbon for 17h 18m more travelling.

February from Berlin — 13 destinations on the frontier, 4 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Zary, Poland	Rail	4.5 kg	4.7 °C	3.8 h	2.5 mm	4h 12m
Cologne, Germany	Rail	14.1 kg	6.6 °C	4.2 h	2.4 mm	5h 48m
Trento, Italy	Rail	21.7 kg	8.0 °C	7.8 h	2.7 mm	9h 48m
Genoa, Italy	Rail	28.3 kg	9.7 °C	6.5 h	6.2 mm	13h 6m
Bastia, France	Air	285 kg	10.6 °C	8.1 h	2.3 mm	5h
Corfu, Greece	Air	382 kg	11.9 °C	8.9 h	3.1 mm	5h 30m
Milazzo, Italy	Air	402 kg	12.5 °C	8.4 h	2.2 mm	5h 36m
Bizerte, Tunisia	Air	432 kg	13.1 °C	8.3 h	1.8 mm	5h 48m
San Pawl il-Bahar, Malta	Air	464 kg	13.9 °C	9.0 h	2.4 mm	6h
Melilla, Spain	Air	581 kg	14.9 °C	9.3 h	1.3 mm	6h 36m
Essaouira, Morocco	Air	753 kg	15.9 °C	8.8 h	2.3 mm	7h 30m
Taroudant, Morocco	Air	767 kg	17.8 °C	8.9 h	1.6 mm	7h 36m
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Air	814 kg	18.6 °C	10.0 h	0.0 mm	7h 48m

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 Genoa (28.3 kg, 9.7 °C) to Bastia (285 kg, 10.6 °C) buys 0.9 °C more warmth for an extra 256 kg — 285 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 return4.7 °C · 3.8 h sun · 4h 12m by railcool GenoaItaly28.3 kg CO₂e return9.7 °C · 6.5 h sun · 13h 6m by railcool

Sharm el-SheikhEgypt814 kg CO₂e return18.6 °C · 10.0 h sun · 7h 48m by airwarm, bright and dry

The same month, asked differently

February 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 Sharm el-Sheikh

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Photo credits

Zary: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sharm el-Sheikh: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Hurghada: Marc Ryckaert, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Agadir: Marco Riss, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Aqaba: Sana Janakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Essaouira: Kayaky, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ponta Delgada: Maximilian Schönherr, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Nice: Moody Dreiza (Moody751 at English Wikipedia), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Marseille: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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 Berlin in February?

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, at 18.6 °C. Reaching it emits 814 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 48m each way by air (modelled).

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

Yes. Genoa reaches 9.7 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 13h 6m (modelled), emitting 28.3 kg CO₂e return — though Sharm el-Sheikh is warmer still, if you fly.

How much carbon does a return trip from Berlin to Sharm el-Sheikh produce?

814 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.