Warmest places to go from Berlin in May
In May, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Berlin is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 31.5 °C across day and night and 12.0 h sun a day, about 8h 18m each way by air. Without flying, it is Pesaro, Italy, averaging 17.8 °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 May.
The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Berlin
Ranked on warmth in May 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, Egypt31.5 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 18m · 897 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt31.2 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h · 853 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt30.0 °C · 12.6 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 24.5 °Cair ≈ 7h 48m · 814 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan28.2 °C · 12.6 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 23.5 °Cair ≈ 7h 36m · 782 kg CO₂e return
Ouarzazate, Morocco23.0 °C · 12.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 24m · 733 kg CO₂e return
Tataouine, Tunisia22.9 °C · 11.4 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 24m · 551 kg CO₂e return
Marrakesh, Morocco22.5 °C · 12.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 7h 24m · 728 kg CO₂e return
Adana, Turkey22.0 °C · 11.6 h sun a day · 3.6 mm rain a dayair ≈ 6h 42m · 610 kg CO₂e return- Nicosia, Cyprus21.9 °C · 12.5 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 21.0 °Cair ≈ 6h 48m · 626 kg CO₂e return
Limassol, Cyprus21.9 °C · 12.8 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 20.3 °Cair ≈ 6h 54m · 634 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Pesaro is 17.8 °C for 28.3 kg — about 32× less carbon than flying to Aswan.
- Pesaro, Italy17.8 °C · 11.1 h sun a day · 3.9 mm rain a day · sea 16.8 °Crail ≈ 13h 24m · 28.3 kg CO₂e return
Szeged, Hungary17.7 °C · 11.5 h sun a day · 2.9 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 14h 18m · 25.1 kg CO₂e return
Nice, France17.6 °C · 11.5 h sun a day · 2.4 mm rain a day · sea 17.8 °Crail ≈ 15h · 31.9 kg CO₂e return- Trieste, Italy17.6 °C · 10.6 h sun a day · 7.5 mm rain a day · sea 17.0 °Crail ≈ 11h 6m · 22.6 kg CO₂e return
- Genoa, Italy17.5 °C · 10.8 h sun a day · 3.3 mm rain a day · sea 17.9 °Crail ≈ 13h 6m · 28.3 kg CO₂e return
- Venice, Italy17.3 °C · 10.0 h sun a day · 6.7 mm rain a day · sea 18.1 °Crail ≈ 10h 54m · 23.4 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 May within 15 hours is Edfu, 31.4 °C, costing 873 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Zielona Góra at 4.6 kg — 190× less carbon, for 15.9 degrees less warmth.
Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in May and lower in carbon. Anything a better option beats outright has been left out.
By rail or ferry By air
What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Split can only be reached by air — 258 kg CO₂e, in 4h 54m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 30.3 kg in 21h 30m — 9× less carbon for 16h 36m more travelling.
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zielona Góra, Poland | Rail | 4.6 kg | 15.5 °C | 12.0 h | 1.8 mm | 4h 18m |
| Piešťany, Slovakia | Rail | 15.8 kg | 15.8 °C | 10.8 h | 2.6 mm | 9h 48m |
| Trnava, Slovakia | Rail | 16.2 kg | 16.6 °C | 10.7 h | 3.2 mm | 9h 54m |
| Trieste, Italy | Rail | 22.6 kg | 17.6 °C | 10.6 h | 7.5 mm | 11h 6m |
| Split, Croatia | Air | 258 kg | 18.9 °C | 11.3 h | 5.4 mm | 4h 54m |
| Berat, Albania | Air | 353 kg | 19.6 °C | 11.2 h | 4.1 mm | 5h 24m |
| Sousse, Tunisia | Air | 470 kg | 20.4 °C | 11.1 h | 1.8 mm | 6h |
| Kairouan, Tunisia | Air | 476 kg | 21.8 °C | 11.0 h | 1.7 mm | 6h |
| Gafsa, Tunisia | Air | 515 kg | 22.9 °C | 11.7 h | 1.2 mm | 6h 12m |
| Metlaoui, Tunisia | Air | 519 kg | 23.8 °C | 11.8 h | 0.8 mm | 6h 18m |
| Tozeur, Tunisia | Air | 531 kg | 25.8 °C | 11.6 h | 0.6 mm | 6h 18m |
| Recani, Morocco | Air | 695 kg | 26.6 °C | 12.1 h | 0.1 mm | 7h 12m |
| Aqaba, Jordan | Air | 782 kg | 28.2 °C | 12.6 h | 0.2 mm | 7h 36m |
| Assiut, Egypt | Air | 800 kg | 29.0 °C | 11.9 h | 0.0 mm | 7h 42m |
| Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Air | 814 kg | 30.0 °C | 12.6 h | 0.1 mm | 7h 48m |
| Luxor, Egypt | Air | 853 kg | 31.2 °C | 12.0 h | 0.0 mm | 8h |
| Edfu, Egypt | Air | 873 kg | 31.4 °C | 12.1 h | 0.0 mm | 8h 6m |
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 Tozeur (531 kg, 25.8 °C) to Recani (695 kg, 26.6 °C) buys 0.8 °C more warmth for an extra 164 kg — 204 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.
The pick of them
Zielona GóraPoland4.6 kg CO₂e returnwarm overallTriesteItaly22.6 kg CO₂e returnwarm but wet
EdfuEgypt873 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe same month, asked differently
May 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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Other months from Berlin
May from elsewhere
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- Cardiff
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Photo credits
- Zielona Góra: Tb808, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Edfu: Olaf Tausch, CC BY 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
- Ouarzazate: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Tataouine: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Marrakesh: Donar Reiskoffer, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Adana: Anatolianpride, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Limassol: Xaris333, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Szeged: V.Mariann, 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 May?
Edfu, Egypt, at 31.4 °C. Reaching it emits 873 kg CO₂e return, travelling 8h 6m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere warm from Berlin in May without flying?
Yes. Trieste reaches 17.6 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 11h 6m (modelled), emitting 22.6 kg CO₂e return — though Edfu is warmer still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Berlin to Edfu produce?
873 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.