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Warmest places to go from Berlin in July

In July, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Berlin is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 36.0 °C across day and night and 12.2 h sun a day, about 8h 18m each way by air. Without flying, it is Pesaro, Italy, averaging 26.9 °C across day and night, about 13h 24m each way by train, for about 32× less carbon (28.3 kg CO₂e return against 897 kg).

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

The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Berlin

Ranked on warmth in July 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, Egypt36.0 °C · 12.2 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 18m · 897 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt35.9 °C · 13.0 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 29.5 °Cair ≈ 7h 48m · 814 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt35.8 °C · 12.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h · 853 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan34.8 °C · 13.1 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 28.2 °Cair ≈ 7h 36m · 782 kg CO₂e return
Kairouan, Tunisia32.8 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h · 476 kg CO₂e return
Sanliurfa, Turkey32.8 °C · 13.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h · 656 kg CO₂e return
Batman, Turkey32.2 °C · 13.3 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 6m · 676 kg CO₂e return
Marmaris, Turkey31.9 °C · 13.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 18m · 526 kg CO₂e return
Tataouine, Tunisia31.8 °C · 12.9 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 24m · 551 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco31.6 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 24m · 733 kg CO₂e return

Without flying

The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Pesaro is 26.9 °C for 28.3 kg — about 32× less carbon than flying to Aswan.

Pesaro, Italy26.9 °C · 13.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 26.8 °Crail ≈ 13h 24m · 28.3 kg CO₂e return
Florence, Italy26.7 °C · 14.1 h sun a day · mostly dryrail ≈ 13h 24m · 29.1 kg CO₂e return
Cesena, Italy26.4 °C · 13.8 h sun a day · 1.2 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 12h 54m · 27.6 kg CO₂e return
Bologna, Italy26.4 °C · 13.7 h sun a day · 1.6 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 12h 18m · 26.7 kg CO₂e return
Avignon, France25.4 °C · 13.7 h sun a day · mostly dryrail ≈ 14h 12m · 33.8 kg CO₂e return
Nice, France25.2 °C · 14.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 25.4 °Crail ≈ 15h · 31.9 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 July within 15 hours is Zagora, 36.6 °C, costing 735 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Dresden at 4.9 kg — 150× less carbon, for 16.0 degrees less warmth.

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

What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Terni can only be reached by air — 279 kg CO₂e, in 5h. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 32.7 kg in 15h 30m — 9× less carbon for 10h 30m more travelling.

July from Berlin — 16 destinations on the frontier, 8 without flying.
Destination	How	CO₂e return	Temp	Sun/day	Rain/day	Journey
Dresden, Germany	Rail	4.9 kg	20.6 °C	12.5 h	2.3 mm	3h 24m
Nowa Sol, Poland	Rail	5.2 kg	21.3 °C	12.8 h	2.1 mm	4h 36m
Beroun, Czechia	Rail	8.5 kg	22.1 °C	12.5 h	1.7 mm	6h 12m
Vienna, Austria	Rail	15.5 kg	23.4 °C	12.6 h	1.1 mm	9h 36m
Trnava, Slovakia	Rail	16.2 kg	24.2 °C	12.7 h	1.4 mm	9h 54m
Pordenone, Italy	Rail	21.6 kg	25.4 °C	13.1 h	2.4 mm	10h 6m
Ravenna, Italy	Rail	26.7 kg	26.5 °C	13.8 h	1.4 mm	12h 30m
Poggibonsi, Italy	Rail	30.1 kg	27.3 °C	14.0 h	0.4 mm	13h 54m
Terni, Italy	Air	279 kg	28.3 °C	13.8 h	0.6 mm	5h
Taranto, Italy	Air	345 kg	29.9 °C	13.8 h	0.3 mm	5h 18m
Rossano Stazione, Italy	Air	367 kg	31.2 °C	13.9 h	0.4 mm	5h 24m
Kairouan, Tunisia	Air	476 kg	32.8 °C	12.9 h	0.0 mm	6h
Gafsa, Tunisia	Air	515 kg	33.3 °C	12.9 h	0.0 mm	6h 12m
Metlaoui, Tunisia	Air	519 kg	34.3 °C	12.9 h	0.0 mm	6h 18m
Tozeur, Tunisia	Air	531 kg	35.6 °C	13.0 h	0.0 mm	6h 18m
Zagora, Morocco	Air	735 kg	36.6 °C	12.1 h	0.0 mm	7h 24m

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, 27.3 °C) to Terni (279 kg, 28.3 °C) buys 1.0 °C more warmth for an extra 249 kg — 249 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.

The pick of them

DresdenGermany4.9 kg CO₂e return20.6 °C · 12.5 h sun · 3h 24m by railwarm overall PoggibonsiItaly30.1 kg CO₂e return27.3 °C · 14.0 h sun · 13h 54m by railwarm, bright and dry

ZagoraMorocco735 kg CO₂e return36.6 °C · 12.1 h sun · 7h 24m by airwarm, bright and dry

The same month, asked differently

July 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 Zagora

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Photo credits

Dresden: Bgabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Zagora: Bernard Gagnon, 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
Luxor: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Aqaba: Sana Janakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Kairouan: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, 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
Tataouine: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ouarzazate: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, 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
Nice: Moody Dreiza (Moody751 at English Wikipedia), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Questions

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

Zagora, Morocco, at 36.6 °C. Reaching it emits 735 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 24m each way by air (modelled).

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

Yes. Poggibonsi reaches 27.3 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 13h 54m (modelled), emitting 30.1 kg CO₂e return — though Zagora is warmer still, if you fly.

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

735 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.