Warmest places to go from Berlin in October
In October, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Berlin is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 29.1 °C across day and night and 11.0 h sun a day, about 8h 18m each way by air. Without flying, it is Pesaro, Italy, averaging 18.9 °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 October.
The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Berlin
Ranked on warmth in October 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, Egypt29.1 °C · 11.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 18m · 897 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt29.0 °C · 10.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 28.3 °Cair ≈ 7h 48m · 814 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt28.4 °C · 11.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h · 853 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan26.8 °C · 10.6 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 26.3 °Cair ≈ 7h 36m · 782 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain24.9 °C · 10.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 24.0 °Cair ≈ 8h 24m · 917 kg CO₂e return
Tataouine, Tunisia24.2 °C · 9.7 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 24m · 551 kg CO₂e return
Sfax, Tunisia24.1 °C · 9.5 h sun a day · 1.5 mm rain a day · sea 25.9 °Cair ≈ 6h 12m · 500 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain23.9 °C · 10.4 h sun a day · 1.3 mm rain a day · sea 24.0 °Cair ≈ 8h 18m · 907 kg CO₂e return- Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain23.7 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 24.7 °Cair ≈ 8h 18m · 910 kg CO₂e return
Sousse, Tunisia23.5 °C · 9.4 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 25.0 °Cair ≈ 6h · 470 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Pesaro is 18.9 °C for 28.3 kg — about 32× less carbon than flying to Aswan.
- Pesaro, Italy18.9 °C · 7.8 h sun a day · 3.3 mm rain a day · sea 21.3 °Crail ≈ 13h 24m · 28.3 kg CO₂e return
- Sanremo, Italy18.6 °C · 8.1 h sun a day · 6.0 mm rain a day · sea 21.8 °Crail ≈ 14h 36m · 31.1 kg CO₂e return
Nice, France18.3 °C · 8.1 h sun a day · 6.0 mm rain a day · sea 21.5 °Crail ≈ 15h · 31.9 kg CO₂e return
Marseille, France18.2 °C · 9.0 h sun a day · 2.2 mm rain a day · sea 20.5 °Crail ≈ 14h 42m · 35.0 kg CO₂e return- Florence, Italy18.0 °C · 7.4 h sun a day · 6.5 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 13h 24m · 29.1 kg CO₂e return
- Genoa, Italy17.9 °C · 6.4 h sun a day · 10.6 mm rain a day · sea 22.0 °Crail ≈ 13h 6m · 28.3 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 October within 15 hours is Sharm el-Sheikh, 29.0 °C, costing 814 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Zary at 4.5 kg — 181× less carbon, for 17.3 degrees less warmth.
Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in October 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 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.
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zary, Poland | Rail | 4.5 kg | 11.7 °C | 5.9 h | 2.1 mm | 4h 12m |
| Pforzheim, Germany | Rail | 15.4 kg | 13.7 °C | 6.4 h | 2.8 mm | 7h 48m |
| Baden-Baden, Germany | Rail | 16.4 kg | 14.3 °C | 6.8 h | 3.2 mm | 8h 18m |
| Trento, Italy | Rail | 21.7 kg | 16.4 °C | 7.3 h | 6.1 mm | 9h 48m |
| Trieste, Italy | Rail | 22.6 kg | 17.1 °C | 7.2 h | 10.8 mm | 11h 6m |
| Ravenna, Italy | Rail | 26.7 kg | 18.2 °C | 7.4 h | 3.4 mm | 12h 30m |
| Piombino, Italy | Rail | 32.1 kg | 19.5 °C | 8.2 h | 4.4 mm | 14h 54m |
| Taranto, Italy | Air | 345 kg | 20.9 °C | 9.4 h | 1.8 mm | 5h 18m |
| Milazzo, Italy | Air | 402 kg | 22.5 °C | 9.7 h | 0.6 mm | 5h 36m |
| Monastir, Tunisia | Air | 471 kg | 23.8 °C | 9.4 h | 1.0 mm | 6h |
| Sfax, Tunisia | Air | 500 kg | 24.1 °C | 9.5 h | 1.5 mm | 6h 12m |
| Tozeur, Tunisia | Air | 531 kg | 25.4 °C | 10.0 h | 0.3 mm | 6h 18m |
| Aqaba, Jordan | Air | 782 kg | 26.8 °C | 10.6 h | 0.0 mm | 7h 36m |
| Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Air | 814 kg | 29.0 °C | 10.9 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 Piombino (32.1 kg, 19.5 °C) to Taranto (345 kg, 20.9 °C) buys 1.4 °C more warmth for an extra 313 kg — 224 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 returnmildPiombinoItaly32.1 kg CO₂e returnwarm but wetSharm el-SheikhEgypt814 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe same month, asked differently
October 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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Other months from Berlin
October from elsewhere
- Amsterdam
- Barcelona
- Berlin
- Birmingham
- Bristol
- Brussels
- Cardiff
- Copenhagen
- Dublin
- Edinburgh
- Frankfurt
- Glasgow
- Leeds
- Lisbon
- Liverpool
- London
- Madrid
- Manchester
- Milan
- Munich
- Newcastle
- Nottingham
- Oslo
- Paris
- Prague
- Rome
- Sheffield
- Southampton
- Stockholm
- Vienna
- Warsaw
- Zurich
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
- Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, 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
- Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Tataouine: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sfax: Csisc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sousse: BishkekRocks 15:01, 29 December 2005 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
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Questions
Where is the warmest place to go from Berlin in October?
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, at 29.0 °C. Reaching it emits 814 kg CO₂e return, travelling 7h 48m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere warm from Berlin in October without flying?
Yes. Piombino reaches 19.5 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h 54m (modelled), emitting 32.1 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.